1. Western Expansion Native Americans & Indian Wars

2. Cynthia Parker Biography pg. 393 Biography pg. 393 Kidnapped as a kid. Lived with the Comanche for 25 yrs. Kidnapped as a kid. Lived with the Comanche for 25 yrs. Didn’t want to return to her Anglo family. Didn’t want to return to her Anglo family. Married Chief Pete Nacona Married Chief Pete Nacona Mother of Quanah Parker. Mother of Quanah Parker.

3. Quanah Parker Last Chief of the Comanches.Last Chief of the Comanches. Tribe roamed around the Texas panhandle.Tribe roamed around the Texas panhandle. Eventually surrendered to the U.S. Army when he saw there was no chance for his people to survive.Eventually surrendered to the U.S. Army when he saw there was no chance for his people to survive.

4. Why were buffalo so important to the Indians? Why would railroad companies hire buffalo hunters? Think About It

6. The Plains Indians depend on the buffalo for survival and their way of life.

9.  As Americans moved Westward Indians got pushed onto reservations.  What do you think is wrong with this?

10. Reservation Life: Bad things about it  Usually received bad land (Oklahoma).  Indians had little experience farming.  Many kids were placed in boarding schools. They had to wear Anglo clothes, cut their hair & speak English.  If the gov’t didn’t provide food, Indians often faced starvation.

11. Western Frontier  Opportunities for African-Americans arose on the frontier.

12. Buffalo Soldiers Black soldiers (many were ex- slaves) that served on the frontier. The name ‘buffalo soldier’ given by the Indians. Served in the 9 th & 10 th Cavalry& the 24 th & 25 th Infantry.

13. Add in to notes Served along the Rio Grande during the Indian Wars. Helped keep peace among American Indians.

14. Henry O. 1 st African American to graduate from West Point. 1 st non-white to command the 10 th Cavalry.

15. Buffalos = Strong: What was used to kill buffalo more effectively?Buffalos = Strong: What was used to kill buffalo more effectively?

16. Buffalo Guns These guns had scopes allowing hunters to shoot buffalo from a great distance.These guns had scopes allowing hunters to shoot buffalo from a great distance. A good hunter would kill 75 to 100 buffalo a day.”One Texan remembered “ A good hunter would kill 75 to 100 buffalo a day.”

17. Buffalo Hunters $Killed for the hides. ( $ ) Thought the more buffalo they killed the more it would hurt the Indians way of life & make them move on reservations.

18. Battle of Adobe Walls Pg. 399 Buffalo were being slaughtered by buffalo hunters. Plains Indians were starving on reservations. Plains Indians call for an attack on trading post at Adobe Walls (TX Panhandle).

20. June 1874June 1874 Quanah Parker leads the Comanche's.Quanah Parker leads the Comanche's. 700 Indians attack Adobe Walls.700 Indians attack Adobe Walls. –Only 28 men & 1 woman were there. –Buffalo guns kept the Indians back. * Frustrated at not taking Adobe Walls the Plains Indians attack other West Texas settlements. Battle of Adobe Walls

21. What factors helped defeat the Comanche Indians in Texas?

23. More Americans moving into Texas (meant less space for the Comanche) Texas Rangers & their Colt pistols (were more effective than the bow & arrow) Diseases (from settlers & people headed to California) Buffalo Hunters killing buffalo (meant less buffalo for the Comanche)