Red River War
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Military History, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, Native Americans, American Indians
- Curriculum: American Civil War & Reconstruction Era (1856-1877), American Indian History
- Geographical Location: Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma
- Date: June, 1874-June, 1875
Article abstract: The U.S. Army defeats three of the West's most formidable Indian tribes, opening large areas of the Southwest to settlement.
Despite good intentions expressed in the 1867 Medicine Lodge Creek Treaty, the southern Great Plains remained a hotbed of hostile Indian activity, lawlessness, and punitive military action. Kiowa and Comanche bands continued to raid into Texas and Mexico, while southern Cheyenne and Arapaho braves still threatened parts of Kansas, often returning to the protection of reservations. The Army, frustrated by restrictions...
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