“The American Indian Wars” by John Tebbel and Keith Johnson starts out by discussing the grievance of both parties against the white men because treaties guaranteed them aunties in both cash and provisions, but they were not given either. This is a major decline for the white men as people of other groups began to get angry and not trust the American men. A few young braves started internal organizations to fix what their chiefs have done wrong. The traders acted instantly and decided to give no credit to the Indians until the annuities were paid. This was a declined social factor as groups began to have conflicts and separate. War began, and one of the Indian villages at Redwood was the first to be attacked causing settlers to flee in every direction.…show more content… About three hundred troops made it to Ridgeley safely. That night guards were placed at the doors with anything that could be considered a weapon, and women built cartridges out of slugs cut by the men. They were forced to evacuate and were attacked again at dawn. The battle was brutal and the relief party was late, leaving men wounded and killed on the battlefield. Sibley and his men marched for thirty six miles and rested. They were awoken by seven hundred Sioux Indians, where Sibley and his tribe lost not only the Battle of Woodlake, but the war as a whole. War was a major decline for this time as it was a response to a political factor of not following the treaties guidelines. Sibley and his men were forced to leave the area and stayed in Camp Release to distinguish the guilty from the innocent. Three hundred and six men were found guilty and scheduled to be hung under Abraham Lincoln's
