Native American Indian Scout
by British Library
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Native American Indian Scout
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British Library
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Image taken from page 174 of "The Peoples of the World being a popular description of the characteristics, condition, and customs of the human family. Illustrated" by Robert Brown, 1890. Native Americans have made up an integral part of U.S. military conflicts since America's beginning. Colonists recruited Indian allies during such instances as the Pequot War from 1634-1638, the Revolutionary War, as well as in War of 1812. Native Americans also fought on both sides during the American Civil War. Recruitment of Indian scouts was first authorized on July 28, 1866 by an act of Congress. There were different types of scouts, some enlisted as Indian Scouts for brief terms and there were others who were hired as scouts by the U.S. Army. Some individual may have served at different times as a hired scout and an enlisted scout. Prior to the act in 1866 these scouts were considered employees rather than soldiers. In the Indian wars following the U.S. Civil War, the Indian scouts were a fast-moving, aggressive, and knowledgeable asset to the U.S. army. They often proved to be immune to army notions of discipline and demeanor, but they proved expert in traversing the vast distances of the American West and providing intelligence to the soldiers who sought hostile Indians.
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