The Comanche emerged as a distinct group shortly before 1700, when they broke off from the Shoshone people[11] living along the upper Platte River in Wyoming. This coincided with their acquisition of the horse, which allowed them greater mobility in their search for better hunting grounds. Their original migration took them to the southern Great Plains, into a sweep of territory extending from the Arkansas River to central Texas. During that time, their population increased dramatically because of the abundance of buffalo, an influx of Shoshone migrants, and the adoption of significant numbers of women and children taken captive from rival groups. The Comanche never formed a single cohesive tribal unit but were divided into almost a dozen
These two events were definitely a cause of the branding of the name “The Wild West.” The Johnson County War started in the early 1890’s in Johnson County, Wyoming. The major cause in the Johnson County War were the rustlers. It all started when the Wyoming Stock Growers Association changed the name of “mavericking” to “rustling”. The wages of cowboys were decreased and caused a strike for better wages. Angry cowboys decided to start rustling from the larger ranches.
Sketches have been created as a result of interviewing Lakota Sioux members. Crazy Horse remains a legendary hero among the Lakota Indians. Dear Abby, Do you think its okay for the whites to steal the land from the Indians? Sincerely, South Dakota Wonderer Dear South Dakota Wonderer, I don’t think it’s nice to take the land from the Indians just because there’s gold up in the black hills. It’s not nice because The Indians and the government singed treaties saying that they would not invade the land.
It wasn’t until the introduction of the horse and equestrian related practices to Native Americans in the plains that the bison population would become threatened. Up until the spread of the horse trade into Native American tribes in the late 1700s to early 1800s, Natives relied on more than one source to sustain themselves. Pedestrian bison hunting was practiced, but generally only a few bison were killed at once and they were not the only source of food. Soon though, the Natives were introduced to the horse, which initiated a great deal of change in their societies. It was discovered that bison hunting was much more efficient from the back of a horse than on the ground.
Multiple treaties were made with the Native Americans; however, these treaties were rarely enforced and often broken, especially during the time of gold rushes. Once the United States had fully expanded to the West, it seemed like the only thing left to do was populate the area. However, there was a problem, Native Americans occupied and had occupied the Great Plains for hundreds of years. To solve this problem, the United Stated government created Native American reservations to avoid clashes over land boundaries between Native Americans and white settlers, and issued a series of treaties with the Native Americans in attempt to buy out their land and relocate them. By confining Native American tribes, the military could keep a watchful eye on their activity and occasionally provided for by federal effort.
Virginia DeJohn Anderson, “King Philip’s Herds: Indians, Colonists and the Problem of livestock in Early New England” In this article Ms. Anderson talks about how livestock (mostly swine) played a critical role toward King Philip’s War of 1675-76. How hostilities, settlers free ranging livestock wandered into native villages and affected them and how the Indians responded to theses encroachments. English colonist imported thousands of cattle, swine, sheep, and horses because they considered livestock essential to their survival. But the animals caused problems to subsistence practices, land use, property rights and political authority. Indians did not want to own domestic animals since livestock husbandry did not fit easily with native practices, the adoption of livestock would alter women’s lives by affecting the traditional division of labor since women were mainly responsible of agriculture production.
This brought on concern, now people thought that they would buy them for ten dollars then turn around and sell them to the slaughter houses. President Bush is in control of this issue and he is getting rid of all the wild horses that we have left. “Wild horses and burros merit man’s protection historically,” Nixon said, “for they are a living link with the days of the conquistadors, through the heroic times of the western Indians and pioneers, to our own day when the tonic of wilderness seems all too scarce. More than that, they merit it as a matter of ecological right – as anyone knows who has ever stood awed at the indomitable spirit and sheer energy of a mustang. “ President Bush should really pay attention to the views that President Nixon had on this matter and also the way that other people view this matter.
Also I will examine the relationships between men and women and how women in general are treated in each film. As the film Tombstone opens the narrator gives a brief yet historical background about Earp and the town Tombstone. Setting the timeframe to 1879 the film narrator explains that because of the economic explosion in the West this spurred the Great Migration. However, it also triggered the violence that infested the city of Tombstone turning it into an “armed camp”. The wave of violence that we see in the film is inaccurately represented according to Richard White, It’s Your Misfortune and None of My Own where he states that “during the peak years of cattle towns, the average number of homicides was only 1.5 a year from each town.” However, the films representation is the opposite since the narrator depicts murder rates higher than modern day Los Angeles or New York and the opening scene is of the film is a gun fight which results in murders including a catholic priest which is caused by the cowboys.
So who is the man on the pale horse and why would hell follow him? Does Johnny Ringo think it is himself on that horse or does he see someone else on that horse? These questions are answered in this very traditional but fairly modern western that takes place in the nineteenth century and involves shoot-outs, gambling, the seeking of fortune and drinking. Tombstone portrays what most westerns portray; a battle of the lesser evil verses the evil.
Some of the consequences for Native Americans and Europeans during the 15th and 16th centuries were the end of the Aztec Empire and the fall of the Inca Empire. They also encountered economic decline, Old World disease (smallpox, measles, typhus and Influenza) and overpopulation of livestock (few predators to keep livestock down). Technology, religion, gender and their roles, and social organization also played a part in the misunderstandings and trust between Native Americans and Europeans. Cortes’ impressions of Mexico City is that it’s was a very noble city with an abundance of resources to survive from plants and animals to coal and timber. The city is full of life and beauty with structure and “order.”