Big Tree
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Military History
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians
- Curriculum: American Civil War & Reconstruction Era (1856-1877), American History 1878-1900, American Indian History
Article abstract: Big Tree ambushed General{$ISherman, William Tecumseh} William Tecumseh Sherman's wagon train as it was en route to Fort Sill, Texas, during the Kiowa raids.
As a young Kiowa war chief, Big Tree raided soldiers and settlers in present-day Texas. After ambushing William Tecumseh Sherman's wagon train on May 18, 1871, chiefs Big Tree, Satanta, and Satank were arrested for murdering seven white men. Satank was killed while attempting escape; Big Tree and Satanta were tried and sentenced to die. Leaders of the Kiowa militants, as well as of the...
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