"Resistance of the Indians in the West" Topic

"In the three decades following the Civil War, millions of people poured into the trans‐Mississippi West. They came from farms and cities in the East and Midwest, as well as from Europe and Asia, lured by the promise of cheap land, riches in the gold fields, or just the possibility of a better life. Many traveled on the newly constructed transcontinental railroads, while others crossed the plains and mountains by wagon train or sailed around South America to arrive on the West Coast. They settled the Great Plains, the Southwest, and the Great Basin, enduring hardship, danger, and disillusionment. By the end of the nineteenth century, the western migrants had established new farming homesteads, communities, and industries. Although some of the settlers became hugely successful, many, if not most, failed to achieve the wealth of which they dreamed…"

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Armand

Tell me please, how does this relate to miniature wargaming?

Merry Christmas, Doctor.

@Pyrate Captain"

This perhaps?

"While many tribes did settle peacefully on such reservations, others resisted giving up their lands and way of life. Tribes who resisted included the Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho on the northern Great Plains, the Apache, Commanche, and Navajo in the Southwest, and the Nez Percé in Idaho.

Although Native Americans never presented a united front, various tribes had a series of confrontations with the U.S. Army and settlers between the 1860s and 1880s that collectively became known as the Indian Wars…"

Anecdote, 42, hard to play anecdote.

Merry Xmast to you too… each Forum is not only for miniatures or wargaming… it's include some history to see the context of our table battles…

It's not Au Contraire to the rules…

Sorry you don't enjoy history…

Armand

"Anecdote, 42, hard to play anecdote."

I'll take your word for that. Can you hum it, maybe?

(smile)

Armand

"Additionally, Indians lived under a complex kinship system of extended families that outsiders found difficult to comprehend." My maternal ancestry runs right through Appalachia (West Virginia and Virginia), including Native Americans. My Grandmother had 3 mothers and 14 siblings. Also back there is one man with 34 children. I do not have a problem comprehending such systems of complex kinships. Based upon two surnames, I'm probably related to at least 10% of the current residents of West Virginia. :)