KEY PEOPLE

• chiefs

  • wouldn't stay chiefs their whole life
  • leader of a band
  • had specific skills e.g. hunting , warfare , negotiation , spiritual
• Red Cloud

  • Sioux chief
  • took part in Red Cloud's War
• Sitting Bull

  • Sioux chief
  • took part in Red Cloud's war
• Crazy Horse

  • Sioux Chief
  • took part in Red Cloud's war
  • died after taking part in the Ghost Dance movement
• Warrior Brotherhood

  • men of a band
  • e.g. Dog soldiers & White Horse Riders
  • trained young men - hunting , fighting and campsites
• Geronimo


  Native American chief of the Apachez Tribe. Fought against American gov't.

  Led one of the last Indian uprising
• Billy the Kid


  Orphan that became a famous outlaw of the wild west.

  Legend says he killed 21 men, one for each year of his life.

  Part of a gang called the Regulators
• Mark Twain


  Samuel Longhorne Clemons was his real name

  Author

  Wrote: Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
• Doc Holiday


  Dentist

  Suffered from tuberculosis

  Outlaw

  Fought at the OK Corral with Wyatt Earp
• Sundance Kid


  Leader of the Wild Bunch with Butch Cassidy

  Outlaw

  Fled to South America

  Robbed trains, banks, and stole horses.
• Crazy Horse


  Indian Chief of the Lakota tribe

  Fought at the Battle of Little Big Horn

  Worked with Sitting Bull
• Sitting Bull


  Indian Chief of the Sioux

  Defeated General Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn

  Performed in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
• Butch Cassidy


  Leader of the Wild Bunch with Sundance Kid

  Outlaw

  Fled to South America

  Robbed banks and trains
• Levi Strauss


  German American

  Helped cowboys with his invention of blue jeans

  Symbol of American fashion
• Belle Starr


  Outlaw from Missouri

  Nickname: "Bandit Queen"

  Confederate Spy during the Civil War
• Laura Ingalls Wilder


  Teacher and Author

  From South Dakota

  Wrote: "Pioneer Girl & The Little House"

  TV Show Little House on the Praire is based on her life
• Annie Oakley


  Sharpshooter/trick shots

  Performed in Wild West Show
• Wild Bill Hickok


  Real name is James Butler

  He was a soldier, spy, gambler, and gun fighter

  Performed in the Wild West Show

  From Illinois
• Buffalo Bill Cody


  U.S. Army Scout

  Worked for the Pony Express

  Started the Wild West Show

  Said to killed over 4,000 buffalo
• Jesse James


  Famous Outlaw

  Leader of the James-Younger Gang

  Fought in the Civil War

  Shot in the back by a friend
• Chief Joseph


  Indian Chief of the Nez Perce tribe

  Moved his people to Canada

  It is said he died from a broken heart
• Charles Goodnight


  Cowboy from Illinois

  Texas Ranger

  A famous trail was named after him and his friend--Goodnight-Loving Trail
• Nat Love


  Famous African American Cowboy

  Worked on the railroads
• Wyatt Earp


  Lawman of the Wild West

  A gambler

  From Illinois

  Hero of the Wild West

  Fought at the OK Corral
• Helen Hunt Jackson


  Author

  Indian activist

  Book: "A Century of Dishonor"
• John Chapman


  "Johnny Apple Seed"

  Famous for living on the frontier and planting apples