The Indian Wars - Development of the plains

Question 1

What happened in Little crows war?

Answer 1

.Chief of Dakota Sioux agreed to move two reservations but he owed debt to traders
.Gov refused to pay them $80,000 annuity until their debt was payed
.Reservations could not produce enough food so many bands left the reservation to hunt and so trouble flared up with the warrior brotherhoods
.1858 the Dakota Sioux were forced to sign half of their reservation away
.By 1662 they were desperate and eating grass to survive
.In frustration young warriors slaughtered 600 settlers and US soldiers

Question 2

Little crows war final outcome

Answer 2

.Moved to crow creek reservation
.38 men executed
.Little crow killed

Question 3

What happened in The sank creek massacre?

Answer 3

.Cheyenne and Arapaho lands were crossed by prospectors going to Colorado
.In The Treaty of Fort Wise (1861) the tribes chiefs agreed to move reservations but many young brotherhoods (dog soldiers) refused
.Black Kettle set up camp at sand creek
.Colonel Chivington hired to ‘kill and destroy’ hostile Indians
.Massacred over 130 men, women and children

Question 4

Final outcome in sand creek massacre

Answer 4

.Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes moved onto a reservation half the size of the one promised in 1865
.No compensation had been paid to the survivors (which had been previously promised)

Question 5

What happened in red clouds war?

Answer 5

.The Lakota Sioux
.Bozemen trail cut through hunting grounds
.Red Cloud did not trust the Gov so instead chose to fight
.He attacked soldiers along the trail, joined by sitting bull and crazy horse
.Captain William Fetterman was trapped and killed

Question 6

Red clouds war final outcome

Answer 6

.Second treaty of fort Laramie was a direct consequence of Red Cloud’s success
.Great Sioux reservation was for the exclusive use of the Sioux nation