Chapter 17 Flashcards
Role of Texas Rangers in Native American Wars
Protect settlers, and get Native Americans on reservations
Reservation lifestyle by 1874
Confined to small area, could not roam free, and culture was taken away
Importance of buffalo to plains natives
THEY USED EVERY SINGLE PIECE!
Adobe walls
Buffalo hunter camp attacked by Quanah Parker and 5 Native American nations.
Slaughter of buffalo
Forced native Americans to accept reservations or die off
Battle of Palo Duro Canyon
Sight of the decisive battle in the red river campaign
Indian territory - Where is it?
Present day Oklahoma
Apache Tribe was…
Last to surrender in Texas
Comanche - role of tribe in Native American wars
Lived in pan handle and resisted reservation life as long as they could
Effects of American victory over Native Americans
Threat of raids were gone, Anglos poured into western Texas, railroads and towns were quickly established
Intention of Treat of Medicine Lodge Creek
Create peace by forcing Native Americans onto reservations