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- 1who was custer?a lieutenant colonel of the US army in 1874
- 2what were the forces?5-1 native Americans vs Custer's military
natives had Winchester rifles
Custer had single shot Springfield rifles - 3who was little crowa santee sioux chief
reluctant to enter war
defeated at Wood Lake
38 santee prisoners hanged and the rest expelled from their land - 4who was red cloudsoiux chief near the platte river
was given land by the fort laramie treaty of 1851
army wanted to build forts along the bozeman trail through his terrirory
captain fetterman's force of 100 was ambushed and destroyed
fort laramie treaty of 1868 gave the land to red cloud as a reservation and didn't build forts again. - 5what was the sand creek massacrecheyenne tribe attacked settlers and ranchers
black kettle chief wanted peace
29th november 1864 colonel john chivingtington attacked his camp with 700 volonteers
over 150 indians were killed and scalped
chivington was condemmned but never punished - 6what was wounded kneeas the ghost dance swept across the plains the soldiers thought the old chief, big foot, was a leader of it.
the soldiers cought up with the tribe in 1890
as they disarmed the indians a warrior fired a shot
the soldiers retaliated and killed around 150 indians, including big foot.
this marked the end for the native american resistance
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- American West Karteikarten am plains wars, erstellt von Oliver Rudd am 08/03/2017.
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