Today, in class, Mr. Bruns told us what questions we need to answer in our daily blogs regarding our peer's presentations. These would become test questions
Eli had something to do with bloody battles, War broke out in 1868 between the Kiowa, and the Comanche tribes. It was a year before the US ggt involved. the red river war consisted of small battles with few deaths. Some of these major battles were teh battle of red river, sweetwater creek, and the battle of palo duro canyon. US general Phillip Sheridan ordered to destroy their villages and kill their horses and people.
Settlers moved west in search of wealth and gold. It all started with Colonel George Armstrong Custer's expedition of 1874. Many traveled west, but only few actually struck gold. Colonel Custer took his 7th calvary into little bighorn. The group split into 3 and sent about 175 soldiers into reno to attack a village with 2000 native inhabitants. He expected to catch them by surprise, but they were ambushed from the brush, where he lost half of his men.
He also talked about the day in the life of a cowboy, and about how they worked 10-14+ hours a day. They are nothing like they are stereotyped in the movies. Actually, around 40% of cowboys were black and hispanic.
Josh went next and I must say, he was incredibly enthusiastic. He spoke of 'Railroads in the West.' In 1850-1871, the government granted land to railroads adding up to 10% of the US land. The homestead act gave common people a chance to move west and claim their land to become farmers. All who took part were given 160 acres. Although most were happy with the move west, some were opposed and preferred to preserve the wildlife.
Whitney talked about dugouts and soddies, which were both improvision houses they built since it was too expensive to import (Trees were scarce in the Plains). Dugouts were dug out of hills, while soddies were made of sticks and dirt. This was also a time when technology was greatly improved in the farming world. Some inventions creating to help farming were the steel plow, the grain drill, reaping machine, barbed wire, the corn binder, and the spring-tooth harrow.
It appears I won't have to go for a few days as this is taking quite some time. GAUL OUT
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