Chapter 17 Test

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Campaign

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a connected series of military operations

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Agent

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a person acting or doing business for another by that persons authority; a representative

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Paunch

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the belly (of a buffalo); used to hold water

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Sinew

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a tendon; used to make things like bowstring and rope

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Bill

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a proposed law presented by the legislature for consideration

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Commissary

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a storehouse of food and other goods

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Renegade

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an outlaw;person who rejects lawful behavior

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Treaty of Medicine Lodge Creek

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a peaceful 1867 agreement (signed in present day Kansas) b\w U.S. govt. & several N.A. tribes. Terms:1. N.A agreed to move to reservations2. U.S. govt. provide food and supplies, & army isn't allowed on 3. N.A. agreed to stop attacking A.A. settlements and towns

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Indian Territory

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present day oklahoma; site of Native American reservations

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Lawrie Tatum

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a Quaker and Indian agent; treated Native Americans well and taught them to farm

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Satanta

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a famous Kiowa chief; "Orator of the Plains"; believed that West Texas belonged to the Kiowas & Comanches; killed himself

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Lone Wolf

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Kiowa chief who called for war against the U.S. to avenge the death of his son, who had been killed by federal troops

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Ten Bears

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Comanche chief who stated his people should be free to roam the plains

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Quanah Parker

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Com. chief; son of Peta Nocona & Cynthia Ann Parker; refused to sign treaty of MLC; spent 10 yrs. trying to stop the spread of A.A. settlements on the plains; later worked to ensure the peace between the N.A. and A.A. and fought for the N.A. rights at Washington D.C.

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Victorio

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Apache war chief who apposed moving to reservations

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Kicking Bird and Striking Eagle

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Kiowa chiefs who opposed war w/ the U.S. & that the N.A. needed to adopt Anglo ways in order to survive; Striking Eagle said the Buffalo was there money

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Horseback

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comanche chief who led some of his people to the reservation

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General William T. Sherman

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sent to West Texas to investigate claims that N.A. were attacking A.A. settlements;did not believe the claims soon realized the I.A.S' peace policies were unsuccessful; after witnessing the W.W.T. ordered U.S. troops to move the N.A. out of T.X. & onto reservations

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Jacksboro

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Fort Richardson was located here; near Salt Creek where a wagontrain of Anglo Americans was attacked by Kiowas

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Big Tree and Satank

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Kiowa chiefs arrested (along with Satanta) for leading the raid at Salt Creek; Satank was killed trying to escape and Big Tree and Satanta were sentenced to hang

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Colonel Ranald Mackenzie

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in 1871-72 he led the U.S. Army 4th Cavalry Regiment expeditions to force Plains tribes/Native Americans onto the reservations; by 1873 Native American raids had decreased in West Texas

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Charles Rath/ John and J wright Mooar

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established the era of the buffalo hunt in Texas and created a market for buffalo hides; buffalo hunts harmed Native Americans’ way of life

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Gen. Phillip Sheridan

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helped defeat a bill that would’ve protected buffalo because he felt that wiping out the buffalo would be a way to defeat the Plains Indians and destroy their culture

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Adobe Walls

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Site in June 1874 where Quanah Parker led an attack on a buffalo hunters’ camp; the 28 men and 1 woman in camp were able to repel the attack, but Native American attacks increased

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Red River Campaign

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series of battles fought between U.S. troops and Native Americans along the Red River in 1874-75

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Major John B. Jones

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commanded the Frontier Battalion of the Texas Rangers in West Texas; fought 21 battles against Native Americans in 17 months as he and his men tried to protect the West Texas frontier

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Battle at Palo Duro Canyon

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battle of the Red River Campaign fought on Sep.28, 1874; Mackenzie & his men set fire to N.A. villages in canyon; captured valuable supplies & over 1,400 horses, 1,000 were killed; the N.A. were left without food, shelter, or horses and soon most of them surrendered

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Kwahadies

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The last remaining Comanches who did not surrender to U.S. troops until June 1875 at Fort Sill in Indian Territory

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Kickapoo

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Native American tribe who raided settlements along the Rio Grande in both Texas and Mexico; their raids were eventually stopped around 1878 by Colonel Mackenzie and the 4th Cavalry and also Mexican army units

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Colonel Benjamin H. Grierson

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led the war against Apache Chief Victorio and commanded the 24th Infantry and 10th Cavalry, which were made up of African American soldiers; he and his men eventually trapped and killed Victorio in northern Mexico in 1880

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Luitenant Henry Ossian Flipper

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a member of Grierson’s 10th Cavalry; 1st African American graduate of West Point Military Academ

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Buffalo Soldiers

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soldiers-name given to African American soldiers by the Native Americans; it was a title of great respect and showed how brave these men were; often treated poorly by Anglo American settlers

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Special Force

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a branch of the Texas Rangers led by Captain L.H. McNelly; these men were sent to the lower Rio Grande Valley in 1875 to establish peace and stop raids; they were fearless and effective, but ruthless, and were often accused of mistreating Mexican Americans

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Juan N. Cortina

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he often clashed with the S.F. soldiers; protected rights of Tejanos & M.A.; considered a hero by border families, but outlaw by Mex. & A. authorities; was never captured by T.R., but eventually arrested by the Mexican army and removed from the border region