War on the Plains

By miklos11

  • One Giant Reservation

    The federal government had passed an act that designated the entire Great Plains as one enormous reservation.

  • Treaties were created

    The government changed its policy and created treaties that defined specific boundaries for each tribe.

  • Tragic Event

    Massacre at Sand Creek.

  • The Capture

    The warior Crazy Horse ambushed Captain William J. Fetterman and his company at Lodge Trail Ridge.

  • Treaty of Fort Laramie

    The Sioux agreed to live on a reservation along the Missouri River, was forced on the leaders of the Sioux, by the Treaty of Fort Laramie
  • Period: to

    Red River War

    War broke out again as the Kiowa and Comanche engaged in six years of raiding that finally led to the Red River War.

  • Custer's Last Stand

    Crazy Horse, Gall, and Sitting Bull outflanked and crushed Custer's troops. Custer and all of his men were dead within an hour.

  • The Dawes Act

    Congress passed the Dawes Act aiming to "Americanize" the Native Americans.

  • Wounded Knee

    The Seventh Cavalry-Custer's old regiment-rounded up about 350 starving and freezing Sioux and took them to a camp at Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota