HIS-2204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Henry Benjamin Whipple, George Armstrong Custer, Dawes Act
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Reconstruction of the west has to be taken by killing indians or relocating land. Indians would attack settlers to denver, army talked to red cloud, told them to move women and children to sand creek, militia rides and massacres sand creek (old men, women, children) Friends of the indians- led by bishop henry whipple, outraged at corruption dealing with indians, made up of liberal evangelicals, whipple takes a contingent of people to see president grant, ask indian policy to be turned over to them. Peace policy- policy created by friends of the indians, staff indian agents on. Friends recommendations, show indians how to live like white people, reverse gender roles by having by having the men farm. Dawes act- push to make indians farm, give allotments to each indians (40 acres), end up losing a lot of land. Angers indians like sitting bull and crazy horse, and lead some sioux into.