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1858 -- Expedition against northern Indians, Washington (Territory), July 17 to October 17.

1858 -- Spokane, Coeur d'Alene and Paloos Indian troubles.

1858 -- Navajo expedition, New Mexico (Territory), September 9 to December 25.

1858-1859 -- Wichita expedition, Indian Territory, September 11, 1858, to December, 1859.

1859 -- Colorado River expedition, California, February 11 to April 28.

1859 -- Pecos expedition, Texas, April 16 to August 17.

1860 -- Kiowa and Comanche expedition, Indian Territory, May 8 to October 11.

1860-186l -- Navajo expedition, New Mexico (Territory), September 12, 1860 to February 24, 1861.

186l-1864 -- Campaign against the Cheyenne Indians.

1862-1863 -- Sioux Indian war in Minnesota and Dakota (Territory).  The Sioux killed upwards of 1,000 settlers in Minnesota.  Generals Sibley and Sully pursued them with about 5,000 men, scattering in Dakota (Territory).  The operations against them were successful.  Over 1,000 Indians were made prisoners and 39 of the murderers were hanged after a fair trial.  In 1863 the Minnesota Sioux were removed to Dakota (Territory).

1863-1869 -- War against the Cheyenne, Arapaho, Kiowa and Comanche Indians in Kansas, Nebraska (Territory), Colorado (Territory) and Indian Territory.

1865-1868 -- Campaign against Indians in southern Oregon, Idaho (Territory) and northern California.

1867-1869 -- Campaign against Indians in Kansas, Colorado (Territory) and Indian Territory.

1867-188l -- Campaign against Lipan, Kiowa, Kickapoo and Comanche Indians and Mexican border disturbances.

1874 -- Sioux expedition, Wyoming (Territory) and Nebraska, February 13 to August.

1872-1873 -- Modoc Indian war in Oregon and California, November 22, 1872 to October 3, 1873.

1873 -- Campaign against Apache Indians in Arizona (Territory) and New Mexico (Territory).

1874-1875 -- Campaign against Kiowa, Cheyenne and Comanche Indians in Indian Territory, August 1, 1874, to February 16, 1875.

1876-1877 -- Big Horn and Yellowstone expeditions, Wyoming (Territory) and Montana (Territory), February 17, 1876, to June 13, 1877.  Three converging expeditions under Generals Gibbon, Custer and Terry were sent against the hostile Sioux, who had previously repulsed General Crook in the Little Big Horn country.  Custer divided his command when in the vicinity of the Indians and he, with 250 of his men, was surrounded and killed to a man by at least some 3,000 Sioux warriors.  The bands of Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse and other hostiles afterward fled into Canada and from whence they did not return for some years.  Eventually all came into the agencies.

1876-1879 -- War with Northern Cheyenne Indians in Indian Territory, Kansas, Wyoming (Territory), Dakota (Territory), Nebraska and Montana (Territory).

1877 -- Nez Perce Indian war in Utah (Territory), Washington (Territory) and Wyoming (Territory).

1878 -- Bannock Indian war in Idaho (Territory), Washington (Territory), and Wyoming (Territory).

1878 -- Bannock and Paiute campaign, May 30 to September 4.

1878-1879 -- Campaign against Cheyenne Indians in Dakota (Territory) and Montana (Territory).

1879 -- Ute expedition, Colorado, April 3 to September 9.

1879 -- Snake or Sheepeater Indian troubles, Idaho (Territory), August to October.

1879 -- White River campaign against Ute Indians in Utah (Territory) and Colorado, September 29 to October 5.

1890-1891 -- Sioux Indian disturbances in South Dakota, November 1890, to January, 1891.

1898 -- Chippewa Indian disturbances, Leech Lake, October.

Source: The foregoing article is based on Bulletin #14 (1921) of the Office of Indian Affairs.  It has been edited and corrected to reflect the proper land designations for the time periods given in each item.

INDIAN LAND IN THE UNITED STATES, January 1, 1826

At the beginning of the year 1826, virtually the chronological mid-point of the great period of national expansion (1736-1890), the Indians still claimed some 61,000,000 acres east of the Mississippi River including:

West of the Mississippi the Indians claimed a small portion of northern Louisiana, 13,612,560 acres in Arkansas Territory, 2,782,726 acres in the State of Missouri, and virtually all of the remainder of the territory included in the purchase of Louisiana.  All of the parts of present Minnesota and North Dakota not included in the Louisiana Purchase was still unceded Indian country.

Thus, though the United States was a thriving country with a population

in the vicinity of 11 million in 1826, over half its territory was still "unsettled" Indian country.

This listing was originally prepared by, Nancee (McMurtrey) Seifert and posted to the Decatur Co., IA List She has graciously allowed me to reprint her work for our historical use. Thanks Nancee!