Sand Creek.
The Sand Creek Massacre seized national attention in the winter of 1864-1865 and generated a controversy that still excites heated de. government along Sand Creek in Colorado Territory and flying both an American flag and a white flag.
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At dawn on the morning of November 29, 1864, Colonel John Milton Chivington gave the command that led to slaughter of 230 peaceful Cheyennes and Arapahos--primarily women, children, and elderly--camped under the protection of the U.
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