How many people died digging for gold and silver during the western gold rushes?
An estimated 7,500 people died.
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when did the warrior crazy house ambushed captain William J. Fetterman and his company at Lodge Trail Ridge happened?
December 1866
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what did the Native American use the buffalo skulls for?
they use it for rituals
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how did sitting bull git his name?
he earned the name Tatanka Iyotanka (sitting bull) after a fight with the crow, a traditional enemy of the Sioux
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when did Congress passed the Homestead Act?
In 1862
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How many years did it take for the first settlement at Jamestown?
It took over 250 years
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when did the red river war stated?
In late 1868.
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what did the Native Americans use the buffalo horns for?
the horns were carved into bowls and spoons.
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when was Zitkala-sa born?
In 1876
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how many people settled in Dawson City in the Yukon Territory?
30,000 people
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how families took advantage of the government’s offer in 1862 to 1900?
up to 6000,000 families.
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when did the United States sheltered a single wild herd of buffalo, in Yellowstone National Park?
In 1900
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what did the Native American use the buffalo hide for?
they used it for Native American clothing, tepees, and even arrow shields were made from buffalo hide.
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how did sitting bull dyed?
Native American police at standing Rock Reservation killed him.
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what was the Homestead Act for?
the act offered 160 acres of land free to any citizen or intended citizen who was head of the household
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How many people worked the plains between 1866 and 1885?
55,000 people
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when did the Spanish brought horses to New Mexico?
In 1598
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when was sitting bull born?
In 1831
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what happen to Esther Clark Hill family in 1800s
Her father often left the family to go on hunting or trading expeditions. His trips left Esther’s mother, Allena Clark, to take care of the farm.
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when did the federal government had passed an act the designated the entire Great Plains as one enormous reservation, or land set aside for Native American happened?
In 1834
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By 1880 what percentage of the settlers in Nebraska and the Minnesota and Wisconsin immigrants?
44 percent settlers in Nebraska and more than 70 percent of Minnesota and Wisconsin immigrants.
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When did William F. Cody toured the country with a show called Buffalo Bill’s Wild West?
In the 1880
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what did the African American in 1870s do?
they began a massive migration West from the post-Reconstruction.