Treaty of Fort Laramie, Sioux agreed to live on a reservation along the Missouri, treaty forced on Sioux in 1868. Red River War, lasted from 1874 to 1875. Gold rush in Black Hills, people moved out there, not many got rich. Sioux chiefs appealed to gov't to get people off their land. Custer sent 175 soldiers to attack an Indian village of 2000. Custer lost half his men. He took them up a hill where the Indians killed all of them. Wounded Knee, crazy Indians thought they could do a dance to get their land back. Sitting Bull was killed. Calvary took 350 Sioux to camp Wounded Knee and told them to hand over their weapons, but the Indians wouldn't do it. A shot was fired and the Calvary killed all 350 Sioux. Cowboys worked a lot. Cowboys weren't like they are depicted in the movies.
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Gov't gave .1 of the US to railroads. By 1880 there was a lot of railroads. The Homestead Act gave land to people to farm out west. Langford and Washburn wanted people to stop moving west because they wanted the land to be preserved. The gov't set aside land which is now Yellowstone National Park. The Census Bureau closed the Frontier and kept people from going out west. Dugouts was basically a hill that became a house. They had stovepipes. Soddies were built with sticks and mud. They had snakes and mice in the walls. Both were warm in winter and cool in summer, leaked badly and flooded. Women had to cook and clean and take care of children and make clothes. John Deere and Cyrus McCormic helped to improve farming.
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