sand creek

• when was sand creek massacre?

  November 29th 1864
• how many US soldiers charged on indigenous people?

  700
• why did black kettle set up camp at sand creek?

  he believed they were under army protection
• who was determined to kill indigenous?

  governor of Colorado
• how many warriors did chivington and his troops claim he fought against?

  1000
• what did the camp to as a response to the massacre?

  put up a white flag of surrender
• how many did chivington and his men kill?

  over 130 men, women and children
• what did chivington and his men do the dead victims?

  scalp them and took other body parts as trophies
• causes of sand creek massacre:

  • young warriors rejected fort Laramie treaty
  • led to conflict between gold prospectors and warriors
  • gold prospectors demanded indigenous were moved onto reservations as they settled on their land
• what did black kettle do?

  escape and carry news of the massacre to other tribes
• what were the government to busy to do?

  fight the indigenous peoples so they could take revenge
• what was supposed to be given to survivors of sand creek?

  compensation
• was compensation ever paid to the survivors?

  no
• did the tribes move onto a bigger reservation?

  no, a new treaty was signed with a reservation half the size
• what happened to black kettle?

  he died in another massacre of indigenous by the US troops in 1868
• were the consequences of sand creek massacre positive or negative for indigenous?

  negative
• what did sand creek mean for other wars?

  intensified the desire for revenge from indigenous peoples as they felt they had been done wrong which led to more conflicts