WAYS IN WHICH THE OLD WEST HAS HAD AN IMPACT ON OUR WORLD

1. WAYS IN WHICH THE OLD WEST HAS HAD AN IMPACT ON OUR WORLD

2. WILD WEST

3. PLAINS INDIANS TRIBES • Sioux Seminole • Kiowa Creek • Cheyenne Osage • Crow Choctaw • Paiute Comanche

4. USES OF THE BUFFALO HEAD TROPHIES HIDES FOR SALE BONE JEWLERY SHELTER CLOTHING

5. PLAINS INDIANS Clothing Tools Water vessels Food Shelter WHITE SETTLERS Hides Heads (trophies) $$$$$$ $$ OR SURVIVAL The uses of the buffalo was very different between the two cultures. The Indians wasted nothing, and the white settlers were in it for the furs.

6. RAIL ROADS UNION PACIFIC WORKERS BUFFALO BILL GOT HIS NICKNAME FOR KILLING OVER 10K BUFFALO FOR THE RR MEETING IN UTAH TUNNELING IN SIERRA NEV. MTS

7. CENTRAL PACIFIC Primarily made up of Chinese workers, and went through Sierra Nevada mts. Built bridges Blasted through mts. Bought own tools & food Worked 12 hr days $35 per week UNION PACIFIC Started in Omaha Neb. And went west toward Utah. Made up with Irish immigrants. Worked 8 hr days Slept in RR cars or tents Were fed by U.P . RR Went over flat land Paid $60 per week TRANSCONTINENTAL RRCOMPLETED MAY 10 1869 PROMONTORY POINT UTAH

8. During this time period we see several areas that became important mining centers, among them are: Sutters mill CA Pikes Peak CO Black Hills SD Comstock Lode NV MINING

9. I told you that there was gold in this creek!!

10. River panning for gold Jed look, we’re rich

11. COWBOYS Most of the cowboys were young men whose age was between 18 and 26. 1/2 were either blacks (Civil War veterans or former slaves) or Hispanics who were around following Texas’ gaining it’s independence from Mexico.

12. TOOLS OF THE TRADE Wide brimmed hat for protection from the sun, and served as a water bucket, or even a pillow. Bandana could be used as a mask to keep one from breathing in trail dust. Collarless long sleeve cotton or wool shirt w/pockets for his smokes Forty pound “stock saddle”, this was his throne where he spent 12 to 15 hours a day. Heavy weight wool trousers and leather chaps to shield his legs in brush and cactus country. Throwing rope or lasso. Spanish style spurs

13. Stampede this was a frantic wild sudden bolt of cattle running in any and all directions

14. Texas Longhorn cattle this was the type of cattle herded to rail cities and sent to slaughter.

15. Cattle drives trails between 700 to 1200 miles in length, this was how the cattle was driven north to rail towns.

16. LONG DRIVES Most trails started in S. Texas and ended in cattle towns in Kansas. Cowboys faced a number of dangers along the 1200 miles including the following: • Stampedes Extreme weather • Wild fires River Crossings • Cattle rustlers • Unfriendly Indians

18. NOTABLE FOLKS CRAZY HORSE WILD BILL HICKOCK WYATT EARP ANNIE OAKLEY DOC HOLIDAY WILLIAM BONNEY NAT LOVE CHIEF SITTING BULL

19. SPANGLISH Vaquero (cowboy) Lazzo (lasso) Corral (holding pen) Sombrero (wide brim hat) Bronco (unbroken horse) Loco (crazy) Ranchero (ranch, large estate) Stampida Stampede

20. BOOM TO BUSTTHE CATTLE KINGDOM REIGNED FROM 1869 TO 1890 Several factors are to blame for making the cattle industry go from booming times to bust, they are: • Competition for land between the sheep men, the farmers, and the cattlemen. • Extreme weather, back to back killer hot summers and freezing winters in 1885 and 1886 led to 1.5 million cattle deaths. • Range wars, fierce fighting between cattlemen and settlers.

21. Homestead Act 1862 • This was a land act passed by congress in an effort to bring settlers to the west. • 160 acres of prime farm land was given to settlers if they farmed it and stayed on it for a five year period.

22. Dawes Act 1887 • This was a land act similar to the Homestead act but this one was designed for Native Americans. • It gave up to 160 acres of wasteland or badland to Native Americans if they improved it and stayed on it for a twenty-five year period. This was nearly impossible for most Native groups as they were used to being nomadic and not sedentary.

23. U.S. ARMY & INDIAN CLASHES • SAND CREEK/ A.K.A. CHIVINGTONS MASSACRE • 1864 • LITTLE BIG HORN • 1876 • WOUNDED KNEE • 1890

24. SAND CREEK….AKA CHIVINGTONS MASSACRE • SAND CREEK (Colorado) Miners finding gold forced many Cheyenne to the Sand Creek reserve. When food ran out the Cheyenne raided nearby settlements. • Gov. Evans ordered Colonel Chivington to “make them suffer more” Chivington and his men then proceeded to kill and mutilate women and children along with elderly folks as they slept (the adult males were off looking for food)

26. LITTLE BIG HORN 1876 Sioux Indians were living in the paha sapa area of South Dakota . Gold was discovered and incoming miners forced the Sioux off the land. The Sioux wanted the Gov’t to give them mineral rights. The Gov’t then decided to have the 7th cavalry remove the Sioux General George A. Custer led the 7th Cavalry a force of around 250 against a little more than 2000 led by Crazy Horse (Tashunka Witko). A lopsided victory for the Sioux nation.

27. WOUNDED KNEE 1890

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