The Chicken Trail was an overland route connecting the Oregon Trail to the gold rush territory of Montana. The flow of white settlers along the trail caused several military campaigns between the Indians and the U.S. army. The Ox Team or the Old Oregon Trail 1852-1906 by Ezra Meeker. ... Official language(s) English Capital Helena Largest city Billings Area  Ranked 4th  - Total 147,165 sq mi (381,156 km²)  - Width 255 miles (410 km)  - Length 630 miles (1,015 km)  - % water 1  - Latitude 44°26N to 49°N  - Longitude 104°2W to 116°2W Population  Ranked...

Establishment of the Trail

In 1863 John Bozeman and John Jacobs scouted out a direct route from Virginia City, Montana into central Wyoming. This route provided a more direct route and was better watered than any previous trail into Montana. The only serious drawback was that it was a direct route through Indian territory. Year 1863 (MDCCCLXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... John M. Bozeman (1835–1867) was born in Pickens County, Georgia. ... Virginia City, from the road agent cemetery on the hill. ... Official language(s) English Capital Helena Largest city Billings Area  Ranked 4th  - Total 147,165 sq mi (381,156 km²)  - Width 255 miles (410 km)  - Length 630 miles (1,015 km)  - % water 1  - Latitude 44°26N to 49°N  - Longitude 104°2W to 116°2W Population  Ranked... Official language(s) English Capital Cheyenne Largest city Cheyenne Area  Ranked 10th  - Total 97,818 sq mi (253,348 km²)  - Width 280 miles (450 km)  - Length 360 miles (580 km)  - % water 0. ...

First Travelers and Indian Campaigns

Bozeman, among others, led the first group of about 2,000 settlers up the trail in 1864. Indian raids on white settlers grew dramatically from 1864 to 1866. This prompted the U.S. army to carry out several military campaigns against the Indians. Patrick Edward Connor led several of the earliest campaigns. He defeated the Shoshone at the Battle of Bear River then during the Powder River Expedition of 1865 he defeated the Arapaho at the Battle of the Tongue River. 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Patrick Edward Connor (March 17, 1820 – December 17, 1891) was a Union general during the American Civil War, most famous for his campaigns against Indians in the American Old West. ... Shoshone around their tipi, probably taken around 1890 Shoshone Indians at Ft. ... Battle of Bear River Conflict American Civil War Date January 29, 1863 Place Franklin County, Idaho Result Union victory (massacre) The Battle of Bear River, also called the Massacre at Boa Ogoi, took place on January 29, 1863 between the U.S. and the Shoshone Indians in present day Franklin... Powder River Expedition refers to two expeditions against the Indians of Wyoming and Montana. ... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ... Scabby Bull, Arapaho 1806 Arapaho camp, ca. ... The Battle of the Tongue River sometimes referred to as the Connor Battle was the decisive engagement of the Powder River Expedition which destroyed the Arapaho capability to raid the Bozeman Trail and overland mail routes. ...

Post Civil War Travel

In 1866 with the close of the American Civil War another 2,000 settlers traveled up the trail. When the Lakota defeated a detachment under William J. Fetterman at the Fetterman Fight the same year, Fort Phil Kearny and Fort C. F. Smith were established along the route. The U.S army called a council at Fort Laramie with the Indians, at which Red Cloud was present. The purpose of the meeting was to agree with the Indians over the use of the route. Red Cloud was outraged when he found out that a regiment of U.S. infantry was using the route without the Lakota consent and Red Cloud's War began. In 1867 Red Cloud was defeated by a handful of soldiers and civilians at the Wagon Box Fight and John Bozeman was killed along the route. 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... This article is becoming very long. ... Eddie Plenty Holes, a Sioux Indian photographed about 1899. ... William Judd Fetterman (1833–1866) Captain, Army, 18th U.S. Infantry. ... The Powder River Country, northeast of the Bighorn Mountains and south of the Yellowstone River, is shown in red in the western United States Red Clouds war (also referred to as the Bozeman War) was an armed conflict between the Sioux and the United States in the Wyoming Territory... Fort Phil Kearny was an outpost of the United States Army that existed in the late 1860s in present-day northeastern Wyoming along the Bozeman Trail. ... Fort C. F. Smith was a military post established the Powder River country by the United States Army in Montana Territory on August 12, 1866, during Red Clouds War. ... Grounds of Fort Laramie Fort Laramie, located in present-day Goshen County, Wyoming in the United States, was a significant 19th century trading post and later a military outpost of the United States Army. ... Red Cloud Red Cloud Red Cloud (Lakota: Makhpyia-luta), (1822 – December 10, 1909) was a war leader of the Oglala Lakota (Sioux). ... Eddie Plenty Holes, a Sioux Indian photographed about 1899. ... The Powder River Country, northeast of the Bighorn Mountains and south of the Yellowstone River, is shown in red in the western United States Red Clouds war (also referred to as the Bozeman War) was an armed conflict between the Sioux and the United States in the Wyoming Territory... Cunt BAg Twat Fuk suck my penis ring 0778851865!!!!!!Year 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Red Cloud Red Cloud Red Cloud (Lakota: Makhpyia-luta), (1822 – December 10, 1909) was a war leader of the Oglala Lakota (Sioux). ... On August 2, 1867, Capt. ...

Ending Travel

The Indian raids along the trail continued and civilian travel along the trail ceased. Ulysses S. Grant ordered the forts along the trail abandoned and Red Cloud signed a treaty at Fort Laramie in 1868. The army continued to use the trail during later military campaigns and a telegraph line was eventually built along the trail. Ulysses S. Grant[2] (born Hiram Ulysses Grant, April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was an American general and the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877). ... Red Cloud Red Cloud Red Cloud (Lakota: Makhpyia-luta), (1822 – December 10, 1909) was a war leader of the Oglala Lakota (Sioux). ... Treaty signing by William T. Sherman and the Sioux at Fort Laramie, Wyoming. ... 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ...

See also

• Powder River Expeditions
• Red Cloud's War
• Oregon Trail

. Powder River Expedition refers to two expeditions against the Indians of Wyoming and Montana. ... The Powder River Country, northeast of the Bighorn Mountains and south of the Yellowstone River, is shown in red in the western United States Red Clouds war (also referred to as the Bozeman War) was an armed conflict between the Sioux and the United States in the Wyoming Territory... The Ox Team or the Old Oregon Trail 1852-1906 by Ezra Meeker. ...

Sources

• http://www.mineratec.com/bozehist.htm
• http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues00/oct00/bozeman.html
• http://philkearny.vcn.com/bozemantrailhistory.htm