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Increasing conflict on the Plains (Plains Wars) - Coggle Diagram
Increasing conflict on the Plains (Plains Wars)
Cycle of conflict
Early battles on the Plains
1st Fort Laramie 1851
Little Crow’s War 1862
Cheyenne Uprising 1863
Sand Creek Massacre 1865
Red Cloud’s War 1867
Battle of Little Bighorn
Chiefs Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull refused to accept the peace of 1868
Gold was discovered in the Black Hills in 1874
The Sioux refused to sell their land in the Black Hills
The Sioux had been joined by the Cheyenne and Arapaho, making an army of more than 3,000 warriors, armed with Winchester repeating rifles
Custer divided his 600 men into three groups
Custer headed north of the village with 215 men
The Sioux cut off both Reno and Custer. Benteen rescued Reno, but Custer and all of his troops lost their lives
Wounded Knee Massacre
On the 29th of December 1890, the US 7th Calvary were sent in to disarm the Sioux.
Wounded Knee 1890
Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota.
