Conflict of the great plains

  • Fetterman Massacre

    Fetterman Massacre
    The blodiest incident between 1865-1867.Army troops had a fort on the Bozeman Trail, in Montana. Crazy Horse lead the troops into a deadly trap. 80 soldiers fell for the trap and were lead into a bloody massacre
  • Treaty of Fort Laramie

    Treaty of Fort Laramie
    In the spring of 1868, a confrence was held at Fort Laramie. Which is now known as Wyoming.The treaty brought the whites and the Suix together, to stop fighting
  • Battle of Little Bighorn

    Battle of Little Bighorn
    Sitting Bull and Suix and Cheyenne warriors along the little bighorn river in, what is now known as Montana.The seventh cavarly was lead by George Custer
  • Sand Creek Massacre

    Sand Creek Massacre
    After the Sand Creek Massacre, a lot of native americans were dead. Mostly Cheyenne and Arapaho woman and children. Black Kettles tribe was effected the most, they were known as the Wutapai.
  • 1874 Discovery

    1874 Discovery
    Custer lead a armyin a expedition to confirm rumors that there was gold.
  • Ghost Dance

    Ghost Dance
    a religious dance. Also known as the "circle dance". This ritual was preformed by Native Americans back in the Prehistoric times.
  • Wounded Knee

    Wounded Knee
    350 troops from the US 7th Cavarly with 4 lightweight artillery meet the Suix at Wounded Knee creek, South Dakota. The army had orders to take the Suix to the railroad for transport to Nebraska. The Suix lost. The total death toll was 88 men, 44 women, and 18 children