What sparked the sand creek massacre

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700 ma force of Colorado territory militia attacked and destroyed a peaceful village in Cheyenne and Arapaho and killing as well as mutilating around 160 Indians sparked sand creek massacre.

Further Explanation:-

The Sand Creek Massacre was known as the mass murder of people from Cheyenne and Arapaho and it was carried out by army of United States in the American Indian wars which took place on November 29, 1865. Force of third Colorado Cavalry which had 635 men and was commanded by colonel of the Army, John Chivington. His troop attacked and destroyed a village in Cheyenne which was situated in southern Colorado territory and this attacked killed over 500 Native Americans and among those 500, Two-third people were women and children. Before Chivington and his army left that area, they took the horses along of the villagers and when the smoke cleared, they came back and killed the people who were wounded and also chopped off the heads. Chivington and his men also dressed their weapons and headgears with the scalps and other body parts of the people who they killed and trophies were publically displayed by them in area Saloons.

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Answer Details:

Grade – High School

Subject – History

Chapter –Sand Creek Massacre

Keywords –Sand Creek, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Colorado, John Chivington, Troop, Army, Killings, Murders, Americans, Native, Villagers.

kakasveta [241]3 years ago

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The sioux indian attacks on stagecoach lines.
The causes of the Sand Creek massacre were rooted in the long conflict for control of the Great Plains of eastern Colorado. The Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 guaranteed ownership of the area north of the Arkansas River to the Nebraska border to the Cheyenne and Arapahoe -that part was sighted off history.com-

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