It was impossible for the Indians to obtain the quantity and quality of weapons that the U.S. Army possessed. They were fighting with primitive weapons that had not been modified in hundreds of years. Previous to this time period the Indians' culture did not demand

The Indians also suffered because of inferior strategic tactics. Role specialization did not exist in Indian culture as it did in the white population's culture. Each male within the tribe was a hunter, a farmer, a father and a warrior. There was no special training in one area or another and no commanding officers as were seen in the U.S. Army. The only way the Indian's gained any advantage was by attacking small groups of soldiers. Even then there were still large numbers of Indian casualties that could not be replaced.

advances in technology and for this reason no improvements had ever been made in regards to their weapons or artillery.

Since they were fighting defensively the Indians concept of war was always inferior to that of the U.S. Army. The Indians would sign peace treaties with the U.S. government only to have them repeatedly broken. "I heard him call to the people not to be afraid, that the soldiers would not hurt them; then the troops opened fire from two sides of the camp" (88).

It was because of the U.S Army's advantages in strategy and technology combined that the Indians were eventually defeated. Having no advances in technology to match those of the white people, not to mention the Indians inability to produce guns it is not surprising that the Indians ultimately lost the battle. The only sophistica

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