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The End of the Indian Wars

Author: Dan Boyle

The End of the Indian Wars (Screencast-O-Matic Version)

A look at the conflict between the U.S. Army and the Amerindians of the Great Plains from the Battle at Little Big Horn, through the Dawes Act, and ending at Wounded Knee

The End of the Indian Wars (YouTube Version)

A look at the conflict between the U.S. Army and the Amerindians of the Great Plains from the Battle at Little Big Horn, through the Dawes Act, and ending at Wounded Knee

Chief Joseph, Nez Perce Leader, Oct. 5, 1877

Tell General Howard I know his heart.  What he told me before, I have it in my heart.  I am tired of

fighting.  Our chiefs are killed; Looking Glass is dead, Ta Hool Hool Shute is dead.  The old men

are all dead.  It is the young men who say yes or no.  He who led on the young men is dead.  It is

cold, and we have no blankets; the little children are freezing to death.  My people, some of them,

have run away to the hills, and have no blankets, no food.  No one knows where they are –

perhaps freezing to death.  I want to have time to look for my children, and see how many of them

I can find.  Maybe I shall find them among the dead.  Hear me, my Chiefs!  I am tired; my heart is

sick and sad.  From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever.