Ch. 6 People Flashcards
1
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Red Cloud
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Sioux chief that massacred a US army detachment in 1866 (Felterman massacre)
> Led to Ft. Larme Treaty (1868)
2
Q
Chief Joseph
A
Nez Percés’s chief, led his people on a 1,300 mile trek trying to avoid relocation onto a reservation
>Didn’t Make it
3
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George Armstrong Custer
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US colonel who rushed ahead of the main US force in attacking the Sioux
> Wanted glory, killed at Little Bighorn
4
Q
Sitting Bull
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Sioux spiritual leader that became a chief> organized the Sioux to drive out prospectors in Black Hills= Little Bighorn
5
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Wyatt Earp
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Famous lawmaker in cowtowns throught the west Kansas & Oklahoma (Tombstone)
> Symbolic of ‘Wild West’- glorified in recent films
