HST 096 1st Edition Lecture 13 Outline of Last Lecture The last lecture covered Americas move west and how both the Americans and Indians interacted with each other.Outline of Current Lecture This lecture is on the reading from the book as well as the assign film on GeronimoCurrent Lecture- Series of three treaties (Treaties of Medicine Lodge) treaties signed by Comanche, Kiowa, and Apache- Other treatise earlier in which the American Government would give larger land and supply allotments- Later more Treaties that would allow for even less land- Not all members of the Tribe felt bound by these treaties- Four tribes so angered by the genocide of the Bison, hundreds of warriors attacked place called Adobe Walls and attacked buffalo hunters (This started Red River War of 1874)- This allowed the government to call the army to use any force necessary to push Indians back onto the reservation- Finally however cavalry invaded multi-tribal village Palo Duro Canyon, Red River Valley- They killed few Indians but destroyed winter rations and killed horses- Starving Indians began to turn themselves in and by the next Spring all Indians tried to turn themselves in- This was the last attempt by Southern Indians to fight America in its expansion West- 300,000 Indians between Mississippi to California in 1849- But by 1890 8 million American Settlers entered the region, this drove policy change- The response to American settlers was that Government did their bidding in order to crush Indian resistance- Democracy, will by majority, did not serve minority- All of this rendered Grants Peace policy Irrelevant- The story of the West was one of Violence between two civilizations - 1890 is good postmark of the end of the movement west and destruction of the Indians- Indian war era is 1840-1880’sThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.- The real policy of the American Government was the concentration of Indians, pushing them together- Where Indian wars were concerned, war was also against the Bison (ecological catastrophe) Treaty of Fort Laramie- Dozens of similar documents signed with many Native Tribes over the course of history- US backed out of everything (took land they had originally given) (terms didn’t last)- Huge possibility of miscommunication (this was deliberate), society could not read vs Americans who could- Contested in Court later- The treaty calls for Peace, civilizing tribes, endorsing farming(give land to farmers, not hunters)- Indians need to compel children to attend American type schools- Change their dress codes- Used Contradictory terms- Treaty was really meant for land seizure- Offer them an allotment of land through - Coercion to turn on one another and tell on one another- Whites were not allowed to enter the land- Indian who acquired land would eventually receive citizenshipApache- Geronimo left with a band of warriors from the reservation- Some left some stayed and were content with farming- Geronimo Sioux- Warriors did not sign treaties while the others did- Battle of Little Big HornComanche- There was fighting with the Red River WarSimilarities- Tribal division, no unanimity against the crushing force of whit encroachment- Each had a notable military occurrence, and military resistance - A select few sign away territory for everyone- There was no centralization of leadership which would not allow true agreement to a treaty- Military consequences as not all feel bound by