Sioux War

noun

, U.S. History.

1. any of a series of skirmishes or wars between the Sioux Indians and settlers or the U.S. Army from 1854 to 1890.

Example Sentences

General George Armstrong Custer and his forces of the 7th Cavalry came to the Little Bighorn for what they hoped would be the decisive victory in the Great Sioux War and the quelling of the last of the Indian uprisings against relocation to reservations as settlers pushed ever further west.

From Washington Times

Crazy Horse escaped to Nebraska but was captured in 1877, officially ending the Great Sioux War.

From Washington Times

In 1853 they were removed to Crow River, and in 1856 to Blue Earth, Minnesota, where they were just getting a start in civilized pursuits when the Sioux war broke out, and the people of Minnesota demanded their removal.

From Project Gutenberg

Buffalo Bill had joined us, his old comrades of the Sioux war of 1868-69; and though we feared the Indians would be quick to detect our presence, and select others of a dozen routes to the Powder River country, we hoped to be able to nab a few.

From Project Gutenberg

Five years the regiment was kept among the rocks and deserts of that marvellous land of cactus and centipede; but when we came homeward across the continent and were ordered up to Cheyenne to take a hand in the Sioux war of 1876, the first addition to our ranks was Buffalo Bill himself.

From Project Gutenberg