Conflicts between White Settlers and Plains Indians started to get increasing more violent after the end of the Civil War. Indians that agreed to live on increasingly smaller reservations became frustrated,malnourished and angry. Many white settlers snuck on to Indian Reservations in search of gold, silver and buffalo hides. Both sides behaved badly and it eventually led to a period of time known as the Indian Wars. Many Plains Indian warriors left the reservations hoping to survive on their own and the U.S.military was brought in to find them.
