The War Department has made up the following official list of Indian Wars in the United States.
1790-1795 War with the Northwest tribes: Mingo, Miami, Wyandot, Delaware, Potawatomi, Shawnee, Chippewa, and Ottawa, which included Harmar's and St. Clairs' bloody defeats, and Wayne's victory at Fallen Timbers, which brought peace.
1811-1813 War with the Northwest tribes, which included General Harrison's victory at Tippecanoe, Indiana, and later the defeat of Tecumseh's forces at the Battle of the Thames in Canada, when the great Shawnee chief was killed.
1812 The Florida or Seminole War when Spanish Florida was invaded by the Georgia Militia under General Newman, and the Seminole under King Wayne were defeated.
1813 Peoria Indian war in Illinois.
1813-1814 Creek War in Alabama when General Andrew Jackson defeated the Creek Indians in a series of bloody battles.
1817-1818 Seminole War in Georgia and Florida when General Jackson took possession of the Spanish territory, and brought the Indians to terms.
1823 Campaign against the Blackfoot and Arikara Indians on the Upper Missouri River
1827 Winnebago expedition, or La Fevre Indian War, in Wisconsin.
1831 Sauk and Fox Indian War in Illinois.
1832 The Black Hawk War, which ended in the surrender of Chief Black hawk at Prairie du Chien.
1834 Pawnee expedition in Indian Territory.
1835-1842 The Toledo War, or Ohio Michigan boundary dispute.
1835-1842 The Seminole War in Florida. Osceola defeated.
1835-1837 Creek uprising in Alabama.
1836-1838 Cherokee disturbances which ended in the removal of the Cherokee Indians to Indian Territory.
1836 Indian troubles on the Missouri and Iowa line.
1837 Osage Indian disturbance in Missouri
1849-1863 Navajo disturbances in New Mexico. Kit Carson rounded up 8,000 Navajos and held them prisoner.
1849-1861 More than ten years of continuous troubles with the Comanche, Cheyenne, Lipan, and Kickapoo Indians in Texas.
1850 The Pitt River expedition in California.
1851-1853 Utah Indian disturbances.
1855 Expedition against the Snake Indians in Oregon.
1855-1856 Sioux expedition in Nebraska Territory.
1855 The Yakima expedition which failed, but the following year the Indian allies were defeated and peace was made.
1855-1856 Cheyenne and Arapaho troubles
1855-1858 Seminole War in Florida
1857 Sioux Indian disturbances in Minnesota and Iowa.
1858 Spokane, Coeur d'Alene, and Palouse Indian disturbances.
1858 Navajo expedition in New Mexico.
1858-1859 Wichita expedition in Indian Territory.
1859 Colorado River expedition in California
1859 Pecos expedition in Texas.
1860 Kiowa and Comanche expedition in Indian Territory.
1860-1861 Navajo expedition in New Mexico.
1862-1867 The Sioux War in Minnesota led by Chief Little Crow, which ended in the defeat of the Indians and the removal of the Minnesota Sioux to Dakota.
1863-1869 War against the Cheyenne, Arapaho, Kiowa, and Comanche Indians in Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, and Indian Territory.
1865-1868 Indian wars in southern Oregon and Idaho and northern California and Nevada
1867-1881 Campaigns against the Lipan, Kiowa, Kickapoo, and Comanche Indians, and troubles along the Mexican border.
1874-1875 Campaigns against the Kiowa, Cheyenne, and Comanche Indians in Indian Territory.
1874 Sioux expedition in Wyoming and Nebraska.
1875 Expedition against the Indians of eastern Nevada
1876-1879 War with the Northern Cheyenne and Sioux in Indian Territory, Kansas, Wyoming, Dakota, Nebraska, and Montana.
1877 The Nez Percè campaign in which Chief Joseph was defeated.
1878 The Bannock and Paiute campaign.
1878 The Ute expedition in Colorado.
1878-1887 Apache wars in which Chiefs Victorio and Geronimo led their warriors.
1879 The Snake or Sheepeater troubles in Idaho.
1890 Sioux Ghost Dance troubles and the death of Sitting Bull. Also the Battle of Wounded Knee.
1913 The Navajo War in New Mexico.
1915 The Paiute War in Colorado.