What Indians were friendly and hostile to settlers in the 19th century? (Help)

[Sir_Don_Quixote]

Hello, I need help and fast to. So I have to do a social studies project and basicly one of the parts of it asks what indians to avoid and to be friends with out west.

So basicly, if you were a settler and traveling west, what tribes to avoid and what tribes to you know be friendly with and trade and help and stuff?

Thanks for helping if you do.

 

[Captured Joe]

Better idea: When coming across Indians don't do everything in your powers to piss them off as fast as possible and you'll have a good chance that they won't kill you.
Most setters didn't seem to follow this advice and just called in the army if when the Indians did get pissed off.

 

[matmohair1]

Basically since the start,  most Native Americans where more interested in trading goods with settlers rather than killing them

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however as the politics of colonialism started to be implemented savagely, it was important for European and later American conquerors to hold up some groups favorably until they annihilated another before returning to finish off whomsoever was left. The Spanish conquistadors destroyed the Aztecs with the help of the Tlaxcalans for example. Basically you can be either lucky or unlucky when it comes to be labeled a menace or not. During the French and Indians war as well the American Revolution, some tribes fought against or with one side or the other. By the 19th century a lot of the hostilities where are direct result of the encroachment on their lands and countless breaking of treaties by the US government. still everything depended on the who was at war with who. Some like the Apaches where also in conflict with Mexican forces as well. Its a bit complex and not as simple as some would want it to seem. Its more politics than just wondering who is more hostile or not. So for such an assignment its probably better to check the exact date and location first.

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Indian Wars
East of the Mississippi

    American Revolution (1775–1783)
    Chickamauga Wars (1776–1794)
    Northwest Indian War (1785–1795)
    Nickajack Expedition (1794)
    Sabine Expedition (1806)
    War of 1812 (1811–1815)
        Tecumseh's War (1811–1813)
        Creek War (1813–1814)
        Peoria War (1813)
    First Seminole War (1817–181
    Winnebago War (1827)
    Black Hawk War (1832)
    Creek War of 1836 (1836)
    Florida–Georgia Border War (1836)
    Second Seminole War (1835–1842)

Indian Wars
West of the Mississippi

    Arikara War (1823)
    Osage Indian War (1837)
    Texas–Indian Wars (1836–1877)
        Comanche Wars (1836–1877)
        Antelope Hills Expedition (185
        Comanche War (1868–1874)
        Red River War (1874–1875)
        Buffalo Hunters' War (1876–1877)
    Cayuse War (1848–1855)
    Apache Wars (1849–1924)
        Jicarilla War (1849–1855)
        Chiricahua Wars (1860–1886)
        Tonto War (1871–1875)
        Renegade Period (1879–1924)
        Victorio's War (1879–1880)
        Geronimo's War (1881–1886)
    Yuma War (1850–1853)
    Ute Wars (1850–1923)
        Provo War (1850)
        Walker War (1853–1854)
        Tintic War (1856)
        Black Hawk's War (1865–1872)
        White River War (1879)
        Ute War (1887)
        Bluff War (1914–1915)
        Bluff Skirmish (1921)
        Posey War (1923)
    Sioux Wars (1854–1891)
        First Sioux War (1854)
        Dakota War (1862)
        Colorado War (1863–1865)
        Powder River War (1865)
        Red Cloud's War (1866–186
        Great Sioux War (1876–1877)
        Ghost Dance War (1890–1891)
    Rogue River Wars (1855–1856)
    Yakima War (1855–185
        Puget Sound War (1855–1856)
        Coeur d'Alene War (185
    Mohave War (1858–1859)
    Navajo Wars (1858–1864)
    Paiute War (1860)
    Yavapai Wars (1861–1875)
    Snake War (1864–1869)
    Hualapai War (1865–1870)
    Modoc War (1872–1873)
    Nez Perce War (1877)
    Bannock War (187
    Crow War (1887)
    Bannock Uprising (1895)
    Yaqui Uprising (1896)
    Battle of Sugar Point (189
    Crazy Snake Rebellion (1909)
    Last Massacre (1911)
    Battle of Kelley Creek (1911)
    Battle of Bear Valley (191

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