USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -On November 29, 1864, peaceful band of Southern Cheyenne and Arapahoe Native Americans are massacred by Colonel John Chivington’s Colorado volunteers at Sand Creek, Colorado. The causes of the Sand Creek massacre were rooted in the long conflict for control of the Great Plains of eastern Colorado.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1864, the U. S. Army carried out a surprise attack on a non-combatant encampment of Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians along the Big Sandy Creek in southeastern Colorado, killing about 160 men, women, and children, including elderly or infirm.

Detailed explanation-3: -The destruction of the village and the death of many leaders fragmented the culture of the Cheyenne and Arapaho. Public outcry at the massacre led eventually to more humane policies relating to Indian tribes following the Civil War.

Detailed explanation-4: -Native people wanted to protect their land use and resist both white settlement and reservations. The Sand Creek Massacre was a part of this series of attacks and battles between whites moving into the West and the native people who already lived there.

Detailed explanation-5: -In the wake of the Sand Creek Massacre, war erupted on the Great Plains from 1864-1865. Cheyenne and Arapaho warriors attacked settlements. Travel is disrupted and Denver is isolated, delaying deliveries of supplies and mail.