“Out of the one hundred and fifty Indians seventy percent were women and children”(wikipedia.com). Reports indicated the Cheyennes were shot while pleading for mercy and some while trying to escape. Furthermore, there was a great amount of mutilation to the dead bodies of Indians. The bodies were reported to have been cut up, scalped, half of the body was gone. “Chivington would then display his scalp collection as a badge of pride”(ushistory.com).
In 1864, after being given whiskey by two Franklin settlers one young Indian from Chief Washakie’s tribe tried to run over Franklin settler Mary Ann Alder with his horse. During the event, one other settler shot the Indian and had to leave in order to alert the Minutemen in Cache Valley. In order to pacify the Indians several Franklin settlers, including Bishop Lorenzo Hill Hatch, Peter Maughan and Ezra T. Benson of Logan, spent the night at the Indian camp with Chief Washakie discussing what took place. As payment the settlers who had sold the Indians the whiskey were to give flour, cheese, other food items, and two yokes of oxen to the Indians. Overall these events and the treaty, not only enabled the Franklin settlement to expand, but it also enabled other settlements to expand outside of their fort boundaries, encouraged more settlers to the area ,and promoted the use of local natural resources and the expansion of new industries for the
In his novel Fools Crow, James Welch depicts the historical conflict in ideals and territory between the native Pikuni tribes and the Napikwans, or whites, in the Montana plains. Through perspectives of different members of the Lone Eaters and their personal progression, Welch presents the dichotomy of acting for the good of the community versus acting for personal gain and wealth. No narratives more accurately describe this internal struggle than the ones provided through Fools Crow’s and Fast Horse’s experiences. Since both start from the same relatively low status, each of their trajectories through the novel explicitly show how different
This review essay helps to contextually establish the history of public perception and/or opinion of who Custer was as a military leader due to a result of the many historical works developed up through those published in 1993. These disparate reviews of General Custer and Little Bighorn were written by various sources, using varying points of view and aspects. Some to assert Custer as an inept leader who was principally responsible for the death of his unit while others attempt to restore the image of Custer to provide a favorable impression and reestablish his name and credibility as a military leader. Some of the literature is taken from the accounts of the Indian witnesses, who from the perspective of the James Potts, offers a more accurate
The “Iron Horse” also known as the “Transcontinental Railroad” has started to take effect on the Sioux Native Americans. Taking a look at the effects, they look more on the unfavorable side. Not only do the Sioux live in an undeterminable world for themselves, they also don’t know what this giant “horse” really is and does. The reason the railroad was built was to connect the Eastern and Western parts of the country.
Crazy Horse was born in 1840 by Rapid City, South Dakota. He was born into the Sioux Indian Nation. The Sioux consisted of different branches, and Crazy Horse was a part of the most western band called the Lakota. Crazy Horse was given the name Tashunka Witco, and no one really knows how he got the name Crazy Horse. There are many different stories as of to where he achieved this name from, but nobody truly knows how he came to be known as the one and only Crazy Horse.
The Mistaken Adventure In the nonfictional novel, “Into the Wild,” by Jon Krakauer asserts the claim that Chris McCandless’ death should not be considered as suicidal, reckless, or idiotic, but should portray a sense of braveness, heroic, and noble. The author portrays this assertion by retracing Chris’ journey. He noted character witnesses that claimed to have met Chris on his journey, traced back to his family background, and compared his personal life to McCandless’ in order for the reader to compare and contrast the two together. McCandless small time decisions in the long run proved fatal, but it was an innocent mistake that anyone could have made.
Ripped from the fabric of American history, the truth of the Old West is far darker and less heroic than depicted when the fresh wounds from the American Civil War were still fresh and the expansion of the railroads encroached on the eroding territory of Native Americans in the name of “progress” and manifest destiny. The slaughtering grounds of Little Bighorn where General Armstrong Custer valiantly fought to the last man deflates into an ignorant move that Lakota warriors, led by Crazy Horse of the Lakota tribe, took advantage of to fight assimilation in the form of constricting reservations. The lawless land of the West where notorious criminals robbed banks and trains, while the heroic sheriffs ignited
Throughout history, great men and women have been willing to die for a cause they believed in. Society often holds these people up as heroes, role models to be celebrated by the following generations. In his novel Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer makes the argument that Chris McCandless deserves to recognized as one of these heroes. Into the Wild tells the story of Chris’s life and ultimately his death in the Alaskan frontier, following him from his disappearance after college graduation to the eventual discovery of his remains two years later. Although Krakauer portrays Chris as a noble young man on an inspirational quest, in reality Chris’s journey reveals an out-of-touch young man who naively followed the ideals of his favorite authors.
The slaughter of the bison played a big factor in the Plains Indian’s removal to the reservations. The bison was a way of life for the nomadic tribes of the plains; it was a source of food, shelter, fuel, and a central part of their religion and rituals (Roark 540). While a way of life for the Indians, bison for the white Americans were not. Even though the army took credit for the conquest of the Plains Indians, it was mostly the destruction of the bison herd that the victory is due to (Roark 540). In 1867, more than five thousand Comanches, Kiowas, and Southern Arapahos gathered at Medicine Lodge Creek in Kansas to negotiate a treaty, and signed the treaty agreeing to move to reservations (Roark 540).
The Indian version of the Wounded Knee Massacre was spoken by multiple Indians, including Turning Hawk, Captain Sword, Spotted Horse, and American Horse. In the Indians versions, the Indians recalled how the killings conducted by the whites were near indiscriminate, from men to women, from school children to infants, which makes the reader feel more sympathetic for the Indian’s side. In American Horse’s statement, he mentions that, “Right near the flag of truce a mother was shot down with her infant; the child not knowing that its mother was dead was still nursing, and that especially was a very sad sight. The women as they were fleeing with their babes were killed together, shot right through, and the women who were very heavy with child were
The Shoshone Native Americans are a peaceful, ancient tribe. Direct descendants from the Newe(people), they are a culture that prefers peaceful hunting and gathering to attacking other tribes. They have beautiful clothing, multiple religions and ceremonies, and men and women were treated as equals. They have lived in the Midwest for hundreds of years, and will continue to live there for hundreds more.
"The Wild Horses of Assateague Island" & "Wild Ponies of Chincoteague" & "In Thunder and Rain, Chincoteague Ponies Make Annual Swim" Opener In this poem, I am going to show you more about the ponies by the illustrations. For example, in "The Wild Horses of Assateague Island" the illustration of the herd of horses on the beach shows that the horses were survivors of a shipwreck off the Virginia Coast. Another example in "Wild Ponies of Chincoteague" the illustration of the people on the boats and the horses in the water shows that the people who were actually the 'Saltwater Cowboys ' were rounding up the horses who were actually not horses and were ponies. Another example in "Wild Ponies of Chincoteague" the illustration of the people watching the ponies while the ponies were walking shows that the ponies were walking to go somewhere.
"I think that Chris McCandless was bright and ignorant at the same time. He had no common sense, and he had no business going to Alaska with his Romantic silliness. He made a lot of mistakes based on ignorance. I don’t admire him at all for his courage nor his noble ideas. Really, I think he was just plain crazy."
As the son of a Comanche chief and a white captive by the name of Cynthia Ann Parker, Quanah Parker rose from the status of a Comanche warrior to their tribal leader. Although not much is known about Parker’s personal life and early years, he plays a vital role in William T. Hagan’s book “Quanah Parker, Comanche Chief”. In this book, Hagan identifies the Comanche Chief through his upbringing to his death, describing his transactions with local Indian agents, presidents, high officials in Washington and the cattlemen of the western United States territory. The author presents the Indian chief as a “cultural broker” between the cultures of the white southerners and his tribal members, presenting a blend of beliefs that are heralded as progressive and traditional as he maintained the control and organization of his tribe. During a period of transition for the Comanche people,
