The Indian Wars

A strongly constructed building used to house soldiers and weapons.

• fort

• Buffalo Soldiers

• Indian Territory

• African American

African American soldiers who fought against the Plains Indians in the late 1800s.

• fort

• Buffalo Soldiers

• Indian Territory

• Soldiers

Land that was set aside as territory for the American Indians in 1830.

• fort

• Buffalo Soldiers

• Indian Territory

• Indians

What were the effects of the building of U.S. forts in Texas?

• Some people would leave to go off to war.

• The soldiers forced American Indians off of the land an onto reservations, forever changing the way of life of the American Indians.

• Conflict and violence

• The soldiers forced American Indians to move to a deserted island.

___________ companies offered travelers a chance to hunt for buffalo as a form of sport.

• Basketball

• Football

• Soccer

• Railroad

What was the Plain Indians reason for killing buffalo?

• For food, clothing, shelter as well as for trading for supplies.

• For money or for sport.

• To defeat Plains Indians and move them to reservations.

• Just for fun.

What was Anglo Hunters reason for killing buffalo?

• For food, clothing, shelter as well as for trading for supplies.

• For money or for sport.

• To defeat Plains Indians and move them to reservations.

• Just for fun.

What was the United States Army reason for killing buffalo?

• For food, clothing, shelter as well as for trading for supplies.

• For money or for sport.

• To defeat Plains Indians and move them to reservations.

• Just for fun.

What was the Red River War?

• The fight between the United States and African Americans.

• The fight between the United States soldiers and Plains Indians in 1874-1875 in which about 3,000 soldiers blocked the American Indians' escape from the Red River area.

• The battle of the Alamo.

• A game.

What did the Plains Indians call the Battle of Palo Duro Canyon?

• the Wrinkled Hand Chase

• the Wrinkled Foot Chase

• the Wrinkled Finger Chase

• the Wrinkled Clothes Chase