The war, the first and only conflict between the Arikara and the U.S., came as a response to an Arikara attack on U.S. citizens engaged in the fur trade. The Arikara War was called "the worst disaster in the history of the Western fur trade".

Taking place in 1823, the Arikara War is noted as the first Plains Indian War between the United States and the western Native Americans. The Arikara, also known as the Arikaree or Ree Indians, were a semi-nomadic group who lived in tipis …

2019年12月26日 · The Arikara War: Avenging Americans Entrepreneur William Ashley’s attempt to trade for Arikara horses led to a ‘beach’ battle that inflicted 30 percent casualties on his brigade and inspired an outraged Colonel Henry Leavenworth to punish the Missouri River tribe.

2024年3月13日 · In August of 1823, the U.S. Army, along with their Sioux allies, attacked villages of Arikara (Sahnish) located near the confluence of the Grand and Missouri Rivers. The attack was launched in response to an attack led by the Arikara on a group of fur traders months earlier.

Section 4: The Arikara War On April 6, 1805, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were organizing their boats and men for the journey up the Missouri River. They had spent the winter at Fort Mandan near the villages of the Mandans and Hidatsas.

By early August 1823, the mixed group of soldiers, trappers, and Indians arrived at the Ari-kara villages, where the mounted Sioux auxiliaries swept ahead of the foot soldiers and launched a preliminary attack on their long-time foes.

ARIKARA EXPEDITION. Early 1823 proved deadly along the upper Missouri River after a series of Indian attacks on fur trappers and trading posts caused staggering economic losses, especially to the Missouri Fur Company. In particular, the Arikaras opposed American attempts to move upriver, which would eliminate their middleman role in the fur trade.

The Arikara War took place in August 1823 between the United States and the Arikara Nation near the Missouri River in present-day South Dakota. Arikara warriors had previously attacked General Ashley’s fur trading expedition traveling to the Yellowstone River to establish trade.

The Arikara were a prominent Native American tribe that played a critical role in the unfolding narrative of the Plains Indian Wars, a series of conflicts that arose throughout the 19th century as settlers, traders, and the United States government encroached upon the …

The Arikara (Rees) Indians went on the warpath when white fur hunters began encroaching on their lands along the upper Missouri River in the Dakotas. A bloody Arikara attack (1823) on trapper led to the first US Army punitive expedition against an American Plains Indian tribe.