plains wars

Question	Answer
who was custer?	a lieutenant colonel of the US army in 1874
what were the forces?	5-1 native Americans vs Custer's military natives had Winchester rifles Custer had single shot Springfield rifles
who was little crow	a santee sioux chief reluctant to enter war defeated at Wood Lake 38 santee prisoners hanged and the rest expelled from their land
who was red cloud	soiux 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.
what was the sand creek massacre	cheyenne 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
what was wounded knee	as 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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