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A particularly violent example of the warfare between whites and Native Americans in the late 19th century, also known as 'Custer's Last Stand.' June 25-26, 1876, combined forces of 2K+ Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho Indians defeated and killed more than 250 US soldiers, including Col George Custer. Ahon Bata Sa Lansangan Programmer.

The battle came as the US gov't tried to compel Native Americans to remain on the reservations and Native Americans tried to defend territory from white gold-seekers. This Indian advantage did not last, however, as the union of these Indian fighters proved tenuous and US Army soon exacted retribution. A battle between the US Army and the Dakota Sioux, in which several hundred Native Americans and 29 US soldiers died. Was more like slaughter, as the Natives were mostly unarmed and were surrendering. Tensions erupted violently over 2 major issues: the Sioux practice of the 'Ghost Practice' which the US gov't had outlawed, and the dispute over whether Sioux reservation land would be broken up b/c of the Dawes Act.

This slaughter was the last act of violence against Native Americans, and women and children were killed too. After gold and silver strikes in CO, Nev, and other W territories in the second half of the 19th century, fortune seekers by the thousands rushed to the W to dig. These metals were essential to US industrial growth and were also sold into world markets. After surface metals were removed, people sought ways to extract ore from underground, leading to the development of heavy mining machinery. This, in turn, led to the consolidation of the mining industry, because only big companies could afford to buy and build necessary machines.