Set: Texas History Chapter 20

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Treaty of Medicine Lodgeagreement of 1867 that required the Plains Indians to move onto a reservation in Indian Territory
Battle of Palo Duro Canyonbattle which finally defeated the Texas Plains Indians by wiping out their horses, villages, and supplies
Battle of Adobe Wallswhere 700 Indians attacked a trading post and were defeated by fewer than 30 whites who with buffalo gunsw
Quakersmembers of the Society of Friends, some of whom became Indian agents in order to help prevent war
VictorioApache leader who fled into Mexico, and who conducted raids across the Rio Grande for years
Salt Creek RaidKiowa and Comanche attack on a wagon train that caused a shift in military policy toward Indians
Buffalo soldiersname that American Indians gave to African American troops
Quanah ParkerComanche leader whose mother was a captured settler
Treaty of the Little Arkansastreaty under which Comanche and Kiowa leaders agreed to settle on a Panhandle reservation
SatantaKiowa leader who refused to accept reservation life and died in prison
Ranald S. MackenzieU.S. colonel who became famous fighting American Indians on the Texas frontier; defeated the Comanche at Palo Duro Canyon by destroying their villages, horses, and supplies
Cynthia Parkersettler captured and raised by Comanche Indians; she always wanted to return to the Comanche after she is returned to her family
Dawes General Allotment ActU.S. law passed in 1887 that divided up reservation lands for American Indians and promised them U.S. citizenship
buffalo hidesdemand for these increased nearly leading to this animals' extinction; a new tanning technology added to demand for these
reservation lifeliving here meant dealing with little food, poor soil, and lack of basic supplies
Henry O. Flipperfirst black graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, whom took part in a campaign against the Apache while stationed at Ft. Davis
buffalo gunsallowed hunters to kill from a long distance away

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  1. Treaty of the Little Arkansas treaty under which Comanche and Kiowa leaders agreed to settle on a Panhandle reservation - 17 misses
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