The Sioux Indian leader Red Cloud won a war against the American government. Between 1866-1868 his warriors made travel along the Bozeman trail in Montana impossible for whites, he won many military victories, most notably the Fetterman massacre ( not quite a 'massacre' but a fair fight. Fetterman was lured out of Fort Laramie with 80 other soldiers and went too far from any further help- they were all killed. Red Cloud signed a peace treaty as the victor, receiving extensive land rights.


About 300 'Undefeated' Seminole Indians (in Florida) remained after three bloody wars with the US army, which cost the government about $40 million and over 2,000 dead soldiers. These Seminoles never signed any treaty, they were never relocated west to Oklahoma, their descendants live in Florida today.