The Killing Age

The Killing Age

Map 19.1 Conflicts across North America in the nineteenth century

Conflict wracked North America in the nineteenth century, particularly the United States which expanded westward with breathtaking speed.

back to images & maps This map depicts two processes, each interrelated. The first identifies just a very few—there were literally many hundreds—of the major conflicts unfolding across the United States in the 1800s. The second process is the redrawing of the continent’s political geography, particularly the creation of states within the American federal system. […]

Ch19.1. “The Battle of Greasy Grass”

General Custer's "last stand" was known by Indians as the "Battle of Greasy Grass." This image produced by Red Horse in 1881, depicts that epochal event.

back to images & maps Ch19.1. “The Battle of Greasy Grass Ch19.1. “The Battle of Greasy Grass,” Red Horse, 1881. Smithsonian Institution. Otherwise known as the “Battle of Little Bighorn” or “Custer’s Last Stand,” this drawing offers an indigenous perspective on one of the most significant moments in the War of 1876 between the Lakota […]