Who were the two groups that were involved in the war?
What is: The settlers and the Native Americans
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Why did the U.S. government want the Plains Indians to move to reservations?
What is: Settlers could then control what once was Indian land
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What made the Plains Indians more determined to get rid of the settlers and hunters?
What is: Their defeat at the Battle of Adobe Walls
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Nickname for an African American soldier who fought against the Plains Indians
What is: Buffalo Soldier
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Someone who stays in one area.
What is: Settler
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What were the Plains Indians’ and settlers’ reasons for fighting?
What is: Both groups wanted control of the land.
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Why do you think some chiefs agreed to move to reservations, while others chose not to go?
What is: Some thought that was the only way to make peace with the new settlers; others were determined to win back their way of life.
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Why did the soldiers move to the Texas Panhandle near the Red River?
What is: They thought the Plains Indians were camping there. The soldiers circled the area and blocked all the escape routes.
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Public land that is set apart for a special purpose.
What is: Reservation
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Area set aside in the 1830's as a homeland for Native Americans.
What is: Indian Territory
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Why did the Plains Indians destroy some settlers’ homes and farms?
What is: The Indians wanted to reclaim their land by driving the settlers off the Texas Plains.
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What led to the Battle of Adobe Walls?
What is: The Plains Indians were angry that hunters were killing so many buffalo.
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Why did the Plains Indians leave their belongings and animals?
What is: They had to get away quickly; there was no time to gather their belongings.
The animals could not escape up the steep canyon walls.
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Who said "I love to roam over the prairies. There I feel free and happy, but when we settle down we grow pale and die."
What is: Satanta
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Who said "...fighting men...mounted upon their finest horses, armed with guns and lances, and carrying heavy shields of thick buffalo hide, were coming like the wind."
What is: Quannah Parker
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Explain why the settlers wrote a letter to the U.S. government.
What is: They needed the government to send soldiers to protect them from the Plains Indian raids
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What did the hunter mean by saying the fighting men “were coming like the wind”?
What is: They were riding quickly towards the hunters.
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Why did Mackenzie order his men to burn the Plains Indians’ belongings?
What is: It would be nearly impossible for the Plains Indians to fight or survive the winter.
They were forced to move to the Oklahoma reservations for food and shelter.
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The Indians attacked stores near an old trading post. This battle occurred because the Indians were upset that the buffalo hunters were killing all of their buffalo.
What is: Battle of Adobe Walls
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Who led the U.S. Army in the last major battle of the Red River War?
What is: Colonel Ranald S. Mackenzie
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Who were the Buffalo Soldiers?
What is: What is: African American soldiers who fought with great strength, courage, and skill.
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What advantages did the hunters have over the Plains Indians in this battle?
What is: Hunters: behind walls, large guns
Plains Indians: outdoors, smaller weapons and lances
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How does Quannah’s quote show his determination to adapt to a new way of life?
What is: He compares his ability to learn new ways to his mother’s ability to do the same.
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After losing the Battle of Adobe Walls, the Plains Indians were determined to fight back and rid their land of settlers and buffalo hunters. This resulting conflict was called..
What is: Red River War
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The last major battle of the Red River War. This is considered the turning point of the war.