The Minnesota River Valley was home to many cultures, with Paleo, Archaic, Plains, Woodland, Iowa, Oneota, and Dakota Indians following each other in the basin. After 1852, settlers from Europe and the eastern U.S. came to the valley looking for a better life. Farm families, merchants, craftsmen, town developers, and dreamers saw great opportunities there. Some merchants and promoters, such as Brown, found success by supplying provisions and transportation for this westward movement, while others did not survive the rigors of pioneer life. Many moved on to Colorado, Oregon, and California. As settlers' farms displaced the traditional hunting grounds of the Dakota, some Dakota people accepted the immigrants' religions and farming practices. Following the 1862 U.S.–Dakota War, the Dakota people lost both traditional and newly adopted lifestyles as they were forced onto reservations farther west. Immigrants and Dakota alike lost much because of this six week war.