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Indian Wars pgs. 207-221

Name:_______________ Pd.________
Across
Fear of ___ white settlement grew when soldiers marched north from Walla Walla to protect miners from potential Indian attacks.
Isaac Stevens treated the Indians with ___ and contempt.
At the Walla Walla Council, the Nez Perce had signed a treaty guaranteeing a ___ reservation in northeaster Oregon, southeastern Washington, and western Idaho.
It is important to note that most Coastal tribes did not understand the ___ of the treaties they signed.
Chief Joseph and the other Nez Perce leaders knew that peaceful settlement on the Lapwai Reservation was no longer an option and decided to flee and make an attempt to reach Canada and join other ___ Indians.
General Howard agreed that the lands were illegally ___from the Nez Perce, but that did not change the situation, they still had to leave and settle on the Lapwai Reservation in western Idaho.
In the years following the council, the government approached the ___ to sign a treaty, but they refused and made clear they would protect their lands at all costs.
First Washington Territorial Governor
After promises of a reward, Chief ___ signed away the territories of the Wallowa band of Nez Perce despite not having the legal right to do so, since he was not the chief of that band of the Nez Perce.
Kamiakin's objective was to gain control of the ___ Gorge.
Chief ___ leader of the Wallowa band of Nez Perce.
The Nez Perce had a reputation as a an accommodating and ___ tribe.
Stevens was directed to peacefully ___ the Indians to settle on reservations.
Harassed and humiliated at the Battle of Rosalia, Steptoe ___.
Whether the Indians understood the treaties or not, the U.S. government considered the treaties ___.
In Walla Walla, the legacy of the Whitman Massacre and fears of the local Indians created high ___.
Chief ___, his father was a Suquamish Indians, his mother was a slave.
Down
Stevens and his negotiators did not speak any of the ___ languages.
To discourage any further hostilities from the Yakama, the Army built ___ on the Yakma Reservation where they could monitor the Yakama's activities.
The spark for the Yakama Wars came when two ___ were discovered panning for gold on treaty land.
The Nisqually, allegedly led by Chief ___, attacked a blockhouse in Seattle.
After winning a decisive battle against the Spokane, the army captured and killed 900 of their ___ forcing the Spokane to give up their mobility and ability to fight.
___ found himself and his soldiers trapped in a ravine surrounded by 1000 warriors. They told him not to cross into Spokane territory.
The Yakama, under the leadership of Chief ___ began to prepare for war after the Yakama had killed the two miners and an Indian agent.
The ___ of the Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho Indians ended the military campaigns in Washington leaving the Indians with no choice but to move onto reservations.
At the Battle of ___ on Sept. 1, 1858 Colonel Wright offered the warriors a chance to surrender, but they refused.
Along the journey to the Lapwai Reservation, a group of Nez Perce warriors took out their ___ on a group of pioneers and killed four.
The Yakama's battle with U.S. forces at ___ was inconclusive.
Many of the Plateau tribes were unhappy with the treaties signed at the ___ Council.
Colonel Wright and his troops, now equipped with the new long-range ___ rifle, won the battle against the Spokane.
The Spokane, along with their allies the Coeur D Alene, Palouse, and other Indians from local tribes, confronted the soldiers in May of 1858 leading to the Battle of ___.
Many tribes ___ Governor Stevens and the terms he dictated for the tribes.
At the battle of ___ Creek, the U.S. Army was out manned and out gunned by the Yakama.
Peopeomoxmox was ordered to ___.
Most Indians in the Territory had heard of the ___ treatment received by Indians in northern California upon discovery of gold on their lands.
The Plateau Indians practiced a ___ lifestyle that didn't suit a sedentary life on a reservation.
In 1863, ___ was discovered along the Clearwater River on the Nez Perce Reservation in the Wallowa Mountains.