RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
THE INDIAN WARS STRUGGLE BETWEEN NATIVE AMERICANS AND SETTLERS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The Cheyenne Indians had been promised protection by the US governor
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The Colorado militia had ignored a white flag that Cheyenne Indians had raised to surrender
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The Colorado militia suffered a heavy defeat
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Half of the 148 Cheyenne killed were women and children
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Detailed explanation-1: -Over the course of eight hours the American troops killed around 230 Cheyenne and Arapaho people composed mostly of women, children, and the elderly. During the afternoon and following day, the soldiers wandered over the field committing atrocities on the dead before departing the scene on December 1st.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -People within the village at Sand Creek responded differently to the Massacre; many, such as Little Bear and his friend George Bent, fought against encroaching whites, demonstrating their resistance to this assault on their way of life. Both would eventually move to the reservation in Oklahoma.
Detailed explanation-4: -Sand Creek was a village of approximately 800 Cheyenne Indians in southeast Colorado. Black Kettle, the local chief, had approached a United States Army fort seeking protection for his people.