Sand Creek: The Massacre That Shamed a Nation
On November 29, 1864, some 675 U.S. volunteer cavalrymen attacked a peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho village at Sand Creek, killing roughly 150 people — most of them women, children, and the elderly.
On November 29, 1864, some 675 U.S. volunteer cavalrymen attacked a peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho village at Sand Creek, killing roughly 150 people — most of them women, children, and the elderly.