Indian War may refer to:
- American Indian Wars, name generally used in the United States to describe conflicts between the colonial or federal government and the native people of North America.
- Mexican Indian Wars, name generally used to describe conflicts between the Spanish, or Mexican, colonial or federal government, and the native people of North America.
- Military history of India, war history of India.
Famous quotes containing the words indian war, indian and/or war:
“This, it will be remembered, was the scene of Mrs. Rowlandson’s capture, and of other events in the Indian wars, but from this July afternoon, and under that mild exterior, those times seemed as remote as the irruption of the Goths. They were the dark age of New England.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“It will soon be forgotten, in these days of stoves, that we used to roast potatoes in the ashes, after the Indian fashion.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“This people must cease to hold slaves, and to make war on Mexico, though it cost them their existence as a people.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)