battles

• when was little crows war

  1862
• in 1851 little crow agreed to move onto a reservation in return for gov protection and supplies
• what was wrong with the reservation

  the land was unfertile and hard to farm
• the sioux began to starve and the government did not send in food or supplies
• little crow tried to stop his men from attacking but they did not listen as they were starving so 4 men attacked white settlers
• how many whites where killed

  700
• despite the civil war the US gov sent huge reinforcements which caused the sioux to surrender
• consequences


  38 sioux sentence to death

  moved to a new reservation called crows creek which was awful for living
• when was sandcreek massacre

  1864
• why were people trespassing on native american land

  because of the discovery of gold in Colorado in 1858
• when was the treaty of fort wise

  1861
• what did the fort wise treaty entail


  which allowed tribes to move into a reservation in the east however some men stayed in there original territory
• how long was there conflict before the sancreek massacre

  3 years
• who was the native leader

  black ketlle
• who was the american leader

  colonel chivington
• black kettle waned to end conflict so he set up a temporary camp at sandcreek where he arranged to speak to the us gov
• colonel chivington led 1000 men to kill the plains indians
• how many plains indians did chivington kill

  150- men, women and children
• murdered natives body parts were shown as trophies in bars
• black kettle put up a white flag to show Americans they meant peace
• during the civil war the Americans promised the natives compensation and to be moved onto a huge reservation however after the civil war that did not happen
• consequences of the sandcreek massacre

  a complete break down of trust
• when did redclouds war begin

  1862
• in 1862 gold was discovered in Montana and prospectors began to used the bozeman trail which was native american hunting ground
• in 1866 red cloud was meeting with the gov however he discovered they were building forts on the bozeman trail
• 21st of december 1866 the sioux attacked a fort
• who was supposed to defend the forts

  fetternmen
• the sioux led an ambush and murdered fettermans men which became as fettermans trap
• red clouds war led to the second fort laramie treaty
• when was the battle of little big horn

  1874
• george custer was stationed in the black hills to defend the the rail road workers from the sioux
• thousands of prospectors travelled to the black hills

  this broke the terms of the fort Laramie treaty
• the us offered to buy the black hills for $60 million however the sioux rejected this
• the sioux attacked the white prospectors 


  this broke the fort Laramie treaty
• who were the native american leaders

  crazy horse

  sitting bull
• the sioux had left there reservation to fight but in December 1875 they were given 60 days to return but deep snow prevented this
• custer ignored orders and sent 200 of his men to attack which were all killed by the native
• consequences of the battle of little big horn

  the sioux were strictly kept on reservations

  they were forced to surrender the black hills

  there weapons were seized