James Beckwoth: A Good Man

Hernan Cortes was a young man who dreamed of having his own fortune in the new world. When he was 19, he joined an expedition to Cuba and he realized that he could conquer new land. Years later, when he was all grown up, he was sent from Spain to conquer new land. He ended up landing in Mexico. He found new land for him to conquer and earn riches that he never dreamed of having in his life and

Black Hawk was Sauk American Indian leader that became prominent at a young age and managed to play an important role in shaping Native American history and U.S. history in general. He was born in 1767 in Saukenuk, a Native American village is contemporary Rock Island, Illinois. Even with the fact that he was not born a chief, his actions made it possible for individuals in his tribe to appreciate him and to support him as their leader. Black Hawk trained as a boy and learnt a great deal about waging warfare, as war was a dominant concept in his tribe's culture and children were well-acquainted with it in order for them to be able to react positively to diverse issues that arose.

He became a healer so the Indians knew that he was on their side. First, the Indians brought him a man that was wounded by a arrow that was through his right shoulder (Document C). Soon, Cabeza opened the man’s chest and struggled to take it out with a knife that he had (Document C). Also, it took a lot of time for Cabeza to give the man stitches (Document C). Two day later, Cabeza took the stitches out and the cure made him have a very good reputation (Document C).

     He led many expeditions into South America. Most were unsuccessful because they met many hostile tribes and he didn’t have

odd jobs and eventually made his way to California where he met his future wife,

He turned his life around which in turn gave a new found light to the Indian people. For the rest of his life he would be known as Tenskwatawa, the “open door” a name that was used because of the new role he obtained as the religious leader of the native people. He wanted the Indians to go back to their traditional values and more importantly rely on the food, clothing and equipment used by their ancestors. Tenskwatawa used religion to unify the American Indians by going around town to town and introducing the natives to his practicing. His teaching assured them that the master of life had not forgotten his children, and if they would follow Tenskwatawa they would, indeed be revitalized. With the faith that he gained he was able to restore peace and order in the world full of chaos that the Indians were

When he was older his brother by the name of john described him as a stout and rawboned man as well as he was six feet tall and weighed in at around 180 pounds. Now that was only his basics but his actual are the more intriguing part of him because he had a light colored hair that brought out his rather deep set gray eyes. Now he was also a man of good disposition unless he was angered by an insult, which after that point his anger could be quite how did his brother put it, aw yes he said he had a very terrible temper. Now he and his brother Rezin fought in the war of 1812 in the second division. This division was consolidated of the seventeenth through nineteenth regiments. Which were drawn from Avoyelles, Rapides, and many more well known parishes. It is said, in family records, that Jim and Rezin where on there way to join the famed Andrew jackson and his forces in new orleans when the war came to a peaceful and satisfying close. After this happened the brothers dwindled in slave trading for a good long while. They even traded with the famous pirate,or privateer as he preferred

expedition. He became the governor of Texas in 1849 and was an officer in the Mexican War.

He joined the militia of the war of 1812, but joined to late to do any fighting. He went back to Louisiana, to cut and sell timber. When he went back to Texas, he got Mexican citizenship, acquired land grants, married Maria Ursula, and stayed. After he got married he began to look for Los Almagres mine also known as the San Saba mine. After getting permission to go on an expedition, he, his brother, and other men set out to search for the mine. During that time they were attacked by Native Americans. Many natives were killed or injured but only a few of Bowie’s men were hurt. They went back home and after a while they went back to look for the mine, but never found

During this time of War he was trying to make a confederation of tribes near Ohio to fight the White Settlement. In 1812 all of his followers and himself decided to join the British and in hopes they may win the war.In a battle his father Puck Shinwa Was killed and that's how Tecumseh became chief. His father was killed in the battle of port pleasant During the French and Indian War. His mother Methoataske decided that she would let her daughter raise him . when he was younger he would travel

There isn’t a lot of information about Black Kettle’s early life. He was born into the Northern Cheyenne tribe. He lived as a farmer until the french kicked them out of their land and they became nomadic buffalo hunters. Black Kettles hobbies were fighting because he was an able warrior. He also probably enjoyed hunting because his tribe became nomadic buffalo hunters.

As he grew older he began to want to see the world away from his small hometown, so in 1828, when he was just nineteen years old he went down the Mississippi River to New Orleans on a produce flatboat. With no other way to get home , he made the eight hundred mile journey on foot. When he got home, his dad decided to move because of health reasons. There he held many jobs such as co-owner of a store in Salem Illinois, a mill operator, and then studied law and opened his own law office.

When Gall was a teenager he developed a reputation to be a very skilled hunter and warrior. In Gall's late twenties he became a chief. One of the youngest chief's to be in the Hunkpapa tribe. During the Battle of Little Big Horn, Gall and his troops joined Sitting

Kit Carson was a mountain man, adventurer, and entrepreneur who had explored the American southwest and served in the United States army. He is known for his service in the New Mexico volunteer army, where he was tasked with ending disputes with hostile Indians and later removing them from their lands to be placed on a reservations. Before he was known for his time in the army he was a fur trapper, buffalo hunter, and mountaineer. Karson loved the isolated and self-sufficient living of the southwest, which is why he volunteered for the army because he felt it was his duty to do so for being able to live the life he did.

He did many great things great thing in his lifetime. Before he was in the Battle of The Alamo he was a Militia Colonel in Tennessee for the army . He was so well know that people started to make plays in his honor. He was also a Frontiersman for Tennessee before he join to fight in the Alamo to help with the fight because they were enough people to fight..