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The Gnadenhutten Massacre
In 1782, Captain David Williamson ordered a group of U.S. militiamen from Pennsylvania to kill some Christianized Delaware Indians. 96 Indians were killed in the massacre by Captain David Williamson telling the converted Delawares to go into a shop 2 at a time where they were beaten. This was due to the Indians being blamed for several attacks on some white settlements. -
Battle of Tippecanoe
Indians were convinced to stop fighting against each other and fight against the people trying to fight them. William Henry Harrison made a decision to attack and burn down Propetstown. -
Indian Removal Bill
Then-President Andrew Jackson heavily pushed the bill even though many legislators deemed it to be immoral. The "genius" thought that the settlers had a divinely ordained right to use the land for themselves and destroy it for hoes and crops. And he came up with the "brilliant" idea to just push out more than three dozen eastern tribes from their homes. -
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Trail of Tears
In between the 1830s and 40s, the U.S. army removed upwards of 60,00 Indians from their respective territories. They were moved west and on the way thousands perished earning the path the name "Tail of Tears". -
Indian Appropriations Act
It was an act that would "graciously" establish reservations that Indians were pushed onto. It was to make sure that Native Americans would stay out of the way of the "poor white Americans" settling into the Indian's land. It established these reservations in Oklahoma and inspired other reservations to be made in other states. -
Mankato Executions
The Dakota Sioux People were promised foods that were never delivered. So when they were starving they raided nearby white farms for food. It led to 300+ men being sentenced to death. And a day after Christmas 38 Dakotas were all hung at once. It would be the largest mass execution in American history. -
The Sand Creek Massacre
A group of 700 men, led by a former Methodist minister named John Chivington, killed any and all Indians that were on the frontier fighting back. It was a surprise attack on the peaceful Cheyennes and Arapahos on THEIR reservations. People were slaughtered by these 700 mean who were also drunk, a lot of the victims being innocent people. -
Sioux Treaty
The treaty was to bring some sort of peace between the Sioux and whites. The Sioux agreed to settle in the Black Hills reservation in the Dakota Territory. -
Battle of the Little Bighorn
General George Armstrong Custer led a group of 600 soldiers into the Little Bighorn Valley. They were met with strong resistance from around 3,000 Sioux and Cheyenne warriors, led by Crazy Horse, who overwhelmed them. -
The Dawes Act
The Dawes Act of 1887 made it possible for the federal government to take tribal land and split it into individual plots. This was done so that the Native Americans could "assimilate" into the basic US society, stripping them of all their cultural and social traditions. The result was 90 million acres being stripped from the very people who had claimed it to begin with (the Native Americans) and giving in to the non-native rats- I mean people.