Reservations and the Little Bighorn
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- Reservations and the Little Bighorn
- The Railroad took land from the Native Americans
- Violating treaties, the railroad ran through Native American lands
- Vast numbers of buffalo were slaughtered to feed the gangs
- Tribes resisted bitterly,derailing trains and ambushing workmen
- General Sherman built forts to safeguard the railroad
- Railroad was funded by land grants of ten square miles for every mile of track-land soon sold to settlers
- The Sioux Campaign (1876)-Climax of the Indian War
- 1874, troops under Lt.Col.George Custer confirmed presence of gold in Black Hills of Dakota
- Hills were sacred to the Sioux and had been guaranteed to them by the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868
- Despite government opposition, a gold rush started, centring on the town of Deadwood
- Sitting bull and Crazy Horse raised the largest Native American force ever seen-around 4000 warriors
- Army sent to oppose uprising-led by Gen.George Crook
- Hoped to split Indian force but ended up splitting its own #
- Made worse by Custer deliberately sought the chance to attack Native Americans alone
- Custer was out numbered more than 5 to 1 as he entered the valley of little bighorn
- Didn't have advantage of technology. Indians were armed with rifles
- Custer and all 225 of his command were killed.
- Greatest Native American victory in battle against the US Army
- Came too late, couldn't bring back the buffalo, end the Black Hills gold rush or stop the tide of settlement
- 1874, troops under Lt.Col.George Custer confirmed presence of gold in Black Hills of Dakota
- In 1876, the US army launched a winter campaign i which the Sioux were beaten by hunger and the loss of their horses.
- Sitting Bull retreated to Canada
- Crazy Horse surrendered in May 1877 to the Agency of Red Cloud.
- Later he was killed by some of his own people while resisting arrest
- The Railroad took land from the Native Americans
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