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West Texas After the Civil War. Unit 7.1: (Chapter 17 Section 1). Native Americans Control the West (pages 390–391). By 1866 most American Indians had been removed from eastern Texas. However, many tribes still roamed west Texas.
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West Texas After the Civil War Unit 7.1: (Chapter 17 Section 1)
Native Americans Control the West (pages 390–391) • By 1866 most American Indians had been removed from eastern Texas. However, many tribes still roamed west Texas. • Federal soldiers left western Texas to fight in the Civil War, leaving the western regions vulnerable to attack. • Settlers in West Texas were defenseless, and some moved east to safer areas.
Native Americans Control the West (text pages 390–391) • To prevent further attacks, federal soldiers were stationed in West Texas. • Forts were built too far apart, and there were not enough soldiers (WRITE THIS IN)to prevent Indian attacks. • American Indians had advantages because they knew the territory.
Herman Lehmann Herman Lehmann after move to Reservation… Chief Herman Lehmann before moving to Reservation…
The Search for Peace (pages 391–392) • In 1867 the Treaty of Medicine Lodge Creek was signed. Terms of the Treaty included: 1- American Indians agreed to live on reservations in Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma). 2- Federal government would provide food and supplies, but 3- Federal troops would not be allowed on Reservations. 4- Indians would agree to stop making raids on Anglo American settlements.
The Search for Peace (pages 391–392) • Many federal agents assigned by President Grant were Quakers, who did not believe in violence. • Quaker Lawrie Tatum, the agent in Indian Territory, worked to educate the Plains people in agriculture so they could live in the Anglo world.
The Peace Policy Fails (pages 392–393) • Peace did not come to western Texas because many Native American leaders did not sign the treaty. • About one-half of the Comanches and many Kiowas refused to move to reservations.
The Peace Policy Fails(pages 392–393) • Kiowa chief Satanta insisted that West Texas belonged to the Comanches and Kiowas. • Known as the “Orator of the Plains”. . . • he believed that without the buffalo, they could not survive on reservations.
The Peace Policy Fails(pages 392–393) • Chiefs who Refused to sign the Peace Policy: • 1- Satanta - Kiowa • 2- Lone Wolf - Kiowa • 3- Ten Bears - Comanche • 4- Quanah Parker – Comanche • 5- Victorio - Apache • Chiefs who Agreed to sign the Peace Policy: • Kicking Bird – Kiowa • Horseback– Kiowa • Striking Eagle – Kiowa
The Peace Policy Fails (pages 392–393) • Kiowa chief Lone Wolf called for war. • Ten Bears, a Comanche chief, argued that his people must be allowed to roam freely over the plains
The Peace Policy Fails (pages 392–393) • Comanche chief Quanah Parker, son of Peta Nocona and Anglo American woman Cynthia Ann Parker • Cynthia had been captured by Comanches as a child; her son Quanah, spent 10 years raiding Anglo settlers trying to stop the spread of Anglo settlements.
Cynthia Ann Parker Quanah Parker