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https://www.britannica.com/event/Plains-Wars On August 19, 1854, brevet Second Lieut. John L. Grattan set out from the post with 30 men and two cannons and, after rashly demanding that a far superior Indian force turn over the suspected culprit, he opened fire.
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On September 3, 1855, brevet Brig. Gen. William S. Harney’s regulars routed the hostile Lakota at Blue Water Creek (in present-day Nebraska). https://www.britannica.com/event/Plains-Wars
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https://www.britannica.com/event/Plains-Wars Leading about 300 cavalrymen on July 29, 1856, Col. Edwin V. Sumner encountered an equal force of mounted Cheyenne near the south fork of the Solomon River, Kansas Territory.
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https://www.britannica.com/event/Plains-Wars On May 12, 1858, Capt. John S. (“Rip”) Ford, leading a collection of Texas Rangers and allied Indians, surprised and destroyed chief Iron Jacket’s camp near the Antelope Hills, Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma).
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Secession of Texas and 10 other Southern states from the Union in 1860–61 brought no end to the military contest in the southern Plains.
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in August 1862 their most influential leader, Little Crow (Taoyateduta), led attacks that brought the demise of hundreds of white settlers in a single week. https://www.britannica.com/event/Plains-Wars
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The Comanche launched particularly devastating raids into north Texas (December 1863) and against a settlement at Elm Creek (October 13, 1864). https://www.britannica.com/event/Plains-Wars
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https://www.britannica.com/event/Plains-Wars On January 8, 1865, a group of Kickapoo that was migrating south to Mexico defeated more than 300 Texas volunteers at Dove Creek.
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In Kansas, Nebraska, and Colorado Territory, a large army expedition in 1867 had burned an abandoned village without engaging significant numbers of Indians. https://www.britannica.com/event/Plains-Wars
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Following several Indian strikes against western Kansas and northern Texas, the army again girded for war in 1868, with Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan overseeing operations. https://www.britannica.com/event/Plains-Wars/Defeat-of-the-Plains-Indians
