United States; a history: the most complete and most popular history of the United States of America from the aboriginal times to the present . GRANTS ADMINISTRATION. 629. During the last year of President Grants administration thecountry was disturbed by a war with the Sioux Indians. Thesefierce savages had, in 1867, made a treaty with the United Statesagreeing to relinquish all the territory south of the Niobrara, west ofthe one hundred and fourth meridian, and north of the forty-sixthparallel of latitude. By this treaty the Sioux were confined to alarge reservation in southwesternDako
United States; a history: the most complete and most popular history of the United States of America from the aboriginal times to the present . GRANTS ADMINISTRATION. 629. During the last year of President Grants administration thecountry was disturbed by a war with the Sioux Indians. Thesefierce savages had, in 1867, made a treaty with the United Statesagreeing to relinquish all the territory south of the Niobrara, west ofthe one hundred and fourth meridian, and north of the forty-sixthparallel of latitude. By this treaty the Sioux were confined to alarge reservation in southwesternDakota, and upon this reservationthey agreed to retire by the 1st ofJanuary, 1876. Meanwhile, how-ever, gold was discovered amongthe Black Hills — a region thegreater part of which belonged, bythe terms of the treaty, to theSioux reservation. But no treatycould keep the hungry horde ofgold-diggers and adventurers fromoverrunning the interdicted dis-trict. This gave the Sioux a goodexcuse for gratifying their native scene of the sioux war, istg. disposition by breaking over the limits of the reservation and roam-ing at large through Wyoming and Montana, burning houses, stea
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