Mr. M Naomi Lopez

By naomilwisd

  • establish peace on the frontier

    before 1870 the peace treaty had failed. Federal officials wanted to "remove" all native americans by forcing them onto the reservations. they adopted an aggressive military policy to fight the native americans. they worked with the texas rangers which the group

  • raid at salt creek

    general william tecumseh sherman who commanded the us arm to inspect the frontier forts in 1871. Sherman and General Randolph Marcy traveled from Fort Griffin to Fort Richardson, after a band of kiowas led by chief satanta attacked an army wagon train on the same road sherman had just traveled. Seven teamseters were killed from the wagon train at salt creek prairie, five others escaped to report the attack and shortly after he heard of the attack he relized he barely missed the raid himself.

  • A more Agressive Army Policy

    After the raid at salt creek sherman ordered colonel Ranald S. Mackenzie to remove all the native americans onto the reservation , Mackenzie had served under general grant during the civil war, Mackenzie led his troops against native americans in 1871-1872 which they were often fighting and always moving toward the reservations. in 1873 Mackenzie was sent to south texas to force the kickapoos and apaches across the rio grande into mexico.

  • The Texas Rangers

    the texas rangers were another force that patrolled at the frontier. stephen F. Austin had arranged the texas rangers in the 1820's tp protect colonists from the native americans raids, they fought along with the U.S. forces during the civil war then they were disbanded. Then Texas governor Richard coke reestablished the rangers in 1874 to help the federal troops defend the frontier. Texas Rangers frontier Battalion which was led by Major John B. Jones, was stationed in west texas.

  • The End of The Buffalo

    centuries, the buffalo roamed the great plains from canada to south texas. then the buffalo hunters came and the americans discovered that buffalo hides could be made into leather as easily as cattle hides hunters flocked the plains. the buffalo hunters used rifles to kill the hundreds of buffalo, then the skinners would skin the buffalos hides. Agter they removed the hide they would stake it to the ground to dry, and moved on to the next animal. the dried hides were stacked and sent to markets.

  • The Red River

    The Native Americans were supposed to choose between reservations and starvation so the native americans fought back against the killing of the buffalo which were shot on the reservations. On june 27,1874 quanah parker led more than 700 comanches and kiowas into battle. They attcked a camp of the buffalo hunters at the adobe walls trading post.

  • The buffalo hunters vs. native americans

    Hunters were attacked at the adobe walls, even though they were greatly outnumbered their lond range rifles gave them the ability to kill as many as 70 native americans forcing them to surrender. this battle became known as the second battle of adobe walls.

  • Angry native americans

    the comanches, kiowas, and the cheyennes increased their raids on settlements. General Phillip H. Sheridan, who had supervised The Reconstruction in texas came up with the idea to end native americans resistance. He spent columns of troops in homes in palo duro canyon.