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The Sand Creek Massacre: The History and Legacy of One of the Indian Wars’ Most Notorious Events Paperback – December 14, 2014

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*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the massacre by survivors and soldiers *Summarizes the official investigations and their findings *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents Sand Creek is a relatively small stream of water tributary to the Arkansas River in a dry, sparsely-populated cattle ranchland area of southeastern Colorado near the Kansas border, but at this otherwise unremarkable location on the Great Plains, one of the worst massacres ever perpetrated against Native Americans in 250 years of ongoing conflict took place. On the morning of November 29, 1864, Colonel John Chivington led 700 militiamen in a surprise attack against Cheyenne leader Black Kettle's camp at Sand Creek. Chivington was a fire and brimstone Methodist minister who had publicly advocated indiscriminately killing Native American children because “nits makes lice.” Warning his men ahead of battle, Chivington stated, “Damn any man who sympathizes with Indians! I have come to kill Indians and believe it is right and honorable to use any means under God's heaven to kill Indians!” According to Cheyenne oral tradition and several surviving soldiers' accounts, as soon as Black Kettle saw Chivington’s men coming, he raised an American flag on a pole and waved it back and forth calling out that his Wutapai band was not resisting. Ignoring his cries for mercy, the soldiers commenced firing, cutting down an estimated 70-200 Cheyenne, about two-thirds of whom were women and children. The Cheyenne claimed that soldiers shot babies in the head at point-blank range, raped Cheyenne women, and scalped dead warriors. The following morning, Army Lieutenant James Connor, who had refused to follow Chivington's orders, visited the scene of the massacre and reported, “In going over the battleground the next day I did not see a body of man, woman, or child but was scalped, and in many instances their bodies were mutilated in the most horrible manner - men, women, and children’s privates cut out . . . I heard one man say he cut out a woman's private parts and had them for exhibition on a stick . . . I also heard of numerous instances in which men had cut out the private parts of females and stretched them over saddle-bows and wore them over their hats while riding in the ranks.” Black Kettle managed to escape the slaughter, only to be killed during George Custer's unprovoked attack at Washita River in 1868, but Cheyenne leader White Antelope was killed and his body was mutilated. According to historian Stan Hoig in The Sand Creek Massacre, “The body of White Antelope, lying solitarily in the creek bed, was a prime target. Besides scalping him the soldiers cut off his nose, ears, and testicles - the last for a tobacco pouch.” The results of the massacre were precisely what Colonel Chivington hoped to achieve. The Cheyenne, who were at this time allied with the Lakota and Arapaho, vowed to avenge the needless deaths of Black Kettle and his people. Early in 1865, a coalition of 1000 Cheyenne, Lakota Sioux, and Arapaho attacked several white ranches and a military post along the South Platte River Trail near Denver, capturing wagon-trains, confiscating livestock, and killing several hundred white settlers in the process. Staying one step ahead of the U.S. Army, they continued to raid the North Platte Trail that summer, completely wiping out an Army wagon-train and taking its horses and supplies. In response, the federal government dispatched General P. E. Connor and a force of 3,000 men with orders to ignore any overtures of peace or compliance from the marauders, and to “kill every male Indian over the age of 12.” The Sand Creek Massacre analyzes one of the most controversial events of the 19th century. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about the Sand Creek Massacre like never before, in no time at all.
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (December 14, 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 46 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1505515858
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1505515855
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.72 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.11 x 9 inches
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  • pandaboy23
    5.0 out of 5 stars The truth is evil.
    Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2020
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    This book is horror at its best -- second only to slavery, the Trail of Tears is the ultimate betrayal of the word
    UNITED. The victims did nothing to earn their bitter, rotten and cruel fate, yet the people who brought that
    hell upon them and their modern-day successors have no idea how true this is and will never. I am Cherokee
    and my mother's paternal family has no family history due to this.
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  • C Wm (Andy) Anderson
    4.0 out of 5 stars A good Story that Shows us a Less Honorable Time for Americans in Colorado
    Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2014
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    Length: 58 pages.

    This booklet is informative, but the information presented seems to be a bit choppy, for lack of a more descriptive phrase. What I mean is that it appears the writer was a tad less interested in weaving a story together that flows in a smooth fashion characteristic of many other CRE booklets.

    There are a few typos. The most glaring is the incorrect term conservation when conversation is what should have been used, [point 73%]

    Also, at 73%, the writer stated were when he should have stated was.

    Neither of these or the other errors significantly affect the overall experience, though.

    The story of the Sand Creek Massacre does instill a sense of humility in me. Although I have read extensively on the topic in years past, it is far too easy, for me, to forget the tragic behavior of Chivington and the Colorado governor of the time. The behavior of these men was no less evil than now is the behavior of ISIS (ISIL). Many will, justifiably, state that the Sand Creek atrocities were committed at a time and by people for whom not one of us now alive should feel guilty for.

    True enough that statement is. But it also is a fact that a town exists within 15 mile of the massacre site. It's name is Chivington. I propose the name be changed to commemorate the one courageous hero, a man assassinated for doing the honorable thing at Sand Creek. That man is Soule.
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  • frankie e. odum
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great for the history buff
    Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2022
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    For those who love history, especially indian, western settlement, calvary, government in the 18 and early 19 centuries this is one of the books you should read.
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  • Liz
    5.0 out of 5 stars That it took place and should never be forgotten.
    Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2020
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    This is a good read on a very dark historical event. I found it a quick and concise account of events leading up to the massacre.
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  • Nicholas G. Mariano
    5.0 out of 5 stars An eye Opening Book
    Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2018
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    Loved the book but it makes you realize just how cruel the White Man was to Nature Americans in the past. Made me sad to think the calvary could do such a thing.
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  • lookn4quality
    4.0 out of 5 stars Reasonably brief account to orient to this event
    Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2020
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    My grandfather grew up in Chivington so I was interested in the facts around this event. I was struck by the dangers of fairly constant miscommunications during this time—-terribly sad. I would hope there is more at the site than the little stone pictured at the end of the book.
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent summary and basic history
    Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2015
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    The story of Sand Creek is one that every American should know, and this book is a fine summary and introduction of it. This work will inform you about a true tragedy in/of our history, from which we may learn important and valuable lessons even today. Highly recommended.
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  • Kathleen Peterson
    5.0 out of 5 stars The Sand Creek Massacre The History and Legends
    Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2015
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    Reading what happened to peaceful Native Americans made me sick and sad. The fact that Colorado has a town named Chivington after the man who ordered soldiers to massacre men, women, and children. Shame on us all for not demanding that the town be renamed to White Antelope.
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  • Bigmac
    5.0 out of 5 stars Sand Creek Massacre
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 3, 2015
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    This book is worth reading by those who have a. Interest in Native American History. It describes in detail the horrors of this peaceful village. Men, women and children killed and mutilated by so called civilised white men. Would recommend this book to those who are interested in Native American History.
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  • Devere Wolfe
    4.0 out of 5 stars I learned and would recommend it for any scholar of the Indians persecution
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 6, 2015
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    The word massacre always gets my attention - not in a salacious way you understand but for the reasoning behind such occasions. As a sympathiser of the underdog(s) through history I elected to take this ebook to see what was the meaning behind it. I learned and would recommend it for any scholar of the Indians persecution.
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