During the antebellum years the United States government "relocated" many eastern Indian tribes to an area west of the Mississippi River designated the Indian Territory. This vast tract initially included parts of Arkansas and Kansas, but by the middle of the nineteenth century it had been reduced to roughly present-day Oklahoma. When the Civil War erupted the United States withdrew its Indian agents and military forces from Fort Smith, Fort Washita, and other posts inside the Indian Territory. The Confederacy moved quickly to fill this vacuum and establish diplomatic and military relations with the Indians.
Albert Pike, Confederate Commissioner of Indian Affairs, negotiated treaties of alliance with the so-called Five Civilized Tribes: Cherokees, Choctaws, Chickasaws, Creeks, and Seminoles. The treaties required the Indians to support Confederate war aims and raise military forces for their own defense. The Confederacy pledged to arm, equip, and pay these forces and provide reinforcements as needed. The Confederacy also promised that the Indians would not be called upon to operate outside the boundaries of the Indian Territory. From the Confederate perspective, the treaties secured the western boundary of the new nation and allowed the government in Richmond to concentrate on other fronts.
most Indians took the south side because for the first time ever Indians had political representation.
Hellen Keller's relatives fought for the Confederacy during the American Civil War.
The solution to ANY war is for one side to win it and one side to lose it. In that civil war, the South lost, which unfortunately proved to be the solution.
The main causes of surrender during the American Civil War are the same reason for surrender in any other war,... one side overwhelms the other.
On one side it was sad that so many were killed, on the other side, it was good for the nation to sort itself out.
most Indians took the south side because for the first time ever Indians had political representation.
The South, because for the first time ever, Indians had political representation.
In the South American Indians took in the Civil War. This was the 1st time in history.
The didn't take a side with anyone, they hated white people
what? which side did they take in what?
union
Massachusetts was one of twenty-three states to side with the Union (North) in the American Civil War.
Native Americans fought on both sides in the US civil war. In some cases, tribes split over which side to support, best known of which was the Cherokee. ´Indians´ is misleading. It creates an idea that they were a single unified group.
He was on the South side.
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Oklahoma wasn't a state back then, it was a reservation for the Indians (Native Americans"), so it didn't take sides. The Indians hated them both.
Hellen Keller's relatives fought for the Confederacy during the American Civil War.