The Strugle For The Plains Flashcards
When was the bureau of Indian affairs set up?
1832
What was the 1851 fort Laramie treaty?
Indians started attacking travellers west
Treaty gave then lands and promised $50000 a year and protection from the army
What was the fort Lyon treaty?
1861 Attacks because gold in pikes peak 1858 Indians were fixed to settle for smaller reservations Most refused and attacked camps Unsuccessful treaty
What happened at the sand creek massacre?
Black kettle tried to negotiate to end conflicts and thought he had gained army protection
Colonel Chivington and Colorado volunteers attacked tribe at sand creek killing 450
When and what was the Fetterman Massacre?
1866 part of red clouds war
Indians lured soldiers away from fort and ambushed
Attitudes against the Indians hardened
What was the medicine lodge creek treaty?
Bribed and threaten southern tribes to leave and settle in inferior lands in the Indians territory, black hills and Oklahoma
What did the second fort Laramie treaty do?
No longer develop Bozeman trail to the Rockys
Sioux would move to the black hills
1868
What happened at Washita River 1868-69?
General Custer first attack for the winter campaign killing 103 peaceful Indians
When was gold discovered in the black hills?
1874
What happened at the battle of rosebud?
June 17th 1876
Sitting and crazy horse led a combined force of 2,000 Indian warriors
They defeated the U.S. Force under general cook
When was the battle of Little Bighorn?
June 26th 1876
What is the Dawes act?
1887
Divided land into 160 acres for each adult and 80 for each children
Many Indians wouldn’t accept
More and more dependant on the government for food and shelter
The reservations were gone
What was the Oklahoma land race?
Remaining 2 million acres of Indian Territory was opened to settlers
22nd of April
Ended Indian Territory
1889
What was the permanent Indian frontier ?
1825
Indian tribe moved from the south east on to the Great Plains - one big reservation
All moved by 1840
