RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
THE INDIAN WARS STRUGGLE BETWEEN NATIVE AMERICANS AND SETTLERS
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Question
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He wanted their buffalo.
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He wanted to be a chief.
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He wanted to find gold on their land.
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He wanted to be famous.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Tensions between the two groups had been rising since the discovery of gold on Native American lands. When a number of tribes missed a federal deadline to move to reservations, the U.S. Army, including Custer and his 7th Cavalry, was dispatched to confront them.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the summer of 1874, Custer led an expedition of 1, 000 men for two months 300 miles across the Plains and Badlands, to the uncharted Black Hills of the Dakota Territory. He was there to find two things. Officially, he was looking for a location to build a fort. Unofficially, he was looking for gold.
Detailed explanation-3: -Custer intended to move the 7th Cavalry to a position that would allow his force to attack the village at dawn the next day. When some stray Indian warriors sighted a few 7th Cavalrymen, Custer assumed that they would rush to warn their village, causing the residents to scatter. Custer chose to attack immediately.
Detailed explanation-4: -On June 25th, 1876, Custer finally met his demise at the hands of Lakota and Cheyenne warriors in Montana Territory, at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Greene, Jerome A. Washita: the U.S. Army and the Southern Cheyennes, 1867-1869.