Settlement of the West

By al17852

  • Spanish brought horses to New Mexico

    Native American's way of life began to change, they aquired horses and guns, making traveling and hunting more efficient.

  • Tribes left farms on Great Plains

    Tribes left farms to roam the plains and hunt buffalo.

  • Federal Government created a policy on Native American land.

    An act was passed that designated the entire great plains as one enormous reservation.

  • Government created treaties

    These treaties defined boundaries for each tribe on the Great Plains.

  • Discovery of gold in Colorado

    Drew tens of thousands of miners to the region.

  • Battle of the Hundred Slain

    The war-ior Crazy Horse ambushed Captain William J. Fetterman and his company at Lodge Trail Ridge and over 80 soldiers were killed.

  • Treaty of Fort Laramie

    Sioux Tribe agreed to live on a reservation along the Mississippi River. The treaty was forced on the Sioux because the leader, Sitting Bull, had never signed it.

  • Attack on Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes

    Killed over 150 Native Americans, mostly women and childern under General S.R. Curtis' commands.