d a treaty. oGeronimo became the chief two years later, he rejected the treaty.o1871 the Apache war had been the most violent of all Indian conflict. Both sides committed atrocities on an unprecedented scale. oFinal 19th century fight took place in South Dakota. 1880s dispirited and sometimes starving Sioux had learned of a religious movement in Nevada started by Novoka, Ute medicine man.oGhost Dance which visions. Fears of the white that a violence oSitting Bull police attempted to an arrest him, a fight broke out and he was killed in December 1890. oBig Foot, attempted to take his people from their reservation on the Cheyenne River to the Pine Ridge Reservation.oDecember 29 army surrounded 7th Calvary, Custer old unit. 40 soldiers died in the shooting, but more than 300 Indians, including men and women, were slaughtered. This was the last fight of the century, and the final defeat of the Native Americano. 2 Explain the conquest of the mountains. How did the pursuit of mineral wealth represent an assault on nature? When did it occur? What was the pattern? It is call the ages of GREED!Gold and Silver Rushes with in the mountain states of the contiguous forty eight states talk place in a relatively brief time, from 1859 until the 1870s 1859 the first gold rust into the Rockies took place in Colorado. A year later, gold was discovered in the Clearwater River area of Idaho and thousands of prospector s invaded the area pushing aside both Nez Perce who occupied this area.Short time later, gold drew thousands to the Boise Basin of the Snake River. 1862, gold was discovered in southern Montana at Banner and Alder Gulch, shortly followed by strikes in last Chance Gulch (Helena) and ButteAssault on Natives, railroad construction, mining, cattle herding, and farming all took place. Each of these economic activities would cause major changes in the region.By 1870s New Mexico and Arizona experienced what the other areas had undergone. The Bl...
