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Great Plains
The federal government passed an act that desugnated the enire Great Plains as oe enormous reservation. -
Treaties
The governmet changed its policy and created treaties that defined specific boundries for each tribe. Most of the Native Americans didnt follow this and continued to hunt on their tradtional lands. This caused clashing with the settlers and miners. -
Massacre at Sand Creek
The Cheyenne indians assumed they were under protection of the U.S. government. They returned peacefully to Colorado's Sand Creek Reserve for the winter. General S. R. Curtis sent a telegram to colonel John Chivigton. In repsons John and his troops descended on the Chyenne and Arapaho. In this attack they killed over 150 inhabitants. Most of which were women and children. -
Death on theBozeman Trail.
Crazy Horse ambushed Fettermman and his company at Lodge Trail Ridge. Over 80 soldiers were killed. Native Americans called this the Battle ot the Hundred Slain.WHites called it the Fetterman Massacre. -
Treaty of Fort Laramie
They continued to fight until the gpvernment agreed to close the Bozeman trail. Then came the Treaty of Fort Laramie, which was forced upon the leaders of the Souix. Under this, the Souix agreed to live on resevations along the Missouri River. Sitting Bull never signed the treaty. -
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Red River War of 1874-1875
In late1868 war broke out as the Kiowa and Comanche egaged in 6 years of raiding. This finally led to the Red River War of 1874-1875. U.S. army herded people from friendly tribes onto reservatons while opening fire on all others. General Philip Sherisan gave orders to destroy the tribes villages and to kill, hang all warriors, and to hang women and children. The army crushed resistance on the southerns plains. -
Custers Last Stand
Souix and cheyenne indians held a sun dance. When Custer and his troops reached the Little Bighorn River the Native Americans were ready for them. The indian soldiers outflanked and crushed Custers troops. Within an hour Custer and all his men were dead. By late 1876 the Souix were beaten. Sitting Bull took refuge in Canada. -
Dawes Act
Congress passed the Dawes Act. This was supposed to "Americanize" Native Americans. It broke up the reservations and gave some of the reservation land to individual Native Americans. 160 acres to each head of household, and 80 to each unmarried adult. Government would sell the remander of the reservations to settles the resulting income would be used by indians to buy farm implements. by 1932 whites had about 2/3 of the reservation territory. In the end the indians didnt get any money. -
Battle of Wounded Knee
7th calvary rounded up about 350 Souix indians and took them to a camp at Wounded Knee Creek. The next day the soldiers took all of the indians weapons. A shot had been fired and the soldiers opened fire with a deadly cannon. Within minutes as many a 300 indians were slaughtered. The soldiers left the corpses to freeze to the ground. This event brought the indian wars to an end.
