Indian Wars and Cattle

How did cattlemen get their cattle to eastern markets in the U.S.?

• Rodeo

• Cattle Drives

• Cattle Branding

• By boat

Where did cattle trails end?

• 
  eastern cities with plenty of cattle

• southern cities with railroad stations

• western cities with open fields

• northern cities with railroad stations

What is a contribution of Richard King to Texas?

• He employed an entire village on his ranch which is the largest in Texas today.

• He was well educated, owned land and cattle near Austin and was the first man to drive his cattle on the Chisholm Trail.

• He built the JA Railroad In Abilene, Kansas to take western goods to eastern markets.

• He found a cattle trail and first brought development to the Texas Panhandle.

Who was Quanah Parker?

• Confederate Soldier

• Buffalo Soldier

• Last Comanche Chief

• U.S. Soldier

Former enslaved men joined the army and became....

• Cowboys

• Native Americans

• Buffalo Hunters

• Buffalo Soldiers

Another word for undeveloped wilderness

• frontier

• plains

• grasslands

• coast

Who survived on the Buffalo?

• Buffalo Hunters

• Native Americans

• Buffalo soldiers

• Americans

The Treaty of Medicine Lodge Creek was unsuccessful because

• 
  The soldiers were trying to sell the buffalo to eastern markets

• The natives did not like the food the soldiers brought

• The treaty gave the natives too much land

• 
  Not all of the soldiers or natives agreed on the terms of the treaty

Native Americans in the Plains region were eventually forced onto reservations as a result of the Frontier Wars.

• True

• False

The Buffalo Soldiers were given their name by the

• Themselves

• U.S. Army

• Native Americans