Settlement And Conflict On Plains (61-77) Indian Wars Flashcards
In 1861, how much land did the ….. Sioux give up (little crows war)
Santee
28 million acres
Which year did the santee sioux face starvation on the reservations (little crows war)
1862
Who asked for help and was refused (little crows war)
Chief little crow
What did the trader say to little crow
Let them eat grass
How many locals did the Sioux kill
500
What was the trader found dead with (lcw)
Grass in his mouth
How many Sioux were sentenced to death and hung
300, 38 hung
What were the white settlers unhappy with (lcw)
Sioux getting off lightly
When was the sand creek massacre
1864
Which tribes were forced onto reservations after what discovery
The Cheyenne and Arapaho, after the gold discovery at pikes peak
What did they do in 1864 because of lack of food and no help
Hunt outside reservations
Which Indian war was in 1864
Sand creek massacre
What did Lincoln grant permission to happen (scm)
Raise an army of volunteers to deal with the Indian threat within 100 days
Cheyenne leader asked for what (scm)
Peace
“They have been ….. to kill ……… and they ……. kill Indians “
Raised
Indians
Must
What happened on 13 November 1864
A young Cheyenne killed a white settler
“…. And ….. all”
Kill
Scalp
How many Cheyenne people were killed on the 29th of November 1864
105 women and children
28 mean
What was the sand creek massacre wrote about as
A victory
Which war was between 1865 and 1868
Red clouds war
Which tribes moved to safer lands and what did they do (rcw)
Black kettle and Cheyenne
Spread word of the violence from white settlers
What did gold miners do (rcw)
Made a trail over the hunting group of the Sioux
What did the Lakota Sioux do after this trail was made
Led by red cloud chief, Started attacking people on the trail
What treaty was broken when the gold miners made a trail over their hunting ground
Fort Laramie treaty of 1851
Where were troops sent to protect settlers travelling the trail
Wyoming
Why was a meeting called in 1866
To sign a treaty to protect the settlers, however red cloud refused
Who sent attacks on the army forts
Red could and crazy horse
Fort Laramie treaty 1868
Red could and the Sioux lots of land (black hills) and the troops wouldn’t enter without permission
What was found in the Sioux land the black hills
Gold
When was the great Sioux war
1875-1877
By 1875, how many miners had come in the Sioux land
Over 10,000
How much did the government want to purchase the black hills for
6 million
Who signed the treaty and who didn’t signing over the black hills
Red cloud✅
Sitting bull❌
When were the Sioux ordered back to reservations
By the end of janurary 1876
What did sitting bull have a vision off
That the Sioux would win over the white
Where did they set up camp (tgsw)
Little big horn
On what day was custer told to drive sitting bull towards the main army
21st June 1876
How many Indians /warriors were there at the camp
6000 Indians, 1800 warriors
What did Custer do on the 25th of June
Split his forces up to try and surround the Indians , he sent 210 mean down into the camp
How were they outnumbered (tgsw)
4-1
What had happened by 1877
All the Sioux had surrendered , they were forced to sell land ,as the government stopped rations
How many acres of land was taken from the Indians in 1877
40 million acres
When was crazy horse captured and killed
1877
