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Jamestown Massacre
jamestown Massacre Powhatan Indians kill 347 English settlers throughout the Virginia colony during the first Powhatan War. -
the indian war
b 1622-1624 The Powhatan Confederacy in Virginia between colonists and natives in Colonial America -
the pequot war
the pequot warThe Pequot War - Native Indians of Connecticut and Rhode Island included the Narragansetts, Mohegans, Wampanoags, Nipmucks, Pocumtucks, Abenakis and Pequots. The Pequots were defeated by the colonists, who were led by John Underhill and John Mason, and the Narragansetts and Mohegans who were their allies. Many native Indians were killed and others sold into slavery -
Mystic Massacre
dDuring the Pequot War, English colonists, with Mohegan and Narragansett allies, attack a large Pequot village on the Mystic River in what is now Connecticut, killing around 500 villagers. -
King Philip's War
klKin King Philip's War erupts in New England between colonists and Native Americans as a result of tensions over colonist's expansionist activities. The bloody war rages up and down the Connecticut River valley in Massachusetts and in the Plymouth and Rhode Island colonies, eventually resulting in 600 English colonials being killed and 3,000 Native Americans, including women and children on both sides. King Philip (the colonist's nickname for Metacomet, chief of the Wampanoag) is hu -
Pueblo Revolt
fLed by Popé, Pueblo Indians threw off the Spanish yoke and lived independently for 12 years. The Spanish reconquered in 1692. -
Yamasee War
jAn Indian confederation led by the Yamasee came close to exterminating white settlement in their region. -
Lord Dunmore's War
lAlarmed tribes raided a wave of traders and settlers. Dunmore, governor of Virginia, sent in 3,000 soldiers and defeated 1,000 natives. -
Devil's Hole Massacre
battle of devil's holeSeneca double ambush of a British supply train and soldiers. -
Pontiac's Conspiracy
gWarrior chief Pontiac and a large alliance drove out the British at every post except Detroit. After besieging the fort for five months, they withdrew to find food for the winter. -
Old Northwest Warfare
fFollowing two humiliating defeats at the hands of native warriors, the Americans won a decisive victory under "Mad Anthony" Wayne at the Battle of Fallen Timbers. -
Battle of Tippecanoe
dThe Prophet, brother of Shawnee chief Tecumseh, attacked Indiana Territory Gov. William Henry Harrison's force at dawn. After hand-to-hand combat, the natives fled. -
Creek War
tMilitiamen under Andrew Jackson broke the power of Creek raiders who had attacked Fort Mims and massacred settlers. They relinquished a vast land tract. -
Sioux Wars
tMoved across the Mississippi into "Indian Country," the Sioux under Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse resisted waves of settlers and prospectors, to keep their hunting grounds. -
Apache Attacks
gRejecting reservation life, Apaches under Geronimo, Cochise and others staged hundreds of attacks on outposts. Geronimo finally surrendered in 1886; others fought on until 1900. -
Ute Wars
gThe Ute nation rose episodically against the whites. Mormon settlers were relentlessly overtaking Ute lands and exhausting their resources and wildlife. -
Red River War
dWilliam T. Sherman led a campaign of more than 14 battles against the Arapaho, Comanche, Cheyenne and Kiowa tribes, who eventually surrendered. -
Battle of the Little Bighorn
jGeorge A. Custer and 250 soldiers under his immediate command confronted Sioux warriors on the Little Bighorn River and were wiped out in the ensuing fight. -
Nez Percé War
[d](hAfter fighting to keep their home in Wallowa Valley, Chief Joseph led his people on a 1,700-mile retreat to Canada. They surrendered near the border to Nelson Miles' soldiers.ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nez_Perce_War) -
The Wounded Knee Massacre
lFollowing the killing of Sitting Bull, Big Foot took command of the final band of fighting Lakota (Sioux). They were trapped at Wounded Knee Creek and destroyed by the U.S. Army.
