CANKPE OPI (Painting by Frank Howell) There is nothing to conceal or apologize for in the Wounded Knee Battle - beyond the killing of a wounded buck by a hysterical recruit. The firing was begun by the Indians and continued until they stopped - with the one exception noted above. That women and children were casualties was unfortunate but unavoidable, and most must have been from Indian ...

Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument Located near Crow Agency, MT TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS View of Little Bighorn River (NPS Photo) IN BRIEF Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument is the site of the June 25, 1876 battle between the U.S. Army's seventh cavalry, guided by Crow and Arikara scouts, and several bands of Lakota Sioux, ...

DOCUMENTS Following the American Revolution, the Native American peoples of the Midwest were increasingly pushed from their homelands by white settlement. Two ill-fated U.S. military expeditions, led by Generals Josiah Harmar (1790) and Arthur St. Clair (1791), were defeated by a confederation of Native American tribes led by Michikinikwa (Litte Turtle) of the Miami. On Aug. 20, 1794, Gen. Mad ...

Life and Times of General George Custer, battle of the little big horn, indian war battles, native american history, genealogy, ethnology ...

Eye witness of the last major battle of the Indian Wars.

An eyewitness account of Custer's last stand.

Portrait of Gen. Mad Anthony Wayne, attributed to renowned artist James Sharples. Mad Anthony Wayne at Fallen Timbers General Wayne's Decisive Victory In the Northwest Territory Ends the Young Nation's Crisis of Authority By Richard Battin (copyright 1994-1996, The News-Sentinel, Fort Wayne Indiana) If CNN had been around in the 1790s it probably would have assigned hot spot reporter Wolf ...

Following the Revolutionary War, more and more settlers began to migrate into what was the territory of the Indians. By the early 19th century, there was open hostilty between whites and Indians. Farmers wanted more land and the Indians resented the farmers' presence. An uncertain peace evaporated. The call for war began to build. This site is a study of the battles, the people who were there ...

Arly America's Bloodiest Battle By Richard Battin Managing Editor, The News-Sentinel Fort Wayne, Indiana (copyright 1994, The News-Sentinel, Fort Wayne Indiana) On September 17, 1791 Maj. Gen. Arthur St. Clair headed north from what is now Cincinnati, Ohio to establish a fort at the head of the Maumee River. Had he been successful, folks in Fort Wayne, Indiana would have celebrated their ...

A documentary on the Pequot War of 1636-1637 intended for broadcast on public television is currently in production and fund-raising phase.

Find out about the time when Florida was a war zone between the U.S.Army and the Seminole Indians.

Creek Indian Wars - Forts ...

In 1781, the American colonies won their independence from Britain. As settlers began to come to the Southeast, they pushed the native tribes out of their homelands into northern Florida. The settlers brought slaves that often escaped into Spanish controlled Florida and lived with the Native Americans where they felt protected. The steadily pushing settlers often engaged in skirmishes with the ...