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The Arikara War of 1823
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Overview
- Started in 1823 with a trading company trespassing on Arikara land and a chief’s son of the Arikara tribe getting killed by an employee of the trading company
- Resulted in death of dozens of traders in the process
- Overall lasted from 1823-1870s
- Overall war ended with a big battle with many casualties.
Major Events
- It all started in 1823, when the Arikara faced constant conflict between neighboring tribes and many traders that were encroaching upon their lands.
- It eventually boiled over when the son of a chief was murdered by a trading company employee and no longer having control of their land, which marked the official start of the war.
- This resulted in over a dozen traders being killed
- On August 9, 1823, the US sent an army to attack the Native Americans, causing over 50 Arikara deaths in the process.
Major Events (cont.)
- On Aug. 15, the army burned down one of the Arikara villages and built a post as a way to convey a message to other surrounding Indian tribes that they considered “unfriendly”.
- In 1830s, the Arikara tribe almost experienced total wipeout by a small pox outbreak.
- Because of this, along with growing conflict with the Sioux gave them no choice but to leave their land and migrate near the Fort Clark Trading Post on the Knife River in North Dekota later in the 1870’s
End of the War
- The war ended with a battle between the Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne and a large group of Arikara men accompanied Custer and the 7th Cavalry on the Little Bighorn Expedition, ending in several notable Arikara warriors, like Little Brave, Bobtail Bull, and Bloody Knife and some 260 other men being killed.
Work Cited
- Weiser, Kathy. "The Arikara War - The First Plains Indian War." The Arikara War - The First Plains Indian War. Legends of America, May 2016. Web. 02 Oct. 2016.
- Arikara Medicine Men, 1908. 1908. Web. 16 Oct. 2016.
- Arikara Warrior. N.d. Web. 16 Oct. 2016.
- Alchin, By Linda. "Arikara Tribe." : Facts, Clothes, Food and History ***. Siteseen Ltd, May 2016. Web. 05 Oct. 2016.
- "Section 4: The Arikara War." North Dakota Studies |. STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF NORTH DAKOTA, 2016. Web. 05 Oct. 2016.
Why was this important?
- It was the first real Plains Indian war between the United States and western Native Americans.
- It is one of the most well-known historical Indian war among both North and South Dakota.
- Because of the events that took place in the battle, the Arikara tribe “are still associated with the Hidatsa and Mandan tribes, known as the Three Affiliated Tribes.” (NATIVE AMERICAN LEGENDS par. 12)
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