Sand Creek Massacre: Colorado Militia Slaughters 150
They were flying an American flag. Black Kettle's band had camped at Sand Creek believing they were under U.S. government protection — they'd been told to stay there. Colonel John Chivington knew this. He attacked anyway, unleashing 700 volunteers on a village of mostly women, children, and elders. At least 150 died. Some accounts say 500. Chivington's men returned to Denver as heroes. But a congressional investigation later called it deliberate slaughter. Black Kettle survived — only to die four years later in another Army attack.
November 29, 1864
162 years ago
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