History

Question

9. Why did Satanta sign

the treaty, and what

did he think would be

the outcome for his

people?

Answer

Satanta signed the treaty in order to secure peace and protection for his people, believing it would bring them prosperity and security.

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Satanta, a Kiowa chief, signed the Medicine Lodge Treaty of 1867 in order to secure peace and protection for his people. He believed that...