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Sioux chief who led a long but failed resistance to the U.S. military, culminating in the Sioux Peace Treaty of 1868, a document that paved the way for thirty more years of unlawful U.S. expansion into the west. Though he excelled as a soldier and a military strategist, Red Cloud believed that he could use political savvy to negotiate a fair land deal for his tribe—a belief that caused many of his followers to conclude that he’d “gone soft.” In his final years, Red Cloud lost many of his followers, who were more attracted to the bellicosity of Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse.
Red Cloud Quotes in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
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Incidents such as this, combined with Red Cloud’s continuing war, which had brought civilian travel to an end through the Powder River country, had a strong effect upon the United States government and its high military command. The government was determined to protect the route of the Union pacific Railroad, but even old war dogs such as General Sherman were beginning to wonder if it might not be advisable to leave the Powder River country to the Indians in exchange for peace along the Platte Valley.
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Red Cloud Quotes in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
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Chapter 6
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Incidents such as this, combined with Red Cloud’s continuing war, which had brought civilian travel to an end through the Powder River country, had a strong effect upon the United States government and its high military command. The government was determined to protect the route of the Union pacific Railroad, but even old war dogs such as General Sherman were beginning to wonder if it might not be advisable to leave the Powder River country to the Indians in exchange for peace along the Platte Valley.
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