The Sand Creek Masacre

• Colonel John Chivington: 'He really has much of the blame for what happened at Sand Creek'
• Colonel John Chivington is associated with the Sand Creek Massacre
• Participants in the Sand Creek Massacre

  • Black Kettle
  • Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes
  • US government led by Colonel Chivington
• US Army soldiers led by Colonel Chivington massacred over 150 Indians, mostly women, children, and babies
• Women were raped, bodies mutilated, and body parts taken as trophies, including genitalia
• The Sand Creek Massacre took place in Sand Creek, Colorado on the 29th of November 1864
• Conflict between Indians and white settlers had been ongoing since gold was discovered in Colorado
• Colonel Chivington interpreted the order to kill and destroy hostile Indians as an excuse to massacre those waiting to sign a peace treaty
• Colonel Chivington was disgraced but not punished for the massacre
• The government promised compensation and a large reservation to the Indian tribes but later went back on the deal
• The Sand Creek Massacre was a shocking incident of unprovoked violence that disgusted many Americans at the time
• The event marked a further decline in trust and relations between the Indians and the government