Chapter 13 Indians and cattle

Quakers as Indian agents

Treaty of Medicine Lodge

Creek

Satanta

Kwahadi Comanche

Salt Creek Massacre

William Sherman

Ranald Slidell Mackenzie

Adobe Walls

Palo Duro Canyon

Red River War

Quanah Parker

Victorio

L. H. McNelly

vaqueros

chaps

reateas

John Chisum

Oliver Goodnight

Oliver Loving

cattle boom

Sedalia Trail

Chisholm Trail

Goodnight-Loving

fence cutting

open range

King Ranch

XIT

Herefords

pastores

barb wire

Rio Grande Valley

Essay Questions

What was the issue that caused the conflict between the Native Americans and the state of Texas between 1865-1880? What were the different policies of the United States Government and Texas toward the Native Americans? What did Richard Coke have to do with all of this? What did most white Texans seem to want to happen to Native Americans? What do you think the policy should have been?

Why did the cattle industry in Texas become important economically and psychological to Texas after the Civil War? How do we know the cattle industry had Spanish and Mexican roots? Where did most of the money come from for the big ranches?