Red River War Quiz

What was the cause of the Red River War?

• White outlaws from Kansas and Texas

• All of the above

• Failure to enforce provisions of the Medicine Lodge Treaty

• Lack of buffalo herds

Who were the tribes involved in the Red River War?

• Cherokee, Choctaw, Seminole, and Creek

• Sioux, Apache, Navajo, and Blackfoot

• Kiowa, Comanche, Southern Cheyenne, and southern Arapaho

• Kiowa, Comanche, Northern Cheyenne, and northern Arapaho

What event led to the recruitment of warriors for raids into Texas?

• Failure of the federal government to provide rations

• Lack of cooperation from the military

• Comanche medicine man calling for a Sun Dance

• Buffalo hunters wiping out the herds on the reservation

Who was the leader of the Quahadi band of Comanches during the Red River War?

• Tabananica

• Isa-Rose

• Quanah Parker

• Isa-tai

What was the outcome of the second battle of Adobe Walls?

• All of the above

• Indians were annihilated

• Whites were killed and wounded

• Indians maintained a sporadic siege of Adobe Walls

Who was the principal chief of the Kiowas during the Red River War?

• Lone Wolf

• Kicking Bird

• Isa-tai

• Maman-ti

What was the strategy of Gen. William T. Sherman and Lt. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan during the Red River War?

• To recruit more soldiers for the army

• To force the warriors into their traditional refuges in the canyons along the Caprock of the Texas Panhandle

• To annihilate the peaceful Indians

• To organize an attack on the federal government

Who led the first column in the field during the Red River War?

• Ranald S. Mackenzie

• Maj. John B. Jones

• Col. Nelson A. Miles

• William T. Sherman

What was the outcome of the battle of Palo Duro Canyon?

• Surrender of the Indians

• Complete annihilation of the Indians

• Inconclusive engagement

• Significant victory for the army

What led to violence at the Wichita Agency at Anadarko, Indian Territory?

• Confinement of tractable Indians at their agencies

• Lack of buffalo herds

• Failure of the federal government to provide rations

• Buffalo hunters wiping out the herds on the reservation