2. Frontier Wars in Texas People, Places, and Events

3. Treaty of Medicine Lodge Creek Established a 3 million acre reservation located in Indian Territory (Oklahoma) Government promised to send food and supplies to the reservation and restrict access to the area In return, the Native Americans would move onto the reservation and stop raids against settlers

4. Satanta Most famous Kiowa chief known for his powerful speeches. Most famous Kiowa chief known for his powerful speeches. He didn’t want to move to the reservation and wanted to roam over the prairie. He didn’t want to move to the reservation and wanted to roam over the prairie. He believed if the Native Americans settle down they will die and it hurt him to see what was happening. He believed if the Native Americans settle down they will die and it hurt him to see what was happening.

5. Buffalo Hunters A person who slaughtered buffalo for the value of their hides. A person who slaughtered buffalo for the value of their hides. They killed the Native Americans buffalo which forced some Native Americans to leave the reservation and raid white settlements. They killed the Native Americans buffalo which forced some Native Americans to leave the reservation and raid white settlements.

6. Quanah Parker One of the most powerful Comanche leaders of the time. One of the most powerful Comanche leaders of the time.

7. Cynthia Parker Mother of Quanah Parker and married to Comanche Chief Peta Nocona. Mother of Quanah Parker and married to Comanche Chief Peta Nocona. She was captured as a small child during a Comanche raid on a frontier settlement and was raised by the Comanche’s and adopted their way of life. She was captured as a small child during a Comanche raid on a frontier settlement and was raised by the Comanche’s and adopted their way of life.

8. Peta Nocona Comanche chief who was married to Cynthia Parker and the father of Quanah Parker. Comanche chief who was married to Cynthia Parker and the father of Quanah Parker.

9. Colonel Kit Carson Commanded the Anglo troops at the First Battle of Adobe Walls against the Comanches and Kiowas. Commanded the Anglo troops at the First Battle of Adobe Walls against the Comanches and Kiowas.

10. Henry Ossian Flipper First African American to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. First African American to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

11. Buffalo Soldiers **African American who guarded the Texas frontier after the Civil War.** They scouted, mapped, and built roads between the settled and unsettled areas of the state. They scouted, mapped, and built roads between the settled and unsettled areas of the state. They also patrolled the frontier, protecting settlers from Native American raids. They also patrolled the frontier, protecting settlers from Native American raids.

12. Quaker Peace Policy Move native groups to reservations, give them supplies, educate them, and protect them. Move native groups to reservations, give them supplies, educate them, and protect them. It also proposed to punish any who raided settlements. It also proposed to punish any who raided settlements.

13. Quaker Peace Policy, cont. Ideas of a religious group named the Religious Society of Friends, or Quakers. It was suppose to bring about peace using gentle ways, respect for life, and fair treatment of Native Americans. Ideas of a religious group named the Religious Society of Friends, or Quakers. It was suppose to bring about peace using gentle ways, respect for life, and fair treatment of Native Americans.

14. Quaker Peace Policy, cont. The government did not provide enough food or supplies and the army failed to stop buffalo hunters from shooting buffalo on the reservation which caused Native Americans to again raid TX settlements for food. When the army chased them, The government did not provide enough food or supplies and the army failed to stop buffalo hunters from shooting buffalo on the reservation which caused Native Americans to again raid TX settlements for food. When the army chased them, the Quakers would not let the soldiers enter the reservation to capture the raiders. the Quakers would not let the soldiers enter the reservation to capture the raiders.

15. Lawrie Tatum He was a Quaker who was named the government’s agent to the Kiowa- Comanche reservation. He was a Quaker who was named the government’s agent to the Kiowa- Comanche reservation.

16. Texas Rangers A force that patrolled the frontier and helped the federal troops defend the frontier. A force that patrolled the frontier and helped the federal troops defend the frontier. Stephen F. Austin formed them to protect colonists from Native American attacks. Stephen F. Austin formed them to protect colonists from Native American attacks.