Sand Creek Massacre
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: October 1974
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 217
ISBN-13: 9780806111476
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Ethnic studies; Wars, 1864; Military - General; Chivington, John M; History - Military / War; United States - State & Local - General; USA; Sand Creek Massacre, Colo., 18; United States - 19th Century/Old West; Cheyenne Indians; (John Milton),; 1821-1894; Chivington, John M.; Sand Creek Massacre, Colo., 1864
First sentence: DAYBREAK OF NOVEMBER 29, 1864, swelled over the land's edge in southeastern Colorado Territory and moved westward across the mesquite-spotted sand hills, revealing the village of Black Kettle's Cheyennes nestled in a bend of the dry-bedded Sand Creek.