Late

      1600s  Sioux Indians move from Minnesota and settle along the

 Cheyenne River in North Dakota.

      1804 - Lewis and Clark encounter Sioux Indians during their expedition.

      1851 - The United States promises to pay a yearly fee to Indians that

allows settlers to pass through their territories. Fort Laramie Treaty.

      1859 - Gold is discovered in the Rocky Mountains. 100,000 settlers arrive.

      1860 - Abraham Lincoln is elected President.

      1862 - Battle of Wood Lake.

      1864 - Colonel Chivington attacks Cheyenne camp at Sand Creek

      1865 - Civil War ends

Andrew Johnson is elected President

      1866 - Negotiations begin with hostile Sioux tribes

      1868 - Fort Laramie Treaty signed.

Ulysses S. Grant is elected President

    1870  Colonel E.M.Baker orders the massacre of an innocent  band of Pikuni(Blackfeet) Indians at the Marias River.

       1869 - Transcontinental Railroad is completed.

      1874 - Custer Black Hills expedition finds Gold on Indian lands

      1876- The United States of America Celebrates its 100th year of

Independence

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            Indians ordered to report to reservations, or be considered hostile.

Custer and his troops leave Fort Lincoln to round up Indians.

            June 25th - The Battle of Little Bighorn.

      1877 - Crazy Horse surrenders after The Battle of Wolf Mountain.

Crazy Horse is killed while in custody.

      1887 Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 was signed to break up tribes and make room for white settlers.           

      1890 - Final Uprising - The Battle of Wounded Knee

      1891 - Sitting Bull is killed resisting arrest.