The Government Restricts Native Americans
1. While representing either the Native American’s point of view or the settler’s point of
view, prepare a statement of your beliefs about settlement, meaning of the land, and
the methods used to settle it. (Use back of this paper)
2. Read pp. 410-413 and complete the following chart- Conflict on the Plains
Battle
Causes
Combatants
Effects
Reactions- either
Native
Americans,
settlers, or
Federal
government
Sand Creek
Cheyenne
Gen S.R. Curtis”I
Nov 29, 1864
Destroyed trust
assumed under
want no peace
killed over 150
between native
protection of US until the Indians
Cheyenne and
Americans/
govt. returned
suffer more”
Arapho –mostly settlers
to Colorado’s
John
women/children
Sand Creek
Chivington/troops
Death on The Bozeman Trail
Warrior Crazy
Over 80 soldiers Led to Treaty of
Bozeman Trail ran through
Horse ambushed killed. Native
Fort LaramieSioux hunting
Capt. William
Americans,
Sioux agreed to
grounds. Chief
Fetterman
“battle of 100
live on
Red Cloud-end
slain” Whitesreservation.
white
“Fetterman
Sitting Bull never
settlement
Massacre”
signed..
Red River War Native
US Army herds
Gen Philip
The army
Americans resist the Kiowa and
Sheridancrushed the
restrictions
Comanche onto
“destroy all
resistance ,
reservations.
villages, kill
sparing only
Open fires on all
warriors
woman/children”
others
Custer’s Last
Col George A.
Custer reached
Within an hour
Late 1876 Sioux
Stand
Custer declared Little Big Horn
Custer and all his badly beaten,
gold in Black
River-Crazy
men dead.
Sitting Bull went
Hills- Red Cloud, Horse, Sitting
to Canada till
Spotted Tail
Bull,Gall outflank
1881
protest
and crush
Custer’s deathCuster’s troops
motivation for
Indians?
Battle of
Ghost Dance
Seventh Cavalry
As many as 300
Brought an end
Wounded
movement to
(Custer’s old
Native
to the Indian
Knee
regiment) round
Americans
wars
overcome
poverty/disease
Military leaders
shot and killed
Sitting Bull
up 350 Sioux and
take them to
camp at
Wounded Knee
Creek, S.Dak.
slaughtered
including
children