Including
wars involving the British, Americans, French, Dutch,
Spanish, and MexicansBritish
Colonies/United States
Apache
Wars
- Apache
War (1860-1865)
- Apache
War (1876-1883)
- Apache
War (1885-1886)
Black
Hawk War
(1832)
Cayuse
War (1848-1855)
Cherokee
Wars
- Anglo-Cherokee
War (1758–1761)
- Chickamauga
Wars (1776-1794)
Creek
War (1813-1814)
King
Phillip's War (1675–76)
Little
Turtle's War (1786-1795)
Lord
Dunmore's War (1773)
Mariposa
War (1851)
Modoc
War (1873)
Mojave
War (1858)
Natchez
Revolt (1729)
Navajo
War (1863-1864)
Nez Perce
War (1877)
Paxton
Riots (Dec. 1763)--Pennsylvania
Pequot
War (1636-37)
Ponce de
Leon's Florida Expeditions
- 1st
de Leon Expedition (1513)
- 2nd
de Leon Expedition (1521)
Pontiac's
War (1763-1769)
Powhatan
War (1607-1646)
Red River
War (1874-5)
Rogue
River Wars (1853)
Seminole
Wars
Sheepeater
War (1879)
Sioux
Wars
- Grattan
Massacre (Aug. 19, 1854) --27 U.S. soldiers
killed in a clash with the Brule
Sioux.
-
Spirit
Lake Massacre
(March 8 & 9, 1857)--Attacks by renegade
Wahpekute Sioux (15 warriors) in killing 35 to 40
settlers in Iowa. Last Indian-White
warfare in Iowa.
- Sioux
War (1862-1864)
- Red
Cloud's War (1866-1868)
- Sioux
War (1876-1877)
- Messiah
War(1890-1891)
Snake
War (1866-1868)
Susquehannock
Wars
- Susquehannock
War (1643)--The colony of Maryland vs. the
Susquehannock Tribe (which was given arms by the
settlers of New Sweden).
- Susquehannock
War (1675-1676)--The colony of Maryland vs.
the Susquehannock Tribe
Tecumseh's
War (1811-1813)
War of
Jenkins' Ear (1740-1743)
Yakima-Rogue
War (1855-1856)
Yamasee
War (1715-1716)
Yuma
War (1851-1852)
Listing
by European/North American Nation
Spanish-Indian
Wars
-
de
Soto's Expedition
(1539-1542)--Spanish
expedition led by Hernando de Soto which traveled
from Florida through Georgia, the Carolinas,
Alabama into Arkansas and Texas, raiding Indian
villages along the way. The largest battle of
the expedition was at Mabila (present-day Selma,
Alabama).
- Narvaez
Expedition (1527-1528)
- Pueblo
Rebellion of 1680
- Mescalero
Apache Uprising of 1795–1799
- Pima
Revolts --Pima Tribe vs. the Spanish in Sonora
and southern Arizona.
- The
Yuma Revolt (1781)
-
French-Indian
Wars
French
and Indian Wars -The generic name given to the
series of conflicts listed below. All four wars
involved the French and their Native American
allies against the British and their Native
American allies. The wars ended with the British
victory over the French and the subsequent takeover
of French North America by the British.
1.
King William's War (1689-1697)
2.
Queen Anne's War (1702-1713)
3.
King George's War (1748)
4.
French and Indian War (1754-1763)
Beaver
Wars (1642-1698)
Fox
(or Mesquakie) Wars (1711-1733) -France and the
Chippewa Tribe vs. the Fox Tribe
Dutch-Indian
Wars
Kieft's
War (1643-1645), also known as the Wappinger
War, The war is named for Willem Kieft, who was
the director general of New Netherland at the
time.
Esopus
Wars
First
Esopus war (1659-1660)
Second
Esopus war (1663)
Mexican-Indian
Wars
Miwok-Yokut
Raids into Mexican California
(1830-1840)
Yaqui
Indian War (1899-1904)
Treaty
With the Sauk and Foxes 1804
Treaty
With the Sauk and Foxes 1832
Treaty
with the Apache, July 1, 1852
Treaty
With the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache; October 21,
1867
General
Sources:
1.
Kohn, George C. Dictionary
of Wars.
New York: Facts On File Publications.
1986.
2. Marley,
David F. Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of
Armed Conflict in the New World, 1492 to the
Present. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO,
1998.
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