Part one of term paper
With the end of Civil war and the beginning of the reconstruction process, America started to expand west. After establishing many cities in the west, the abundance of railroads increased exponentially. This new “Frontier” of America alienated the Plains Indians. After already taking over the Indian’s land, the frontiers’ men started ...

Part two of term paper
... that contributed to , but the three major were fighting between the American troops and the Indians, the extreme loss of buffalo, and the passing of the Dawes Act. The first concentrated fighting broke out in Colorado, just after the Civil war. Government officials tried to force the Arapaho and Cheyenne from an area that had been granted to them ten years earlier. Warfare continued for three years until Black Kettle, Cheyenne chief, was trapped at Sand Creek in eastern Colorado. The militia i ...