Massacre at Sand Creek
Subtitle: How Methodists Were Involved in an American Tragedy
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9781501819766
Subjects: Chivington, john milton, 1821-1894; Sand creek massacre, colo., 1864; Indians of north america, west (u.s.); Indians of north america, wars, 1815-1865; Methodist church, biography; Church and social problems, methodist church; Whites; Indians, treatment of; Indians of north america, government relations
Description: "At dawn on the morning of November 29, 1864, Colonel John Milton Chivington gave the command that led to slaughter of 230 peaceful Cheyennes and Arapahos--primarily women, children, and elderly--camped under the protection of the U.S. government along Sand Creek in Colorado Territory and flying both an American flag and a white flag. The Sand Creek massacre seized national attention in the winter of 1864-1865 and generated a controversy that still excites heated debate more than 150 years later. At Sand Creek demoniac forces seemed unloosed so completely that humanity itself was the casualty. That was the charge that drew public attention to the Colorado frontier in 1865. That was the claim that spawned heated debate in Congress, two congressional hearings, and a military commission. Westerners vociferously and passionately denied the accusations. Reformers seized the charges as evidence of the failure of American Indian policy. Sand Creek launched a war that was not truly over for fifteen years. In the first year alone, it cost the United States government $50,000,000"--Provided by publisher.