There were many important Indian Tribes in
                Oklahoma when the U.S. took over.

    1.  Osages owned the northern 1/2 of Oklahoma
         whose warriors were feared by other tribes
         numbered about 4,500
    2.  Between the Arkansas and Red rivers lived
            the Quapaws, numbered about 1,000
    3.  Mid Western Oklahoma lived the Wichitas
         and Caddos
    4.  Comanches and the Kiowas moved into a vast
         territory of the the southern plains including
        Oklahoma

    Eastern U.S. tribes would take hunting parties
                    to Oklahoma
    1. Pushmataha, the famous Choctaw chief, led a
        band of warriors and fought the Osages in 1807
    2. The Bowl, led a group of Cherokees to settle
         along the Arkansas Rivers in Arkansas
    3. Battle of Claremore Mound was a fierce battle
        between the Osages and the Arkansas Cherokee

    American settlers in Oklahoma asked for protection
    from the Indian Wars so Fort Smith was built.
        Soon peace came to the region.
 
 

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