Major Battles of the West

By cweldon01

  • The Sand Creek Massacre

    The Sand Creek Massacre
    Cheyenne raided ranches, Army offered amnesty if they returned to reservation at Sand Creek. Black Kettle wanted peace.

  • Battle of Little Bighorn

    Battle of Little Bighorn
    The Treaty of Fort Laramie 1868 created a large Sioux reservation. In 1874 George Custer led a “scientific” expedition into the Black Hills of S.D. and claimed he discovered gold. As gold miners rushed into the area, the Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapaho went on the warpath the mining industry caused just as much conflict as settlers did. The Native Americans victory was short lived though as more soldiers were sent into the area.

  • Massacre of Wounded Knee

    Massacre of Wounded Knee
    The last major conflict between the army and the Native Americans. The Ghost Dance was a religious ceremony performed by the Sioux to try to reconnect them to their past. In 1890 U.S. troops tried to disarm a group of Sioux shots that were fired and the troops ended up massacring 200 men, women and children.