Fur Trade
Stockades
What two rivers are the main focus of the fur trade?
Missouri River and Red River
The fighting between the natives and the settlers is referred to as what?
Dakota Conflict
What are the areas of land that the native groups are relocated onto?
Reservations
What is the name of the battle where General Custer and his entire force are wiped out by Lakota warriors?
Custer's Last Stand (Battle of Little Bighorn)
Who was the first man to set up a trading post empire?
Manuel Lisa
Which Fort was the richest and most famous of all the fur trading forts?
Fort Union
Which battle, in present-day Dickey County, leads to considerable losses in native supplies and native lives?
Battle of Whitestone Hill
Which native chief was in charge of the Lakota that burned homes and caused damage in response to the government treaties?
Chief Little Crow
What are the dried strips of bison meat that Alexander Henry sells at his trading post on the Red River?
Pemmican
Which are the two largest fur companies on the Missouri River, who later merged into one?
Columbia Fur Company and American Fur Company
Who reached the Knife River village and attempted to get the natives to trade with the Spanish?
John Evans
Which two generals are in charge for most of the expeditions that went in search of revenge against natives in the Dakotas?
Henry Sibley and Alfred Sully
The original treaty signed with the natives promised them a large plot of land and how much money?
Three million dollars
What was the first fur trading company, founded in 1670 in Canada, called?
Hudson's Bay Company
Which rich merchant starts the American Fur Company, and buys out the Columbia Fur Company?
John Jacob Astor
Which battle leads to the end of the Sioux resistance to the reservation movement?
Battle of Killdeer Mountains
How many natives were executed on Christmas Day 1862 in Mankato?
A gold rush in this area further upset the native groups, leading to continued battles in the Dakotas?
The Black Hills
Which department of the American Fur Company operated in the Dakotas?
Upper Missouri Outfit
Who ran Fort Union, the largest trading post in the region?
Kenneth McKenzie
When the natives burned and pillaged settlers' homes and villages, they went as far as this Minnesota town in search of revenge for government treaties
New Ulm
Which band of Lakota did the famous leader Sitting Bull belong to?
Hunkpapa Lakota
Who sets up the first trading post on the Red River, built at Pembina?
Jean Baptiste