History of the United States II / Unit 2 USH2 0175 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Sand Creek
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The idea
In eighteen sixty-four Colonel John Chivington's Colorado volunteers attacked Black Kettle's peaceful Cheyenne camp at Sand Creek, in eastern Colorado.
In practice
Close to one hundred people killed, the majority of them women and children.
Where people slip
Digital History records that the Cheyenne had gathered under the governor's protection. The attack provoked a national debate over Indian policy.
Your place on the trail
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