Long Walk

Question 1

General Stephen W. Kearney

Answer 1

Stormed Sante Fe in 1846 w/ calvary unit of 1700; won without any shots being fired

Question 2

General James Carleton

Answer 2

Harsh Officer in Union Army; Directed men to kill all indian men and take women and children prisoner

Question 3

Kit Carson

Answer 3

Colonel under Carleton; defeated Mescalero Apaches & later the Navahos; Against Carleton’s order he allowed all who surrendered to live

Question 4

Billy the kid

Answer 4

Notorious outlaw and gunman of the old west; murdered 21 people before kill by a New Mexico sheriff at the age of 21

Question 5

Victorio

Answer 5

chief of Membreno Apaches; made a brave but vain effort to reclaim his people’s land in 1879. He eluded and terrorized the US and Mexican armies for over a yar but lost his life in the end

Question 6

Manuelito

Answer 6

Navaho leader who led indians in attack on Fort Defiance and tried to keep the whites from taking over Indian land. After his people were taken to Boxque Redondo he neotiated to let them return to their homeland

Question 7

John Chisum

Answer 7

Biggest cattle racher in teh west. Chisum pioneered the castle drive in which cattle were herded across the plains to be marketed

Question 8

Hernando Cortes

Answer 8

landed near what is now Vera Cruz Mexico; took over the Aztec empire in 1521. Ruler of Aztecs, Montezuma thought cortes was the aztec god; Quetzalcoatl; returning to earth

Question 9

Cabeza de Vaca

Answer 9

Headed an exploration off coast of Gulf of Mexico. Most of his men either drowned or started to death. Handful of surviors were rescued by Indians. As the men recuperated they came to admire the indian’s gentle ways. When De Vaca tried to tell this to heis superiors, his indian friends were ensalved and he and his men were sent back to spain

Question 10

Francisco de Coronado

Answer 10

sent by the viceroy of the new spain to search for the mythical seven cities of gold in 1540. He and his men slaughtered adn terrorized hundreds of indians as they made their way as far as kansas. Many Spaniards died of thirst and hunger during the journed of Death across the desert. No cities of gold were found.

Question 11

Don Juan de Onate

Answer 11

Claimed the New Mexico terriroty for Spain in 1598 and became the colony first governor. He demanded that the Indians become Christains and swear allegiance to the Spanish king. Those who refused were killed or tortured and enslaved. He founded San Juan and San Gabriel, but Indian rebellions led to his removal as governor and a new capital was founded at Sante Fe.

Question 12

Pope

Answer 12

Led Pueblo Revolt in 1680, rebelling against oppression by the Spanish. The united INdian forces drove the Spaniards out of New Mexico territory. Pope helped reestablish the traditional religion and culture of the various Puelo tribes.

Question 13

Diego De Vargas

Answer 13

Spanish Solder and leader who reclaimed New Mexico twelve years after the Pueblo Revolt and became the terrotory’s new governor. By this time the Pueblo Coalition had falled apart due to warring among the tribesc, an dSante Fe surrendered without bloodshed

Question 14

Dine

Answer 14

Name scattered bands of Navaho called themselves came together for the long walk

Question 15

Date left for the long walk

Answer 15

June 18, 1868

Question 16

What was the long walk home

Answer 16

Journey of Navaho bands- dine- back to their homeland. One of the few times us government allowed a tribe to return to their native land

Question 17

What years was the long walk

Answer 17

1860’s mainly 1864-1866

Question 18

What tribes were moved during the long walk

Answer 18

Navaho and Mascalero Apache

Question 19

Where did the tribes have to travel in the long walk

Answer 19

From Arizona to a desolate reservation in eastern New Mexico Bosque Redondo