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American Indian Wars. The American Indian Wars, also known as the American Frontier Wars, and the Indian Wars, [note 2] was a conflict initially fought by European colonial empires, United States of America, and briefly the Confederate States of America and Republic of Texas against various American Indian tribes in North America.
Battle of Mabila. (Oct 1540) Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto. Mississippian culture. Death of chief Tuskaloosa, over 2,500 Indians and 200 Spaniards. Tiguex War. (winter 1540–41) Spanish conquistador. Puebloan.
Indian Wars continued into the early 20th century. According to the U.S. Bureau of the Census (1894), "The Indian wars under the government of the United States have been more than 40 in number. They have cost the lives of about 19,000 white men, women and children, including those killed in individual combats, and the lives of about 30,000 ...
During the American Indian Wars, Lt. Col. G.A.Custer's 7th U.S. Cavalry attacked a village of sleeping Cheyenne led by Black Kettle. Custer reported 103 – later revised to 140 – warriors, "some" women and "few" children killed, and 53 women and children taken hostage.
The Texas–Indian wars were a series of conflicts between settlers in Texas and the Southern Plains Indians during the 19th-century. Conflict between the Plains Indians and the Spanish began before other European and Anglo-American settlers were encouraged—first by Spain and then by the newly Independent Mexican government—to colonize Texas in order to provide a protective-settlement ...
Manuelito. The term Navajo Wars covers at least three distinct periods of conflict in the American West: the Navajo against the Spanish (late 16th century through 1821); the Navajo against the Mexican government (1821 through 1848); and the Navajo against the United States (after the 1847–48 Mexican–American War).
Native Americans of multiple tribes fought on both sides of the French and Indian War. This war was all about tensions on each side of the border and the conflict that ensued. Some major tribes that fought during this war were the Iroquis and the Cherokee. [1] These Native Americans were not trained in the European form of combat, yet they ...
Yamasee War (1715–1717) — War between European colonists in South Carolina and numerous Indian tribes. Chickasaw Wars (1720–1760) — Unsuccessful campaign by French and Choctaw against the Chickasaw. Natchez War (1729–1731) — War between the Natchez and the French of Louisiana. Pontiac's Rebellion (1763–64) — War of numerous ...