Monday- Section 6.3 Presentation expectations. Assigned groups chapters that they have to present on.
Tuesday-Worked on outline
Wednesday- Worked on outline
Thursday- The culture of the great plains indians
- They traded buffalo hides and meat for other goods.
- Young men were trained as warriors and hunters.
- They had a tribe council not just one leader.
Settlers moved west
- They thought natives didn't have the right to have land becuase they didn't think they were taking care of it good enough.
Sand creek massacre
- 9/29/1864 700 men attacked the village of Cheyenne and arapaho.
- It was an unproved attack
- Took place during the civil war.
George A. Custer
- Battle at little bighorn
- June 25,1876
- 1,000 Indians 600 whites.
Sitting bull
- He was a tribal chief during the american indian war.
Friday
Cattle Becomes big business
- Heards of buffalo started to disappear.
- Horses and cattle came into the lands in wild herds.
Chicago union stock yards
- Opened in 1865
- in the 1880's they herded over 10 million cattle.
Ranchers hired cowboys to herd cattle from Texas to Kansas.
In 1866 there were 55,000 cowboys
- All they owned was the saddle
- They worked 10-14 hour days.
the end of the open range
- Overgrazing
- People put up fences to mark property lines.
- Cattle operations went bankrupt.
Rail roads
- 1850-1871, land grants to railroads for 17 million acres.
- Srage coach railroad travel : $1,000 and 5 and 6 months
- Train travel : $ 150 for 5 days.
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