The massacre at Sand Creek
Subtitle: narrative voices
By: by Bruce Cutler.
Series: American Indian literature and critical studies series ;; v. 16
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
Subjects: Indians of North America -- Colorado -- Poetry.; Sand Creek Massacre, Colo., 1864 -- Poetry.; Cheyenne Indians -- Wars, 1864 -- Poetry.
Description: In the dawn of November 29, 1864, a Colorado militia unit attacked a peaceful encampment of Cheyennes by Sand Creek in southeast Colorado Territory and murdered almost two hundred men, women, and children. The massacre defined the history of the West by ensuring that there could be no peace between white settlers and Plains Indians. Today, Sand Creek stands out as one of the most notorious instances of injustice in our nation's history.

In The Massacre at Sand Creek, Bruce Cutler retells, in a powerful narrative, the events surrounding this atrocity. He remains faithful to historical fact, but, through a lyrical and poetic version of this tragedy, elicits a dimension of feeling that history books could never call forth.

. The Massacre at Sand Creek bridges the gap between literature and history. At once informative and imaginative, it offers new insight into an American tragedy.
Notes: Errata slip inserted.