10) The Indian Wars Flashcards
1) little crows war
When was it?
1861-62
LITTLE CROWS WAR- What happened in 1861
The reservation system was introduced
Little crows war- what caused the unrest
There was a bad harvest, and annual government cash was not payed so 12,000 Sioux couldn’t eat
Little crows war- what did the Sioux do?
The attacked an Indian agency and killed 700 white settlers
Little crows war- what did the war lead to
In 1862 2000 of them were capture and 303 were sentenced to death but due to weak evidence only 38 were actually killed
The battle of sandcreek- when?
1864
The battle of sandcreek- who did it involve
Te Cheyenne and the Arapaho vs the Colorado territory miltia
Sandcreek- what caused the fighting
They Indians refused to move during the civil war
Sandcreek- how many Indians were killed?
163
Sandcreek- what was so awful about this massacre?
The Indians surrendered but it was ignored and they were killed anyway, they attacked when the Warriors weren’t there (mainly women and children)
Sandcreek- where were the men
They were hunting, as instructed by Major Anthony (they deliberately wanted to kill the children)
Sandcreek- what did the soldiers do to the dead
They mutilated them and scalped them
Red Clouds war- when was it
1865-68
Redclouds war- what was it caused by
The Bozeman Trail passed throw Sioux lands and the government failed to stop miners from breaking the peace treaty
Red cloud- what did the Sioux do?
Attacked travellers along the trail
Red cloud- how did the government respond?
They opened peace talks and planned to build forts all along the trail
Red cloud- what happened when they found out about the forts
They attacked the army and sieged them
Red cloud- when and what was the fort laramie treaty
1868 and it created the great Sioux reservation, no non Indians were allowed in this land
Great Sioux war- when was it?
1876-77
Great Sioux war- what did Custer do to upset the Indians
He led and expedition across to black hills which broke the Fort Laramie treaty
The great Sioux war- what did the Sioux refuse
To sell the black hills to the government
Great Sioux war- when were the Sioux ordered to return to their reservation
December 1875
Great Sioux war- what where the army told to do in 1876
Treat all Indians outside the reservations as hostile
The battle of Little Bighorn- when was it
1876
The battle of Little Bighorn- What did General Sheridan do
He thought up a three pronged attack on the sips Indians who were camping in the valley
battle of Little Bighorn- what was a problem for the three columns
They had no way of communicating with each other and they had not found out how many Indians there were
Bolbh- what did Custer do wrong?
He refused a Gatlin gun and reinforcements and he deliberately disobeyed orders
He divided his troops and made them too tired and he rose across the wolf Hills so they arrived a day too early
Lbh- what else was a problem for the Us Army
The Indians had much bigger numbers and better weapons
Lbh- why did the US fail
Becuase they didn’t plan properly and Custer disobeyed orders, only 1 man survived and he was an Indian scout who pretended to be Indian
