The great west

By Bblosser62

  • Sand creek massacre

    Sand creek massacre
    A 700-man force of Colorado Territory militia attacked and destroyed a peaceful village of Cheyenne and Arapaho. Killing and mutilating an estimated 70-163 Indians

  • The battle of little bighorn

    The battle of little bighorn
    The Battle of the Little Bighorn, also called Custer's Last Stand, marked the biggest turning point in Native American victory and the worst U.S. Army defeat in the long Plains Indian War. The demise of Custer and his men outraged many white Americans and confirmed their image of the Indians as wild and bloodthirsty.

  • Wounded Knee

    In 1890, after killing Sitting Bull, the 7th Cavalry rounded up Sioux at this place in South Dakota and 300 Natives were murdered and only a baby survived.