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1860's: Relationship Between Whites And Indians
The 1860’s brought hardship between whites and Indians. As our people slowly moved into the tribe’s land, no friendship was bound to be created. Little by little, we nudged the Indians into a limited area of land where they felt the need to fight back. Included in this retaliation was three massacres. The bloodiest battle according to the rest of the US military that was not murdered, was titled the Fetterman Massacre. The last two Massacres took place in territories such as Colorado and Missouri. According to wyohistory.org, a gold frenzy in Montana territory drew miners North and they contemplated taking a trail going through Arapaho and Lakota hunting grounds. Mountain man Jim Bridger was against going on the path through the Indians
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