the cavalry and the indians

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   U.S. Cavalry and the Indians were from two walks of life and two very culturally different nations.  Broken treaties and misunderstandings led to a period of western history that had its share of heroes and villains on both sides.  Indian Battles 
          Indians
Chief Joseph   Indian Chief of the Lower Nez Perces 
Cochise  Chiricahua Apache Indian Tribe Chief 
Crazy Horse  Oglala Sioux Indian Tribe Chief 
Geronimo  Mimbreno Apache Indian Tribe Chief 
Red Cloud   Oglala Sioux Warrior Indian Tribe Chief 
Sacajawea  Born Shoshone Indian, Kidnapped By Minnetares Indians and Hidatsa Indians 
Sitting Bull  a Sioux Indian nominated to be a Hunkpapa Indian Chief 
Wovoka Jack Wilson  A  Paiute Mystic Indian 
         Cavalry that invaded the West?
Benjamin Bonneville  Graduate West Point Cavalry Career Officer 
William Frederick Cody   Cavalry Army Scout 
George Armstrong Custer  Cavalry Officer 7th Cavalry Regiment, Indian Territories 
Nathan Meeker    Indian Agent on the White River Ute Indian Reservation 
Zebulon Pike   Founder Pikes Peak Military Man and Explorer 
Isaac Stevens  Congressman for fair Indian treaties and reining in the brutal Cavalry 
Marcus Whitman   Physician, Protestant, Missionary caring for the Indians  
          Other notables:  
Army Scouts
Buffalo Hunters   Indians Hunted Buffalo Numbering 60 Million 
Forts  Indians Hated the Symbolism of Forts the Cavalry called them Home 
Lewis and Clark Expedition  was Guided by a Shoshone Indian named Sacajawea
Mule Skinners and Freight Wagons  The Heavy Freighters of the West 
Santa Anna   Remember The Alamo 
Steamboats   Along the muddy Mississippi, Ohio, and Missouri Rivers 
Trading Posts   The Center of Commerce for Pioneers, settlers, trappers, cavalry And Indians  
         Cavalry and Indian Battles: 
Battle of the Little Big Horn  Fifteen Thousand Indians destroy George Armstrong Custer  
Wounded Knee Massacre  Cavalry Hotchkiss guns raining fragmentation shells at a combined rate of 200 or more rounds a minute.  Killed 300 unarmed Indians  

Edited by TasunkaWitko

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	U.S. Cavalry and the Indians were from two walks of life and two very culturally different nations. Broken treaties and misunderstandings led to a period of western history that had its share of heroes and villains on both sides. Indian Battles Indians Chief Joseph Indian Chief of the Lower Nez Perces Cochise Chiricahua Apache Indian Tribe Chief Crazy Horse Oglala Sioux Indian Tribe Chief Geronimo Mimbreno Apache Indian Tribe Chief Red Cloud Oglala Sioux Warrior Indian Tribe Chief Sacajawea Born Shoshone Indian, Kidnapped By Minnetares Indians and Hidatsa Indians Sitting Bull a Sioux Indian nominated to be a Hunkpapa Indian Chief Wovoka Jack Wilson A Paiute Mystic Indian Cavalry that invaded the West? Benjamin Bonneville Graduate West Point Cavalry Career Officer William Frederick Cody Cavalry Army Scout George Armstrong Custer Cavalry Officer 7th Cavalry Regiment, Indian Territories Nathan Meeker Indian Agent on the White River Ute Indian Reservation Zebulon Pike Founder Pikes Peak Military Man and Explorer Isaac Stevens Congressman for fair Indian treaties and reining in the brutal Cavalry Marcus Whitman Physician, Protestant, Missionary caring for the Indians Other notables: Army Scouts Buffalo Hunters Indians Hunted Buffalo Numbering 60 Million Forts Indians Hated the Symbolism of Forts the Cavalry called them Home Lewis and Clark Expedition was Guided by a Shoshone Indian named Sacajawea Mule Skinners and Freight Wagons The Heavy Freighters of the West Santa Anna Remember The Alamo Steamboats Along the muddy Mississippi, Ohio, and Missouri Rivers Trading Posts The Center of Commerce for Pioneers, settlers, trappers, cavalry And Indians Cavalry and Indian Battles: Battle of the Little Big Horn Fifteen Thousand Indians destroy George Armstrong Custer Wounded Knee Massacre Cavalry Hotchkiss guns raining fragmentation shells at a combined rate of 200 or more rounds a minute. Killed 300 unarmed Indians Edited by TasunkaWitko
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