The Cause Of Red Cloud's War

In 1800 the government viewed the tribes as savages hence, in 1828 Andrew Jackson committed to remove or relocate the Indians even if force is needed(PBS indian country diaries, Relocation). Correspondingly the girls from St. Lucy’s were forced to stay at the school even though the nuns did leave the gate open, this is done because the nuns acknowledged that if they return the girls would be shunned by their family, accordingly being tortured (ST. Lucys). In the fall and winter months of 1838-1839 Jackson's wishes came true, when seven thousand troops under command of General Winfield Scott rounded up Cherokee indians at bayonet point (PBS Indian country diaries, Relocation). Furthermore these cold months on the trail ends up killing four thousand

It marked its last resistance of its population devastated by disease and demoralized by the removal policy pursued by the government. Some tribes including the crow, Arikara, Pawnee and Shoshoni fought alongside US army against their own enemies, the Sioux. In 1877 the army issued an ultimatum come on to the reservation or be hunted down. |

Red Cloud’s Revenge is a historical novel about the grim recollection of detailed events and days/months before the showdown between the US Cavalry & Sioux Indians on the northern plains of 1867. Fetterman, Brown & Grummond rode out ahead of seventy-eight soldiers that day on December 21st 1866. In hopes of driving out some Sioux Indians and bring some scalps home. Many soldiers’ guard was down when Fetterman’s entire force

The entire treaty that was signed with the Utes had land and protection signed in the treaty and they signed to amend by the United States. It had involved 7 bands of Utes. It had many rules to follow by and they all agreed, at some point the government would eventually want the land that they had signed over and would need it back to slowly expand the United States. With the government taking land forcefully, it ultimately leads to The Trail of Tears. That involved the Indian removal policy, the Cherokee were the group that was removed by Andrew Jackson. The natives were forced to give up their land in Mississippi and were made to live in present-day Oklahoma and the travel was devastating. With over 4,000 dying when 15,000 had traveled, it was a devastating loss for the Indians after what they had to go

The Comanche Campaign was a generalization of multiple battles and wars between the United States government and the Comanche tribes. Most of the wars were fought between 1867 and 1875 in the freshly settle wild west. The United States military fought against different Comanche tribes in numerous expeditions until the Comanche people surrounded and surrendered. After peace was established between the Natives and the United States, the Comanche people were relocated to a reservation. In the late 1800’s different ideas and proposals, such as the Manifest Destiny and Homestead Act, fueled the expansion of American settlement out West.

The Battle of Little Bighorn took place in 1876 along the Little Big Horn River in south central Montana. Warriors of the Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes battled the seventh Regiment of the U.S. Cavalry led by General George Armstrong Custer. The battle has come to symbolize the clash of two vastly different civilizations including a hunting culture of the northern plains and a highly sophisticated, industrial-based culture of the U.S. This battle was not an isolated soldier-warrior confrontation but rather a highly strategic campaign. Essentially, Lakota leaders such as Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse rejected the newly implemented reservation system which was put into effect by the Fort Laramie Treaty. General Armstrong Custer

In 1861, Congress creaked the Dakota Territory, which consisted of oresent-day North and South Dakota, and most of Montana and Wyoming. The Indian Wars prevented rapid settlement on the territory in the 1860s. The Red Cloud Wars were the most vital wars that led up to the Massacre of Wounded

Most Americans have at least some vague understanding of the Trail of Tears, but not many know about the events that led to that tragic removal of thousands of Indians from their homeland. Indian lands were held hostage by the states and the federal government. The Indians had to agree to removal to maintain their tribe identities. Trail of Tears is an excellent example of a particular situation and will be eye opening to those who are not familiar with the story of the southern tribes and their interactions with the rapidly growing American population. The Trail of Tears has become the symbol in American history that indicates the callousness, insensitivity, and cruelty of American government toward American Indians in 1839 and 1839.

The soldiers told the Sioux that as long as they gave up some of their land they would give them a peace treaty.The Sioux no longer wanted to fight so they agreed and gave up some of their land to the government.

Everything was going very well for the settlers in the west, except for disputes and battles with the native Indian tribes. The tribes had signed many treaties with the Americans regarding their land and their safety; however, the treaties were loosely followed and ignored for the most part. In 1868, the Lakota were having conflicts with the US Army. The Lakota were angry that the army kept coming into their territory. This led to Red Cloud's War. Congress passed the Fort

Known as “one of the greatest controversies to take place in America of that time” (“Trail of Tears”). This immense affair is known as the Trail of Tears. However, prior to the Trail of Tears taking place, the most accurate incident to blame for Indian removal would be Jackson’s Indian Removal Act of 1830. Acknowledged as “one of the saddest events in American history” (“Trail of Tears”). Crucial conflicts continued to damage Indian tribes and affected hundreds of colonists who had to go to war and remove these Indians. It appears that the Indians really caused no harm to colonists, except when they would rebel due to the problems they had caused. Each side was no longer innocent however, it was still believed that killing each other was the answer along with destroying one another’s land. Warfare broke out as of result to this act and the outcome was the Second Seminole War (“Indian-White”). Constant conflict and violence erupted due to this character of removal that the Congress had resorted

Throughout the 1800 many Native Tribes were taken from their lands east of the Mississippi and marched to new lands in the west under the Indian Removal Act of 1830. One such march of the Cherokee Nation from Georgia to Oklahoma and was called by them “the trail where they cried” or the Trail of Tears all of which was the result of signing of the New Echota Treaty. The deadline for voluntary removal was May of 1838 and by the the end of may the U.S. Army had arrived to round up those Cherokee who had not yet left for the west. Around 17,000 Cherokee were moved from their homes at gun point and forced to walk a distance of about 1,200

The conflict that occurred between the U.S. Government and the Native American Indian tribes, known as the Great Sioux War. It was a lengthy, disjointed struggle between the U.S. Army and the allied tribes of the Teton Sioux and Northern Cheyenne Indians that occurred in the span of fifteen months between, March 1876 and May 18771. Hostilities between the U.S. Government and the Native American Indian tribes grew due to the movement of settlers on the land promised to them. The Northern Plains, which consist of the Dakotas, Nebraska, Wyoming and Montana, is where the majority of the war took place. The most prominent battle of this war was the Battle of Little Big Horn, due to the amount of casualties taken by the U.S. 7TH Cavalry led

In 1828, The Cherokee Buck Watie (who took up the name of Elias Boudinot) founded and edited The Cherokee Phoenix, which was used to state the Cherokee view of the problem. They also wrote a number of letters, briefs and petitions to the government. These appeals did not have their effect, as the government kept insisting that the Indians voluntarily leave the territory. In 1835, a number of leaders signed the Treaty of New Echota after concluding that any further attempts to fight against the government were futile.” Once the Cherokee agreed to the removal act, federal troops had come in to enforce it. This was known as the Trail of Tears. The troops made the some 12,000 Cherokee Indians walk to their new home west of the Mississippi River. Along the way around 4,000 Cherokee died. Even though the government at the time wanted to remove all of the tribes to west of the Mississippi River, the Cherokee had fought them in court. They stated that their lands were sacred and that they had been there for generations. The Cherokee fought their removal through the many court systems in the United States at the time. Their case went all the way up to the Georgia Supreme Court.

Most Americans have at least some vague image of the Trail of Tears, but not very many know of the events that led to that tragic removal of several thousand Indians from their homeland. Indian lands were held hostage by the states and the federal government, and Indians had to agree to removal to preserve their identity as tribes. Trail of Tears is an excellent snapshot of a particular situation and will be eye opening to those who are not familiar with the story of the southern tribes and their interactions with the burgeoning American population. The Trail of Tears has become the symbol in American history that signifies the callousness of American policy makers toward American Indians in 1839 and 1839.