The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution Chapter 26: Part 1 The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution
Native American Conflict Tribal conflict due to forced migration Intentional spread of disease Overhunting of buffalo Reservation system established Sioux Reservation Left alone and given “supplies”
Reservation System
Sand Creek Massacre (1864) J.M Chivington 400+ killed (including women and children)
Fetterman Massacre (1866) Sioux blocking Bozeman trail killed and mutilated Fetterman’s troops and civilians Led to increased tension
Treaty of Ft Laramie (1868) Bozeman trail abandoned “Great Sioux Reservation” established
Battle of Little Bighorn (1874) Gen. Custer leads group into Black Hills, SD gold rush Sitting Bull led Sioux, Arapaho, and Cheyenne to victory against Colonel Custer Custer and 265 troops killed in less than an hour “Custer’s Last Stand
Other Tribes Geronimo – Apache Chief Joseph – Nez Perce Chased into Mexico Reservation in Florida and Oklahoma Chief Joseph – Nez Perce Tried to escape being forced onto reservation 1,700 mile journey to meet Sitting Bull Reservation Kansas, then Idaho
Battle of Wounded Knee (1890) “Wounded Knee Massacre” 200 Lakota Sioux killed End of “Ghost Dance” White man would leave and buffalo and ancestors would return Prelude to war?
Dawes Severalty Act (1877) Individual allotments of land to Native Americans Extra land given to government Goal: Assimilation Excluded 5 Civilized Tribes