The lands of the Native Americans were trampled without respect or remorse, taken, and they were forced onto reservations that were in terrible conditions against their will. Settlers moving west caused Native Americans and settlers to compete with each other and cause major conflicts between them. I think the Indian Wars could and could not have been avoided because the settlers had to move because the diseases were so bad in the east, and they thought the diseases would not spread to the west, and because They needed additional land. I also think that these wars could have been avoided because the settlers were not forced to take the Native Americans' land and the settlers and the Indians could have respected each other much more than they did. The Indian Wars took place sometime in the 1800s and 1900s. The Indian Wars generally began with the Whitman Massacre in 1847, but there were small fights before that. Most Indian tribes and most settlers were involved in starting and starting these wars. The main conflicts I found out about were white people moving west and entering Native American lands and then taking Native American lands and putting them on reservations that didn't have the best housing and weren't not well adapted to the needs of Indians. Indian wars generally took place in the western half of the United States, but some wars were fought in the east and small fights broke out along the Oregon Trail because either the Indians did not want the settlers move west, or the settlers were rude to the Indians. One of the earliest causes of the Indian Wars was settlers trespassing on Native American lands while panning for gold or simply trying to get to Oregon. ...... middle of paper ...... on the way. This was important because the Indians were dying quickly because the reservations they were settled on were in extremely poor condition. The conflict could have been avoided if the settlers and Indians did not fight over land and if they were more respectful to each other. Work cited1. Capps, Benjamin. The Indians. Canada: time Inc., 1995.p. 150-170. Print2. Merrin, Albert. Cowboys, Indians and Gunfighters. United States: Maxwell Macmillon Canada Inc., 1995. P.132-148. Print.3. Morris, Richard B. The Indian Wars. United States: Lerner Publications Corp., 2000. P. 2-36. Print.4. Rachlis, Eugene. Airplane Indians. United States: American Heritage, a division of Forbes. Inc., 1997. P. 14 Print.5. Weiser, Kathy. “Cayuse War.” The Cayuse War. Legends of America, nd Web, May 10 2010.