Flashcards: People of the wars between the United States and Native Americans
Scarface Charley
Scarface Charley (c. 1851 – December 3, 1896) was a chief of the Modoc tribe of Native Americans.
Boston Charley
Boston Charley (1854 – October 3, 1873) was a warrior in the Modoc War of 1872.
Roman Nose
Hook Nose (Cheyenne: Vóhko'xénéhe, also spelled Woqini and Woquini), historically better known as Roman Nose (c. 1823 – September 17, 1868), was a Native American of the Northern Cheyenne.
Black Hawk (Sauk leader)
Black Hawk, born Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak, (1767 – October 3, 1838) was a war leader and warrior of the Sauk American Indian tribe in what is now the Midwest of the United States.
Crazy Horse
Crazy Horse (Lakota: Tȟašúŋke Witkó in Standard Lakota Orthography, IPA:/tχaʃʊ̃kɛ witkɔ/), literally "His-Horse-Is-Crazy"; (c. 1842 – September 5, 1877) was a Native American war leader of the Oglala Lakota.
William J. Fetterman
William Judd Fetterman (1833 – December 21, 1866) was an officer in the United States Army during the American Civil War and the subsequent Red Cloud's War on the Great Plains.
John Lawrence Grattan
John Lawrence Grattan (June 1, 1830 – August 19, 1854) was a mid-19th century US Cavalry officer, whose poor judgement and inexperience led to the Grattan massacre, which was a major instigator for the First Sioux War.
Bear Hunter
Bear Hunter (died January 29, 1863), "also known as Wirasuap (bear spirit)" was a Shoshone chief of the Great Basin in the 1860s.
Henry Hastings Sibley
Henry Hastings Sibley (February 20, 1811 – February 18, 1891) was the first Governor of the U.
John Colter
John Colter (c.1774 – May 7, 1812 or November 22, 1813) was a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806).
Osceola
Osceola (1804 – January 30, 1838), born as Billy Powell, became an influential leader of the Seminole in Florida.