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Powhatan Confederacy
After a initial period in time when the natives and colonists had a peaceful relationship, after 12 years of fighting left several Natives and colonists dead, the remaining colonists had victory over the Natives. -
Pequot War
The death of the colonists led to a killing of about 700 Natives and the rest who survived were sold for slavery in Bermuda. -
King Philip's War
Philip attempted to move the settlers out, beginning at Swansea, Massachusetts led to a brutal killing on both sides which ended his own life. -
Pueblo Revolt
Was led by the Pope, Pueblo Indians threw the Spanish yolk and lived independently for 12 years the Spanish reconquered it in 1692 -
French and Indian War
An argument between France and Britain for possession of North America. There were many motivations, Algonquian tribes allied with the French, the Iroquois with the British -
Tuscarora War
The Tuscarora was lead by chief Hancock who had attacked several settlements, killing the settlers and destroying their farms. James Moore and Yamasee warriors defeated the raiders in the years of 1713. -
Yamasee War
In South Carolina an Indian Confederation that was led by the Yamasee tribe came close to eliminating the white settlers in their region. -
Pontiac's Conspiracy
Warrior chief Pontiac and a large alliance drove out the British at every post excepts Detroit. This was after besieging the fort for five months, they left to go find food for the winter. -
Lord Dunmore's War
In the Southern Ohio river valley tribes were alarmed and raided a wave of traders and settlers. Dunmore, governor of Virginia, sent in 3000 soldiers and defeated 1,000 natives. -
Old Northwest Warfare
The natives had defeated the colonists in two different battles, then the Americans won a decisive victory under "Mad Anthony" Wayne at the Battle of Fallen Timbers. -
Battle of Tippecanoe
The brother of Shawnee chief Tecumseh, attacked Indian Territory Gov. William Henry Harrison's force at dawn. After hand to hand combat the natives had fled. -
Creek War
Militiamen under Andrew Jackson broke the power of Creek raiders who attacked Fort Mims and massacred settlers. This happened in Georgia and Alabama, they relinquished a vast land tract. -
First Seminole War
The Seminole defended runaway slaves and their land in Florida. Andrew Jackson fought this but failed to subdue them, he then forced Spain to relinquish the territory. -
Black Hawk War
This was the last native conflict in the area it was led by Chief Black Hawk. It was and unsuccessful attempt by the Sauk and fox tribes to move back to their homeland. -
Second Seminole War
Chief Osceola led the Seminole to go back to fighting for their land. They retreated into the Florida Everglades where Osceola was captured. They were nearly all killed. -
Navajo Conflicts
The nonstop fighting between the Navajo and the U.S. Army led to their expulsion and incarceration on an inhospitable reservation far from their homeland. -
Sioux Wars
They moved across the Mississippi into Indian country, the sioux was under Sitting Bull and Cray Horse and they resisted waves of settlers and the prospectors to keep their hunting grounds. -
Rogue River War
Their were attacks on Rogue River Valley that the Indians would start a war that would employ miners unable to work because of the drought. Indian survivors were forced to move out of the reservation. -
Third Seminole War
Led by Chief Billy Bowlegs, the Seminole mounted their final stand against the U.S. Bowlegs surrendered, him and the others were deported to Indian Territory in Oklahoma. -
Apache Attacks
After rejecting reservation life, Apaches under Geronimo, Cochise and other staged hundreds of attacks on outposts. Geronimo finally surrendered in 1886; others fought on till 1900. -
Ute Wars
The Ute nation rose against the settlers. Mormon settlers were restless while overtaking Ute lands and exhausted their resources and wildlife. -
Modoc War
Captain Jack and his followers fled from their hardscrabble reservation to the lava beds of Tule Lake, where they held out against soldiers for six months and then he was hung. -
Red River War
William T. Sherman who was the leader of the campaign of more than 14 battles against the Arapaho, Comanche, Cheyenne and Kiowa tribes, who eventually surrendered. -
Battle of the Rosebud
Lakota and Cheyenne under Crazy Horse turned back soldiers commanded by General George Crook, thereby cutting off reinforcements that might have helped Custer at the battle of Little Bighorn. -
Battle of the Little Bighorn
George A. Custer and 250 soldiers under his immediate commands confronted Sioux warriors on the Little Bighorn River and then were wiped out from the fighting. -
Nez Perce War
They were fighting to keep their home in Wallows Valley, Chief Joseph led his people on a 1,700 mile retreat to Canada. They surrendered near the border to Nelson Miles soldiers. -
The Wounded Knee Massacre
The killing of Sitting Bull, Big foot took command of the final band of fighting Lakota. They were trapped at Wounded Knee which was in South Dakota and was destroyed by the U.S. Army.
