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Sand Creek Massacre
In Colorado Territory, a band of Cheyenne raided nearby ranches. Everytime news of the Sand Creek Massacre outraged many Americans. Congressional investigators condemned Chivington's actions as atrocities, but they did not punish him. And then Chivinggton's troops opened fire and killed about 150 people, mostly woman, children, and elderlt people. And after this attack the troops returned to Denver with scalps. -
Medicine Lodge Treaty
The Medicine Lodge Treaty is the overall name for three treaties signed between the United States government and southern Plains Indian tribes, and intended to bring peace to the area by relocating the Native Americans to reservations in Indian Territory and away from European-American settlement. The treaty was negotiated after investigation by the Indian Peace Commission, which in its final report in 1868 concluded that the wars had been preventable. They determined the U.S. government. -
2nd Treaty of Ft. Laramie
Chief Blue Horse and Chief Red Cloud were a signatories to The Treaty of Fort Laramie in 1868. The Treaty of Fort Laramie was an agreement between the United States and the Lakota Nation guaranteeing the Lakota ownership of the Black Hills and land and hunting rights in South Dakota, Wyoming and Montana. The Powder River Country was to be henceforth closed to all whites. The Treaty ended Red Cloud's War. In the Spring of 1868, U.S. peace commissioners were sent to Fort Laramie. -
Ghost Dance movement begins
The Ghost Dance movement was a manifestation of Native Americans' fear, anger, and hope regarding the onslaught of white invaders, U.S. Army brutalization, and the U.S. legislative oppression of indigenous nations. Ghost Dance was the term Plains Indians applied to the new ritual; Paiutes, from which it sprang, simply called it by their traditional name, Round Dance. -
The Battle of Palo Duro Canyon
Early in the morning of September 28, one of Mackenzie's scouts found the Indian camp and notified the colonel. Mackenzie brought the whole regiment to the edge of the canyon and planned a surprise attack. More than 1.000 Indian ponies an destroyed all food stores. Comanches led by Quanah Parker had no choice but to move onto the reservation in Indian Territory the following spring. The Indian Wars in the southern Plains were over. -
Start of Battle of the Little Big Horn
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Battle of the Little Big Horn
Battle in which Sioux forces led by Chief Sitting Bull defeated a U.S. Army troop led by Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer. In response, the U.S. government ordered all Lakota Sioux to return to their reservation by January 31, 1876. They refused. The situation was turned over to the military. About 2,000 Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho gathered near the Little Bighorn River. Now the U.S. government was even more determined to put down the Indian threat to settlers. -
End of Battle of the Little Big Horn
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Relocation of the Nez Perce
In May of 1877, the U.S. government ordered thenon-treaty Nez Perce to relocate to the new reservation by June 14.
The threat of relocation divided the Nez Perce tribe into two factions, a band that approved the treaty and a band lead by Chief Joseph that opposed it.
Nez Perce people, Native American people living in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. And their have his one language. -
Capture of Geronimo
The Mexican and United States governments have been co-operating to rid both countries of these pests, Two forces, one of Mexican the other United States soldiers, hemmed Geronimo in between them Jan. 10. Geronimo and all his force were captured, but the brave and tireless Capt. Crawford was killed. -
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Capture of Geronimo
The Mexican and United States governments have been co-operating to rid both countries of these pests, Two forces, one of Mexican the other United States soldiers, hemmed Geronimo in between them Jan. 10. Geronimo and all his force were captured, but the brave and tireless Capt. Crawford was killed. -
Wounded Knee Massacre
The Wounded Knee Massacre occurred near Wounded Knee Creek on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, USA. It was the last battle of the American Indian war.The Wounded Knee Massacre shocked many Americans. General Nelson Miles was so outraged that he removed Forsyth from commond.Other in the army did not share Miles concern, however. Three officers and 15 enlisted men received theMedal of Honor for their actions.
