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Indian Wars Timeline in The Weeks… 1804-1909

Here are most of the references to The Indian Wars:
causes, named or major fights, also some of the major players in the wars
appearing in The Old West Daily Reader; in date order.
These events are only the more notable of the conflicts; there were literally thousands of “incidents” in all the years of the wars.
If you discover an event in The Weeks, not listed here, please email me.

Week    Date                Remarks

13            03/26/1804    The first Government order to “move west”
- It begins… (TL)

09           02/28/1823    “Discovery Doctrine”
- This is why it was all OK (TL)

24           06/16/1829     Birth of Geronimo (TL)
- A known Indian birth date, rare.

22           05/28/1830    Indian Removal Act
- …these displaced, then displace others… (TL)

24           06/13/1832     The Blackhawk War
- Fox [Meskwaki, Potawatomis, Sauk.

20           05/20/1836    The Fort Parker Massacre
- Comanche [six entries]

25           06/19/1837     Rachael Plummer
- Comanche

40           10/05/1838     The Kilough Massacre
- Seventeen dead, Eight, missing and presumed dead.

12           03/19/1840     The Council House Fight (massacre)