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1. How were Indian children treated after the Indian wars, and what did they have to endure to survive?
After the Indian wars, the Indian children were forced into boarding schools where they died often of consumption and were often starved. They endured inhumane treatment. If they lived and made it through the routine beatings and rape at the schools, they might survive to establish lives, families, and homes.
2. How did Jude Star and a boy escape the Sand Creek massacre?
Jude Star woke in his grandmother's tipi to the sound of what he thought at first was thunder. When he looked outside, his people were being shot. Jude's grandmother told him to take a boy and shoved him toward a horse. He and the boy mounted the horse and fled.
3. How did Jude and Bear Shield survive when they went off on their own?
When Jude and Bear Shield went off on their own, they looked for their people and a place to stay. They caught and ate rabbits, turkeys, and snakes. They raided wagons and camps of Indians and whites when they could do so and get away unscathed.
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