RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
THE INDIAN WARS STRUGGLE BETWEEN NATIVE AMERICANS AND SETTLERS
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Crazy Horse
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Sitting Bull
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Chief Joseph
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Geronimo
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Detailed explanation-1: -Geronimo (1829-1909) was an Apache leader and medicine man best known for his fearlessness in resisting anyone–Mexican or American-who attempted to remove his people from their tribal lands.
Detailed explanation-2: -In March 1886, General George Crook (1829–90) forced Geronimo to surrender; however, Geronimo quickly escaped and continued his raids. General Nelson Miles (1839–1925) then took over the pursuit of Geronimo, eventually forcing him to surrender that September near Fort Bowie along the Arizona-New Mexico border.
Detailed explanation-3: -Geronimo was an Apache leader who continued the tradition of the Apaches resisting white colonization of their homeland in the Southwest, participating in raids into Sonora and Chihuahua in Mexico. After years of war, Geronimo finally surrendered to U.S. troops in 1886.
Detailed explanation-4: -Goyathlay, a powerful Apache leader, also known as Geronimo, hands his rifle to a U.S. general in surrender.