Why did the Indians go on the warpath?

• 1862 – Little Crow’s War

• 1863 – The Cheyenne Uprising

• 1867 – Red Cloud’s War

• 1868 – The winter campaign against the Cheyenne

• Reservations

• Infertile land

• US Army

• Starvation

Why did the Indians go on the warpath?

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