Indian Wars & Battles - 1800's |
History Timeline Indian Wars and Battles |
| 1804 | Battle of Sitka, a major conflict between European and Alaska Natives | |
| 1806 | Sabine Expedition | |
| 1811 | Battle of Woody Point | |
| 1811 | Tecumseh's War - Battle of Tippecanoe (1811–1813) Tecumseh | |
| 1812 | War of 1812 begins | |
| 1813 | Creek War (1813–1814) erupted in Alabama and Georgia. The Creek Indians were defeated by American forces led by Andrew Jackson at Talladega in 1813, at Emuckfau, in 1814, at Enotochopco in 1814 and finally at the Horseshoe Bend of the Tallapoosa River when 750 Creeks were killed or drowned, and 201 whites were killed or wounded. | |
| 1813 | Peoria War was a battle between the U. S. Army, settlers and the Native American tribes of the Potawatomi and the Kickapoo tribes in the Peoria area of Illinois. Their villages were attacked and the tribes left the area. Battles and conflicts resumed in the Winnebago War of 1827 and the Black Hawk War of 1832 - see Black Hawk | |
| 1817 | First Seminole War (1817–1818) erupted in Florida as the Seminole Indian tribe defended their lands and runaway slaves | |
| 1820 | Texas–Indian wars (1820 - 1875) were a series of conflicts between settlers in Texas and Plains Indians | |
| 1823 | Arikara War - Campaign against Arickara Indians, upper Missouri River, Dakota Territory | |
| 1827 | Winnebago War (Fever River expedition) was a small conflict which occurred in Wisconsin between the settlers and lead miners who were trespassing on their land and the Winnebago tribe | |
| 1830 | 1830-1840 - Miwok-Yokut Raids into Mexican California | |
| 1832 | Black Hawk War occurred in Northern Illinois and Southwestern Wisconsin. The Native Indian Sauk and Fox tribes were led by Chief Black Hawk in an attempt to re-take their homeland | |
| 1832 | Department of Indian Affairs established | |
| 1834 | The First Dragoon Expedition of 1834 (also called the Dodge-Leavenworth Expedition or Pawnee expedition) was the first official contact between the US government and the Plains Indians including the Pawnee and Comanche | |
| 1835 | Creek Alabama Uprising (1835–1837) in Alabama and Georgia along the Chattahoochee River which resulted in a defeat for the Creek forces and the removal of the Creek people from their native lands to the Indian Territory in present-day Oklahoma see the Trail of Tears | |
| 1835 | Second Seminole War (1835–1842) in Florida. Under Chief Osceola, the Seminole resumed fighting for their land and were decimated as a result | |
| 1836 | Florida–Georgia Border War | |
| 1836 | Missouri–Iowa Border War | |
| 1836 | Comanche Wars (1836–1877) | |
| 1837 | Osage Indian War (1837) After years of war with invading Iroquois, the Osage migrated west of the Mississippi River to their historic lands in present-day Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma. The conflict involved a number of battles with the Osage Indians in Missouri. | |
| 1846 | 1846 - 1863 The Navajo conflicts in New Mexico and Arizona led to their forced occupancy of an inhospitable reservation | |
| 1848 | Cayuse War (1848–1855) the influx of disease and settlers to Oregon | |
| 1849 | Apache Wars (1849–1924) | |
| 1849 | The Jicarilla War fought between the Jicarilla Apaches and Ute warriors against the United States | |
| 1850 | The Pitt River expedition, California. Made by Colonel E. A. Stevenson, Indian Agent to establish relations with the Achomawi or Pit River, Hat Creek and Modoc | |
| 1850 | The Mariposa Indian War in California, a conflict between the with Miwok and Yokut Indians and miners. Miners forced the Indians off their gold rich lands. | |
| 1850 | Yuma War (1850–1853) | |
| 1850 | Ute Wars (1850–1923) | |
| 1853 | Walker War (1853–1854) with the Ute Indians begins over slavery among the Indians. Wakara (Walker) leads the Utes in Utah in a series of raids on Mormon settlements | |
| 1854 | 1854 - 1890 The Sioux Wars in South Dakota, Minnesota and Wyoming were led by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull in a fight to keep their homelands | |
| 1855 | Yakima War (1855–1858) | |
| 1855 | 1855 - 1856 Rogue River War in Oregon - Klamath and Salmon River Indian war . Indian tribes were attacked in an attempt to start a war that would enable unemployed miners to work. Survivors were forced on to reservations | |
| 1855 | Puget Sound War (1855–1856) | |
| 1855 | 1855 - 1856 Cheyenne and Arapaho conflicts | |
| 1855 | Winna's expedition against Snake Indians, Oregon | |
| 1855 | Third Seminole War (1855–1858) in the Florida everglade area. The Seminole led by Chief Billy Bowleg made their last stand and were defeated and deported to Indian territory in Oklahoma | |
| 1856 | The Tule River War in California | |
| 1856 | Tintic War (1856) | |
| 1857 | Battle of Solomon Fork, Kansas | |
| 1858 | Antelope Hills Expedition (aka the Battle of Little Robe Creek) between the Texas Rangers and the Tonkawa against Comanche and Kiowa villages in the Comancheria beginning in Texas | |
| 1858 | The Coeur d'Alene War (aka Spokane, Coeur d'Alene and Palouse Indian war) was fought in the Washington and Idaho areas. The alliance of Native Indian tribes attacked and defeated a force of 164 US troops under Major Edward Steptoe | |
| 1858 | Navajo Wars in New Mexico (1858–1864) | |
| 1858 | 1858-1859 - Wichita expedition in Indian Territory | |
| 1859 | The Mendocino War of 1859 -1860 in California | |
| 1860 | Kiowa and Comanche expedition in Indian Territory to remove the Kiowa and Comanche from the area of the Arkansas River | |
| 1860 | Paiute War also known as Pyramid Lake War, Utah Territory, (now Nevada) | |
| 1860 | Navajo expedition, New Mexico in which 1,000 warriors waged an attack on Fort Defiance | |
| 1860 | Chiricahua Wars (1860–1886) | |
| 1861 | Yavapai Wars (1861–1875) | |
| 1861 | 1861 - 1900 Apache Wars in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. Leaving the reservation attacks were made on outposts led by Geronimo and Cochise. Geronimo surrendered in 1886 but others carried on the fight until 1900 | |
| 1862 | Sioux Indian war in Minnesota and Dakota. The Sioux killed upwards of 1,000 settlers in Minnesota then fled to Dakota territory pursued by 5000 US Cavalry soldiers | |
| 1863 | 1863-1869 War against the Cheyenne, Arapaho, Kiowa and Comanche Indians in Kansas, Nebraska (Territory), Colorado (Territory) and Oklahoma Indian Territory | |
| 1864 | The Snake War (1864–1868) was fought by the U.S. army against the "Snake Indians" which was the settlers term for Northern Paiute, Bannock and Western Shoshone bands who lived along the Snake River. Fighting took place in Oregon, Nevada, and California, and Idaho | |
| 1864 | Sand Creek Massacre - Colonel John Chivington and his Colorado Volunteers massacred Cheyenne and Arapaho men, women, and children | |
| 1865 | Hualapai War (1865–1870) | |
| 1865 | 1865, 1868 and in 1879: Ute Wars broke out in Utah due to Mormon settlers taking over their lands | |
| 1865 | Powder River War | |
| 1865 | Black Hawk's War (1865–1872) | |
| 1865 | 1865-1868 - Campaign against Indians in southern Oregon, Idaho (Territory) and northern California. | |
| 1866 | Red Cloud's War (1866–1868) - see Red Cloud | |
| 1867 | The Battle of Beaver Creek (Kidder Massacre) - Cheyenne and Sioux Indians ambushed and killed a 2nd US Cavalry detachment Beaver Creek, Kansas | |
| 1868 | Battle of Beecher Island, also known as the Battle of Arikaree Fork, was a conflict between the United States Army and several of the Plains native American tribes, including the Cheyenne Indians | |
| 1869 | Battle of Summit Springs was the final military engagement between whites and plains Indians in Colorado | |
| 1871 | Tonto War (1871–1875) | |
| 1872 | 1872 - 1873 Modoc War in California and Oregon when led by Captain Jack Native Indians left their terrible reservation and fought for 6 months, Captain Jack was hanged | |
| 1873 | Campaign against Apache Indians in Arizona and New Mexico | |
| 1874 | Sioux expedition, Wyoming (Territory) and Nebraska | |
| 1874 | Red River War in Northern Texas against the Arapaho, Comanche, Cheyenne and Kiowa tribes, who eventually surrendered | |
| 1874 | 1874-1875 - Campaign against Kiowa, Cheyenne and Comanche Indians in Indian Territory | |
| 1876 | Buffalo Hunters' War (1876–1877) | |
| 1876 | Great Sioux War, aka the Black Hills War, (1876–1877). Battle of the Rosebud in Montana. Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne under Crazy Horse turned back soldiers commanded by General George Crook cutting off reinforcements intended to aid Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn. | |
| 1876 | 17 June, 1876: The Battle of the Rosebud between the United States Army led by General George Crook and a force of Lakota Sioux. The Battle of the Rosebud delayed Crook from joining Custer and the 7th Cavalry at the Battle of Little Bighorn | |
| 1876 | 26 June,1876 - Battle of Little Bighorn, Montana. Sioux and Cheyenne defeated General Custer and the Seventh Cavalry | |
| 1877 | Nez Perce War in Oregon, Montana and Idaho. After fighting against the Americans Chief Joseph led his tribe 1700 miles to Canada but were forced to to surrender near the border | |
| 1878 | Bannock War | |
| 1878 | 1878-1879 -- Campaign against Cheyenne Indians in Dakota (Territory) and Montana | |
| 1878 | The last battle to take place in Kansas was the Battle of Punished Woman Fork in Scott County on September 27, 1878 | |
| 1879 | The Sheepeater Indian War was the last Indian war fought in the Pacific Northwest portion of the United States in Idaho | |
| 1879 | White River War | |
| 1879 | Victorio's War (1879–1880) - refer to Victorio | |
| 1881 | Geronimo's War (1881–1886) | |
| 1887 | Crow War | |
| 1887 | Ute War | |
| 1890 | Ghost Dance War (1890–1891) aka Pine Ridge Campaign | |
| 1890 | Battle of Wounded Knee. The Wounded Knee Massacre in South Dakota followed the killing of Chief Sitting Bull. Chief Big Foot led the last band of Lakota Sioux and were massacred by the US Army at Wounded Knee Creek | |
| 1893 | Navajo war against white settlers. Northwestern New Mexico and Northeastern Arizona | |
| 1895 | Bannock Uprising at Jackson's Hole, Wyoming | |
| 1896 | Yaqui Uprising - conflict that took place in the Mexican state of Sonora and the American state of Arizona | |
| 1898 | Battle of Sugar Point US Infantry and Chippewa Indians in Minnesota | |
| 1909 | Crazy Snake Rebellion between the Creek Indians and white settlers in Oklahoma | |
| 1911 | Battle of Kelley Creek in Nevada. A small group of Bannock and Shoshone killed four men in an incident known as the Last Massacre. They were followed by a posse to Kelley Creek. 9 people were killed | |
| 1915 | The Bluff War, aka Posey War or the Polk and Posse War, Ute and Paiute and the US army. Location: San Juan County, Utah and Montezuma County, Colorado | |
| 1918 | Battle of Bear Valley, Arizona between Yaqui Indians and the US cavalry - 1 Indian was killed and 9 were captured | |
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Indian Wars & Battles - 1800's |