The Indian Wars and Battles against the US Cavalry
There were many wars, conflicts and battles between different tribes of American Native Indians and the U S Cavalry. Some of these Indian wars ended in bloody massacres. In 1864 the infamous Sand Creek Massacre which resulted in 400 peaceful Arapaho and Cheyenne men, women, and children and babies were killed by forces led by Colonel John Chivington who, with a 700 man force of Colorado Territory militia, committed atrocities against the peaceful villages of Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians. At the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876 General George Custer and 264 US troops were killed by Sioux Native Americans in Montana. Chief Joseph, chief of the Nez Perce tribe were relentlessly pursued by the US Army for 1300 miles before they were caught. In 1890 the Battle of Wounded Knee resulted in the deaths of 200 unarmed Sioux Indians following the death of Chief Sitting Bull and the final end to the Indian Wars.

Indian Wars and Battles - The French and Indian War
The French and Indian War erupted during the period of 1688 - 1763. The French and Indian Wars were fought by Great Britain and France who were fighting for lands in the New World. The Native Indians became involved when the Iroquois Indians were allied to the French and the Algonquian tribes were allied to the British during the European wars.

Facts and Information about the Indian Wars and Battles - History Timeline
The history timeline of Indian Wars provide facts and information about key dates, the location of the conflicts and battles, the names of the tribes were involved in the wars, battles, the names of the leaders, the causes of the wars and the effects of the wars. For additional Indian Wars and Battles with details of the conflicts refer to Indian Wars and Battles

Indian Wars and Battles Timeline

• 1622 1624: The Powhatan Wars

• 1634 1638: : Pequot War

• 1640 1701: Beaver Wars

• 1655 1655: Peach Tree War

• 1675 1676: Bacon's Rebellion

• 1675 1676: King Philip's War

• 1675 1760: The 'Indian Wars' including the French and Indian Wars

• 1680 1692: The Pueblo Revolt

• 1688 1763: The French and Indian Wars

• 1688 1699: King William's War (part of the French and Indian Wars)

• 1702 1713: Queen Anne's War (part of the French and Indian Wars)

• 1711 1715: Tuscarora War

• 1712 1716: First Fox War

• 1715 1717: Yamasee War

• 1716 1729: Natchez Wars

• 1721 1763: Chickasaw Wars

• 1722 1725: Wabanaki-New England War

• 1728 1733: Second Fox War

• 1744 1748: King George's War (part of the French and Indian Wars)

• 1754 1763: French and Indian War (Part of the Seven Years' War)

• 1756 1763: Seven Years' War

• 1758 1761: Anglo-Cherokee War

• 1763 1766: Pontiac's War

• 1776 1794: Chickamauga Wars

• 1785 1795: Northwest Indian War

• 1794: Battle of Fallen Timbers

• 1811 1813: Tecumseh's War - Battle of Tippecanoe

• 1813 1814: Creek War

• 1817 1842: Seminole Wars

• 1820 1875: Texas–Indian wars

• 1827 1827 Winnebago War

• 1836 1877: Comanche Wars

• 1846 1864: Navajo Wars

• 1848 1855: Cayuse War

• 1849 1924: Apache Wars

• 1850 1865: California Indian Wars (Mariposa Indian War)

• 1850 1853: Yuma War

• 1850 1923: Ute Wars

• 1854 1890: The Sioux Wars

• 1855 1858: Yakima War
  1860 1886: Chiricahua Wars

• 1864 1868: Snake War

• 1865 1872: Black Hawk's War

• 1866 1868: Red Cloud's War

• 1872 1873: Modoc War

• 1876 1877: Buffalo Hunters' War

• 1876 1877: Great Sioux War, aka the Black Hills War

• 1876 : Battle of the Rosebud

• 1876: Battle of Little Bighorn

• 1877 : Nez Perce War

• 1878: Bannock War

• 1879 : Sheepeater Indian War

• 1879 1880: Victorio's War

• 1881 1886: Geronimo's War refer to Geronimo

• 1896 : Yaqui Uprising

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