(the) Indian wars

(the) Indian wars
the Indian wars [the Indian wars] noun [pl]
the general name given to the various armed conflicts between ↑Native Americans and people who later settled in America, mostly from Europe, and those who were descended from them. These battles began at ↑Jamestown in 1622. The great Indian wars in the West were in the 1870s, with the final major battle in 1890 at ↑Wounded Knee in ↑South Dakota.

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