Sand Creek massacre
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sand-creek-massacre-186-13179687
title:
Sand Creek massacre
text:
The Sand Creek massacre was a massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho people by the U.S. Army in the American Indian Wars that occurred on November 29, 1864, when a 675-man force of the Third Colorado Cavalry under the command of U.S. Volunteers Colonel John Chivington attacked and destroyed a village of Cheyenne and Arapaho people in southeastern Colorado Territory, killing and mutilating an estimated 70 to over 600 Native American people. Chivington claimed 500 to 600 warriors were killed. However, m
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description:
1864 killing of Cheyenne and Arapaho people by US troops during the American Indian Wars
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_Creek_massacre
date created:
2003-04-13T13:06:20Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T02:50:29Z
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