little crows war

• In what year did Little Crow's War take place?

  1862
• Who was Little Crow?

  A warrior leader of the Dakota Sioux
• Why were the Dakota Sioux Indians desperately hungry?

  Government agents refused to release food stocks
• What did government agents claim the Indians had been doing?

  Breaking the 1851 Fort Laramie treaty
• What actions did Little Crow eventually lead?

  Raids on agencies, burning warehouses, attacks on settlers
• How many soldiers and settlers were reportedly killed in the attacks led by Little Crow?

  700
• According to the study material, why was the withholding of food from the Indians considered inhuman?

  There was plenty of food available
• Why had the sioux crops failed?

  Due to disease
• What is an annuity?

  An annual government payment
• What was the annuity in return for?

  Abiding by the 1851 Fort Laramie treaty terms
• Why did Little Crow believe the army wouldn't respond to attacks?

  The Civil War was occupying the Union Army
• How many Sioux were initially sentenced to death?

  400
• How many Sioux were actually killed?

  38
• Where were the rest of the Sioux forced to move?

  Crow Creek reservation
• What were the conditions like at the Crow Creek reservation?

  Barren
• How many Sioux died of hunger in the first winter at Crow Creek?

  Around 400
• Why was President Lincoln concerned about fighting another war?

  He was fighting the Civil War
• What was the treatment of the Sioux like?

  very brutal treatment
• what was Little Crow's War caused by?

  Indian reliance and government refusal to support
• What did Little Crow's War mark?

  A decline in US-Indian relations
• What did the Indians resort to eating when they were desperately hungry?

  Grass