History Group
Question:
Choose a Western Indian tribe and describe their acquisition and utilization of horses and guns. Include info about hunting (buffalo) and warfare.
Additionally, describe the tribe’s dealings with the U.S. government during the period of 1830 – 1890 and finally, describe the tribe’s post-frontier experience, during the 1870s – 1930s.
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brettd Teacher
High School - 12th GradeeNotes Editor
Posted by brettd on Monday November 9, 2009 at 4:10 PMI can point you in the right direction, but the space we have is too limited for a full answer to all of those questions.
Horses spread from the days of the Spanish conquistadors both naturally and through trade in the West. Taking the Sioux as an example, they captured wild horses that had multiplied and spread across the Great Plains over the years, and they also captured horses from neighboring tribes, the Texans and the Mexicans.
In terms of guns, at times native tribes would acquire them through trade, in the case of the Sioux, with buffalo hides and animal pelts to use in barter with the traders who sometimes came to camp. At other times, the US government would arm one tribe against another and sponsor inter-tribal warfare to make the job of pacifying the frontier easier.
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