the sand creek massacre

• in 1864
• • black kettle was the chief who led the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes in Colorado Territory
• • After three years of attack, BLACK KETTLE, government officials and the ARMY tried to reach another agreement. BLACK KETTLE set up a camp at SAND CREEK where he BELIEVED he was protected by the US Army
• • what happened
  • The local governor JOHN EVANS set out to KILL AND DESTROY’ the Plains Indians.
• • On November 29th 1864 700 Cavalrymen attacked Black Kettle’s camp at Sand Creek. with colonel Chivington leading them
• • COLONEL CHIVINGTON claimed he had fought a tough battle against over 1,000 Indians. THIS WAS NOT TRUE.
• • The Indians put up WHITE FLAGS in surrender but the army still massacred over 150 men, women and children.
• • They SCALPED their victims and They murdered over 150 men, women, children and babies. They raped the women and mutilated the bodies of those they had killed. Body parts of the victims were later displayed in local saloons as trophies.
• They often fought with gold prospectors who crossed their land. Black Kettle was a Cheyenne chief
• The massacre seemed to prove that the white Americans couldn’t be trusted.
• The Dog Soldiers attacked white forts and settlers in retaliation.
• In 1865 a new treaty was agreed. It said the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes would move to a new large reservation, and the massacre survivors would get payments. .
• However, the government didn’t stick to its deal. Instead, in 1867 the tribes were moved to a reservation half the size of what they were promised, and no compensation was paid to the survivors.
• Black Kettle died in another massacre in 1868
• Black Kettle escaped to warn other tribes
• • They had restricted rules to hunt buffalo and had to stay away from the property of white people.
• More than 230 Native Americans were massacred, including some 150 women, children, and elderly