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Was the USS Monitor the most revolutionary technological development of the American Civil War?

Brulé Sioux Spotted Tail's Pledge of Peace

War and a terrible winter were fresh memories when Colonel Henry Maynadier allowed tearful Spotted Tail to bury his daughter at Fort Laramie, which, in turn, helped convince the Brulé Sioux leader to bury the hatchet forever.

Lakotas: Feared Fighters of the Plains

The Tule River War

EARLY INDIAN WARS

Powhatan Uprising of 1622
Indian warriors killed hundreds of Virginia colonists during the Powhatan Uprising of 1622. Also among the victims were 20 women whose stories will never be fully told.

EARLY INDIAN WARS

King Philip's War: Indian Chieftain's War Against the New England Colonies
More than 330 years ago, a great Indian chieftain known as King Philip led a strong native American confederation in a bloody war to obliterate the New England colonies, nearly succeeding in dramatically altering the course of American history.

SAND CREEK MASSACRE

Sand Creek Massacre
More often called a massacre than a battle, the attack by Colonel John M. Chivington's Colorado volunteers on Chief Black Kettle's village will forever be controversial.

Sand Creek Massacre: The Real Villains

BLACK HAWK WAR

Black Hawk War
Outnumbered and harried through trackless swamps, Black Hawk's starving band of Sauk Indians made a desperate stand along the Mississippi.

Trail of Black Hawk

WOUNDED KNEE MASSACRE

Wounded Knee Massacre: United States versus the Plains Indians
Some 30 years of warfare between the United States and the Plains Indians reached a grisly climax on December 29, 1890, at South Dakota's Pine Ridge Reservation.

BATTLE OF WHITE BIRD CANYON

The Battle of White Bird Canyon: First Fight of the Nez Perce
After young warriors killed some settlers in Idaho Territory, General O.O. Howard ordered Captain David Perry at Fort Lapwai to go get them, telling him, 'You must not get whipped.'

THE FETTERMAN FIGHT

The Fatal Fetterman Fight
Called a massacre at the time, the December 1866 clash near Fort Phil Kearny was, in fact, a military triumph by the Plains Indians and the Army's greatest blunder in the West until the Battle of the Little Bighorn 10 years later.

GUADALUPE CANYON

Soldiers vs. Apaches: One Last Time at Guadalupe Canyon
Nearly 10 years after Geronimo called it quits following a massive manhunt, the U.S. Army began a smaller campaign against renegade Apaches.

GERONIMO

General Nelson Miles and the Expedition to Capture Geronimo
General Nelson Miles summoned Lieutenant Charles Gatewood to Albuquerque in July 1886 and ordered the reluctant veteran of the Apache wars to go find the elusive Chiricahua leader down in the mountains of Mexico.

ESTANISLAO

Estanislao: Rebellious Indian Warrior
Named after a Polish saint, Estanislao became an Indian official with a mission--flee Mission San Jose and lead one of the largest Indian forces ever to fight against whites in California.

GEORGE CROOK

George Crook: Indian Fighter
Against the Apaches in Arizona Territory and the Sioux and Cheyenne in the northern Plains, Crook did his job more effectively than most Army leaders on the Plains.

PHILIP WELLS

Philip Wells: Wounded at Wounded Knee
The son of a white father and a half-blood mother, Wells nearly lost his nose in the tragic 1890 affair but still managed to be merciful.

LIEUTENANT CASPER COLLINS

Lieutenant Casper Collins: Fighting the Odds at Platte Bridge
Lieutenant Casper Collins and 20 others faced at least 1,000 Indians in the 1865 Running Battle, and on its heels came another lopsided encounter on the North Platte -- Custard's Last Stand.

PATRICK CONNOR

Patrick Connor and the Battle of Bear River
Disappointed Army officer Patrick Connor wanted to be back East fighting Rebels. Instead, he found himself in the bitter cold along icebound Bear Creek, near today's Utah-Idaho border, with a Shoshone village spread out below him.

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