Comanches, 1867-1875. Major General Philip Sheridan, commander of the Department of the Missouri, instituted a winter campaign in 1868 as a means of locating the elusive Indian bands of the region. Modocs, 1872-1873. The Bloc Campaign of 1872-1873 was the last Indian war of consequence on the Pacific Coast. Led by a chief known as "Captain Jack," a majority of the tribe returned to their homeland. After several failed attempts to attack the renegades, Brigadier General Canby, commander of the Department of the Pacific, led a force of 1,000 men against the Indian fortifications. While attempting to talk with the chief under a flag of truce, Brigadier General Canby and one civilian commissioner were killed when "Captain Jack" violated the truce. Brigadier General Jeff Davis would take Canby's place and lead a sustained attack against the …show more content…
Apaches, 1873 and 1885-1886. Brigadier General George Crook, commander of the Department of Arizona, undertook a series of winter campaigns by small detachments that pacified the area by 1874. Dissatisfaction with the Indian Bureau's policy of removal, dissident elements left the reservations, and led by Chato, Victorio, Geronimo, and other chiefs, raided settlements along both sides of the-border. Victorio was killed in 1880 by Mexican troops; however, Geronimo and Chato remained at large until their capture in 1883 when they surrendered to Brigadier General Crook, who had been reinforced by Apache scouts. Geronimo would continue to leave the reservation to conduct terrorist attacks against the white