TheSandCreekMassacre



November 29, 1864

The Sand Creek Massacre was on November 29, 1864. Colonel John Chivington along with a force of 700 armed soldiers and slaughtered between 150 and 500 encamped Arapaho and Cheyenne people- mostly women and children. Chivington did this because he saw a chance of a big military victory. Information provided by: picture- http://bentfamilyofmilton.com/images/sandcreek400.jpg article- America Pathways to the Present