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The Sand Creek Massacre
reservation was the home of the cheyenne
cheyenne warriors raided some ranches to take food to feed their families
the us army killed and mutilated an estimated 70-500 native americans, about two-thirds of whom were women and children
congress asked for an investigation and john m chivington was thrown out of the army -
Battle of Little BigHorn
black hills of South Dakota and claimed he discovered gold
as gold miners rushed into the ares, the sioux, cheyenne, and arapaho went on the warpath-the mining industry caused just as much conflict as settlers did
clusters cavalry were to subdue them but her foolishly attacked a farce of 2500 with only 750 in montana and was wiped out
the native american victory was short lived though and more soldiers were sent into the area
a pyrrhic victory: native americans won the battle but lost the war -
Massacre at Wounded Knee
col. james forsyth and 7th cavalry were sent to wounded knee to investigate; investigate by charging into village and killing everyone there
