The first step: the American ruling group regards the extinction of Indians as a national strategy and implements it for a long time.
Washington, the father of the United States, instructed his generals: "Don't listen to any peace proposal until all Indian reservations have been effectively destroyed." 1783, when comparing Indians and wolves, Washington said, "Both are carnivorous beasts, but they are different in shape. With the connivance of Washington, his soldiers were cruel and heartless. After they killed the Indians, they stripped their hips and made boots.
Washington monument, USA
Thomas Jefferson, another founding father and the third president of the United States, went down in history for drafting the Declaration of Independence. 1807, he wrote in a letter to the Secretary of War Henry Diban: "As long as we lift an axe to the Indian tribe, we will never put it down until it becomes extinct or driven out of Mississippi." The image of a sanctimonious executioner suddenly jumped into the page.
Americans slaughtered Indians.
The 7th President of the United States, andrew jackson, also publicly declared that "it is necessary to exterminate all Indian tribes". 1830, President andrew jackson signed the infamous Indian Expulsion Act. Since then, the American army can legally drive Indians out of their homes where they have lived for thousands of years and force them to move into remote Indian reservations. A Cherokee tribe was forced to move to a reservation in Oklahoma in the cold winter, which lasted for five months, and 4,000 of the 1.5 million people died on the way.
Step two: exterminate the bison and cut off the Indians' food and clothing sources.
Before the arrival of white immigrants, there were a large number of bison in the western United States, which provided Indians with sufficient sources of food and clothing. In the early days when the United States forcibly drove the Indians into the "reservation", the Indians did not give in and rebelled one after another. In order to eradicate these aborigines fundamentally, Americans decided to start with bison. After 20 years of crazy hunting, the number of bison in North America has dropped from130000 to less than 1000. With the extinction of bison, Indians completely lost their food and clothing sources and had to move into the "reservation" designated by the US government to become sacrificial lambs. The reserve is located in a remote mountainous area, with inconvenient transportation, barren land and extremely bad environment. Backwardness, poverty and disease are increasingly threatening the survival of Indians.
wild ox
Step 3: Stimulated by the high reward, the American people launched a crazy hunt for Indians.
There is such a record in the Complete History of the World: "The Puritans in New England decided at the legislative meeting in 1703 that every Indian's skull was peeled off and every red species was captured, and they would be rewarded with 40 dollars; 1720, the reward for each skull skin is increased to 100 USD; 1744 stipulates that 100 (equivalent to today's $2,000) will be awarded to men over 2 years old, and 50 dollars (equivalent to today's 1000) will be awarded to women or children every time they scalp. " Stimulated by such a high reward, the bloodiest and cruelest genocide in human history took place in this new continent that Puritans yearned for most. By the beginning of the 20th century, there were only 300,000 Indians left in the United States.
Americans slaughtered Indians.
Step 4: The US military directly surrounded and massacred the Indians naked.
Killing Indians has been one of the main tasks of the US military since its founding. The encirclement and slaughter of Indians by the regular army of the United States began in 1803 and basically ended in 1892, which lasted nearly a century. The US military launched more than 1000 military operations, killing almost all Indians. The major battles in this period were: the Battle of Tipkanu (18 1 1), the Battle of Black Hawk (1832), the Battle of Minor (1835- 1842) and so on. William Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor, two campaign commanders (executioners), later became presidents of the United States because of their exploits in the battle.
A tent where Indians live.
According to statistics, from 1850 to 1890, both sides suffered a total of 2 1586 prisoners. Another scholar believes that 45,000 Indians and19,000 whites were killed during this period, including women and children killed on both sides. Others believe that the death toll is between 50 million and 500 thousand.
1890, 1890 On February 29th, 1990, the 7th American Cavalry Corps slaughtered the Sioux Lakota tribe in a place called "Wounded Knee River". At that time, hundreds of Lakota people had laid down their arms and surrendered, but all of them were still killed by the US military, including 44 women and 18 children, which was known as the "Wounded Knee River Massacre" in history.
Scene photos of the Wounded Knee River massacre
Indian chiefs led their people in heroic resistance.
Because of the gap in weapons, numbers and logistical supplies, Indians lost in most fierce battles. However, in several battles, the Indians also dealt a heavy blow to the American army. For example,1On June 25th, 876, Indian Chief sitting bull and Crazy Horse Song and Dance Show led the tribal army to annihilate the 7th American Cavalry Corps in the Battle of Little Giant Horn, killing its head george Armstrong custer, which caused a sensation. Because Caster, who was killed in the battle, was a famous general in the civil war, this battle was also made into many movies, such as "They died in boots" and "Children of the Morning Star".
Indian Chief sitting bull
A belated apology from the American government.
20 10 on may 9th, Kansas senator brownback, on behalf of the U.S. government, finally formally apologized to five Indian representatives for his "irrational and violent policy" towards Indians, but refused to pay any compensation. But in any case, history has taken a step forward after all.