The Sand Creek Massacre: The Battle Of Little Big Horn

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The first event is the battle of Little Big Horn. This event is called a battle because when the Native Americans and American Soldiers were at war both sides were armed and were organized. The reason for this conflict was gold, American men found gold in the black hills and told the NAtives to move to reservations, but the Indians wouldn't give up the hills and move to reservations this resulted in the battle of Little Big Horn. The American Soldiers lead by Colonel George Armstong Custer consisted of about 600 men. On the other side, the Native American camp consisted of about 2,000 Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho. The Americans didn't plan for a gathering of this sized proportion. When Custer attacked his army was killed very easily and splitting them up weakened the army even more.
All the men were killed and later was called Custer's last stand. …show more content…

Colonel John Chivington lead his 700 hundred soilers into the Native American reservation that was lead by Black Kettle. There were about 200 unarmed women, children, and elderly Natives. The Native American warrior men weren't there because they were hunting food for the winter. At this time the Natives were not on their own grounds, The Fort Laramie Treaty was put in place to move the Indians of the land they were living on to reservations. When the Indians were on the reservations they were supposedly safe. Once the Indians got to the new reservation the Americans found gold and killed them to get it. Since the Indians, though they were safe they didn't fight back or run from the American Soldiers, but in return for following the treaty, the Natives got

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