5.1 - Cultures Clash On The Prairie.Indian tribes had planted and hunted by the lower part of the Mississippi River for more thatn a century. They lived in small villages. In 1598 Spanish brought horses over to New Mexico. After the mid 1800's mant tribes left their famrs and roamed the Great Plains to hunt of Buffalo. Most families spoke the same language. The men of the tribe wuld training to become either a hunter or a warrior. The women would help build theid homes. Usually women got to pick their husband. Native Americans felt very different from the settleres about land. Gold was one major attraction fo the west. It was first discovered in Colorado in the year of 1858. The original mining camps were in Virgina City, Nevada, and Helena, Montana. The Government passes an act to let the Native Americans have all of the Great Plains. Gave restriction to the Easteners to the land. Ten years later the government broke the treaty and allowed others to settle on the Great Plains. Many Native Americans were nomadic which means the followed the buffalo heards around and never did actually settle. Never wasted anything, used every single part of the buffalo they could.-Why did people move west?Gold Silver and Riches. Cheap land. A new start. Adventure. Farming. Sheep hearding. Cattle ranching.-How did the government deal with NA over the years?
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