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1782-1787 |
Wyoming Valley War in Pennsylvania. |
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1790-1795 |
War with the Northwest Territory
Indians: Mingo; Miami; Wyandot; Delaware; Potawatomi; Shawnee;
Chippewa; and Ottawa. (September 19, 1790, to August 3,
1795) |
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1811 |
War with the Indians in the Indiana
Territory, terminating with
General
Harrison's defeat of the Confederate tribes at Tippecanoe,
Indiana Territory.
(September 21 to November 18, 1811) |
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1812 |
Florida or Seminole War, during which Spanish Florida was
invaded by the Georgia Militia under General Newman. The
conflict continued until Florida was ceded by Spain to the
United States.
(August
15 to October 1812) |
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1813 |
Peoria Indian War in Illinois Territory (September 19 to
October 21, 1813) |
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1813-1814 |
Creek Indian War in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and
Mississippi Territory. It was during this War that General
Andrew Jackson first attracted attention as a commander. He
defeated the Creeks at Talladega, at Emuckfau, at Enotochopco,
and finally at the Horseshoe Bend of the Tallapoosa River.
(July
27, 1813 to August 9, 1814) |
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1817-1818 |
Seminole Indian War in Georgia and Florida. It was during this
war that Jackson took possession of the Spanish territory,
seized St. Marks and Pensacola, Florida Territory, hanged two
Englishmen, Arbuthnot and Ambrister, for inciting Indian
hostilities, and brought the Indians to terms.
(November 20, 1817, to October 31, 1818)
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1823 |
Campaign against Arickaree Indians at the Upper Missouri River |
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1827 |
Fever River expedition against the Indians in Illinois |
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1827 |
Winnebago expedition in the Wisconsin Territory;
also called La Fevre Indian War
(June 28 to September 27, 1827) |
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1831 |
Sauk and Fox Indian War in Illinois (June and July,
1831) |
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1832 |
Black Hawk Indian War
in
Illinois and Wisconsin Territory. Black Hawk escaped from
General Atkinson, but surrendered at Prairie du Chien,
August 27, 1832. He was taken to
Washington to see the "Great Father", and ever afterward lived
at peace with the whites, finally settling upon the Des Moines
River, in Iowa Territory, where he died
October 3, 1838.
(April
26 to
September 30, 1832) |
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1834 |
Pawnee expedition in the
Indian Territory
(June to September, 1834) |
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1835-1836 |
The Toledo War, or Ohio and Michigan boundary dispute |
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1835-1842 |
Florida
or Seminole Indian War in
Florida
Territory, Georgia and Alabama.
(December 8, 1835 to
August 14, 1842) |
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1836-1837 |
Sabine or Southwestern Indian disturbance in
Louisiana. (April, 1836 to April, 1837) |
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1836 |
Heatherly Indian troubles on the Missouri and Iowa line. (July
to November, 1836) |
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1836-1838 |
Cherokee disturbances and removal to the Indian Territory |
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1837 |
Osage Indian War in Missouri |
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1847-1848 |
Cayuse Indian War in Oregon (December, 1847 to July,
1848) |
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1849-1855 |
Texas
and New Mexico Territory Indian War |
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1849-1855 |
Apache, Navajo, and Utah War |
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1849-186l |
Navajo troubles in New Mexico Territory |
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1849-186l |
Continuous disturbances with Comanche, Cheyenne, Lipan and
Kickapoo Indians in
Texas |
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1850 |
Pit River Expedition,
California (April 28 to
September 13, 1850) |
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1850-1853 |
Utah Indian disturbances |
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185l-1852 |
California Indian disturbances |
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185l-1856 |
Rogue River Indian War in
Oregon Territory (June 17 to
July 3, 1851;
August 8 to September 1853; March to June 1856) |
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1854 |
Oregon
Indian War in Oregon Territory (August and September,
1854) |
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1855 |
Yakima
Expedition, Washington Territory, commanded by Maj. Gabriel J.
Rains, and composed of a small body of regulars and a regiment
of mounted Oregon troops. The expedition was a failure. The
following year, under command of Col. Geo. Wright, U.S.A.,
better success was had against the Indian allies and peace
subsequently compelled. (October
11 to
November 24, 1855) |
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1855 |
Klamath and
Salmon River Indian War in
Oregon Territory (January to March, 1855) |
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1855 |
Winna's Expedition against Snake Indians of the Oregon
Territory (May 24 to September 8, 1855) |
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1855-1856 |
Cheyenne
and Arapaho troubles |
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1855-1858 |
Florida
Indian War (December 15, 1855 to
May 8, 1858) |
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| 1857 |
Sioux Indian troubles in
Minnesota Territory and Iowa (March and April, 1857) |
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1858 |
Expedition against northern Indians, Washington Territory
(July 17 to October 17. 1858) |
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1858 |
Spokane,
Coeur d'Alene and Paloos Indian troubles |
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1858 |
Navajo
Expedition in the
New Mexico Territory
(September 9 to December 25, 1858) |
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1858-1859 |
Wichita
Expedition, Indian Territory (September 11, 1858, to December, 1859) |
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1859 |
Colorado River
Expedition in California (February 11 to April 28, 1859) |
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1859 |
Pecos Expedition in
Texas (April 16 to August 17, 1859) |
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1860 |
Kiowa and Comanche Expedition, Indian Territory (May 8 to
October 11, 1860) |
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1860-1861 |
Navajo
Expedition in the New Mexico Territory (September 12, 1860 to
February 24, 1861) |
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| 1861-1864 |
Campaign against the
Cheyenne Indians |
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1862-1863 |
Sioux Indian War in Minnesota and the Dakota Territory, during
which the Sioux killed nearly 1,000 settlers in Minnesota.
Generals Sibley and Sully pursued them with about 5,000 men,
scattering in the Dakota Territory. In 1863 the
Minnesota Sioux were removed to the Dakota Territory. |
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1863-1869 |
War against the Cheyenne, Arapaho, Kiowa and
Comanche Indians in
Kansas,
and the Nebraska, Colorado, and Indian
Territories |
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1865-1868 |
Campaign against Indians in southern Oregon,
Idaho Territory and northern
California. |
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1867-1869 |
Campaign against Indians in Kansas, the Colorado Territory and
Indian Territory. |
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1867-1881 |
Campaign against Lipan, Kiowa, Kickapoo and
Comanche Indians and Mexican border disturbances. |
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1874 |
Sioux expedition in the
Wyoming Territory
and Nebraska (February 13 to August, 1874) |
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1872-1873 |
Modoc Indian War in Oregon and California
(November 22, 1872 to
October 3, 1873) |
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| 1873 |
Campaign against Apache Indians in
the
Arizona and New Mexico Territories |
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1874-1875 |
Campaign against Kiowa, Cheyenne and Comanche
Indians in
Indian Territory (August 1, 1874, to
February 16, 1875) |
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1876-1877 |
Big Horn and
Yellowstone
expeditions in the Wyoming and Montana Territories, during
which, three converging expeditions under Generals Gibbon, Custer and
Terry were sent against the hostile Sioux, who had previously
repulsed General Crook in the Little Big Horn country. Custer
divided his command when in the vicinity of the Indians.
He and 250 of his men, were surrounded and killed, to a man,
by at least 3,000 Sioux Warriors. The bands of Sitting Bull,
Crazy Horse and other hostiles afterward fled into
Canada, from whence they did not return for some years.
Eventually all came into the agencies. (February 17, 1876, to
June 13, 1877) |
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1876-1879 |
War with
Northern Cheyenne
Indians in Indian Territory, Kansas, and the Wyoming, Dakota,
Nebraska
and Montana Territories. |
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1877 |
Nez Perce Indian War in Utah, Washington, and Wyoming
Territories. |
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1878 |
Bannock Indian War in Idaho, Washington, and Wyoming
Territories |
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1878 |
Bannock and Paiute Campaign (May 30 to September 4, 1878) |
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1878-1879 |
Campaign against Cheyenne Indians in Dakota and
Montana
Territories |
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1879 |
Ute expedition in
Colorado
(April 3 to September 9, 1879). |
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1879 |
Snake or Sheepeater Indian troubles in the Idaho
Territory (August to October, 1879) |
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1879 |
White River campaign against Ute Indians in
Utah Territory and Colorado (September 29 to October 5,
1879) |
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1890-1891 |
Sioux Indian disturbances in South Dakota (November,
1890 to January, 1891) |
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1898 |
Chippewa Indian disturbances, Leech Lake, October |
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