The Great West and the Agricultural Revolt

History
Chapter 27
The Great West and the Agricultural Revolt

Indians Embattled In the West

Civil War crashed to a close; the frontier was still wavering westward. Great west was embracing mountains, plateaus, deserts, and plains; it was the habitat of the Indian, the buffalo, the wild horse, the prairie dog, and the coyote. The entire domain was 3 territories – “Arizona, New Mexico, and the “Indian territory, or Oklahoma.
Native Americans had misfortune with advancing white settlers.
Spanish-introduced horse had transformed the culture of the Plain Indians, causing the tribes to become more nomadic and more warlike.
White intruders spread cholera, typhoid, and smallpox among the native peoples of the plains, with devastating results.
By hunting and grazing their own livestock the whites shrank the Great Plains bison.
Competition among Indian peoples intensified.
Warfare between Indians and whites raged in the West.
The Indian wars in the West were...