"Whose voice was first sounded on this land? The voice of the red people who had but bows and arrows. The Great Father says he is good and kind to us. I do not think so. I am being held a prisoner here by the whites. The white children have surrounded me and left me with nothing but an island." — Red Cloud, Cooper Union Address, 1870
The Fort Laramie Treaty was nullified within a decade by
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The 1874 gold rush into the Black Hills
- B
Mormon migration to Utah
- C
Mexican raids in Texas
- D
Construction of the Erie Canal
Explanation
Custer's expedition confirmed gold; miner invasion led the U.S. to seize the Black Hills, sparking the 1876-77 Sioux War.