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Sand Creek massacre
On this day November 29, 1864, peaceful Southern Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians are massacred by a band of 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. 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. However, by the end of the decade, waves of Euro-American miners flooded across the region in search of gold in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, placing extreme pressure on the resources of the arid plains.By 1861, tensions between new settlers and Native Americans were rising. On February 8 of that year, a Cheyenne delegation, headed by Chief Black Kettle, along with some Arapahoe leaders, accepted a new settlement with the Federal government. The Native Americansceded most of their land but secured a 600-square mile reservation and annuity payments. The delegation reasoned that continued hostilities would jeopardize their bargaining power. In the decentralized political world of the tribes, Black Kettle and his fellow delegates represented only part of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribes. Many did not accept this new agreement, called the Treaty of Fort Wise.
The new reservation and Federal payments proved unable to sustain the tribes. During the Civil War, tensions again rose and sporadic violence broke out between Anglos and Native Americans. In June 1864, John Evans, governor of the territory of Colorado, attempted to isolate recalcitrant Native Americans by inviting “friendly Indians” to camp near military forts and receive provisions and protection. He also called for volunteers to fill the military void left when most of the regular army troops in Colorado were sent to other areas during the Civil War. In August 1864, Evans met with Black Kettle and several other chiefs to forge a new peace, and all parties left satisfied. Black Kettle moved his band to Fort Lyon, Colorado, where the commanding officer encouraged him to hunt near Sand Creek. In what can only be considered an act of treachery, Chivington moved his troops to the plains, and on November 29, they attacked the unsuspecting Native Americans, scattering men, women, and children and hunting them down. The casualties reflect the one-sided nature of the fight. Nine of Chivington’s men were killed; 148 of Black Kettle’s followers were slaughtered, more than half of them women and children. The Colorado volunteers returned and killed the wounded, mutilated the bodies, and set fire to the village.
The atrocities committed by the soldiers were initially praised, but then condemned as the circumstances of the massacre emerged. Chivington resigned from the military and aborted his budding political career. Black Kettle survived and continued his peace efforts. In 1865, his followers accepted a new reservation in Indian Territory.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sand-creek-massacre
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/horrific-sand-creek-massacre-will-be-forgotten-no-more-180953403/
https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2001/summer/sand-creek-massacre-1.html
https://www.nps.gov/sand/learn/historyculture/massacre.htm
Additional video footage:
https://youtu.be/9ohwFaeYpMc
https://youtu.be/UbWXKJcSiEU
@ col mikel COL Mikel J. Burroughs @ ltc stephen LTC Stephen F. @ ltc wayne LTC Wayne Brandon @ ltc frank LTC (Join to see) @ ltc jeff LTC Jeff Shearer @ maj william Maj William W. 'Bill' Price @ capt marty Maj Marty Hogan @ smsgt doc SMSgt Minister Gerald A. "Doc" Thomas @ tsgt joe TSgt Joe C. @ ssgt robert SSgt Robert Marx @ sra christopher SrA Christopher W. @ msg andrew MSG Andrew White @ sfc joe SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL @ ssg robert SSG Robert Webster @ sgt jim SGT Jim Arnold @ sgt david SGT (Join to see) @ sgt david SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth @ sp5 mark SP5 Mark Kuzinski @ spc margaret SPC Margaret Higgins @ po1 chip PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
On this day November 29, 1864, peaceful Southern Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians are massacred by a band of 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. 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. However, by the end of the decade, waves of Euro-American miners flooded across the region in search of gold in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, placing extreme pressure on the resources of the arid plains.By 1861, tensions between new settlers and Native Americans were rising. On February 8 of that year, a Cheyenne delegation, headed by Chief Black Kettle, along with some Arapahoe leaders, accepted a new settlement with the Federal government. The Native Americansceded most of their land but secured a 600-square mile reservation and annuity payments. The delegation reasoned that continued hostilities would jeopardize their bargaining power. In the decentralized political world of the tribes, Black Kettle and his fellow delegates represented only part of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribes. Many did not accept this new agreement, called the Treaty of Fort Wise.
The new reservation and Federal payments proved unable to sustain the tribes. During the Civil War, tensions again rose and sporadic violence broke out between Anglos and Native Americans. In June 1864, John Evans, governor of the territory of Colorado, attempted to isolate recalcitrant Native Americans by inviting “friendly Indians” to camp near military forts and receive provisions and protection. He also called for volunteers to fill the military void left when most of the regular army troops in Colorado were sent to other areas during the Civil War. In August 1864, Evans met with Black Kettle and several other chiefs to forge a new peace, and all parties left satisfied. Black Kettle moved his band to Fort Lyon, Colorado, where the commanding officer encouraged him to hunt near Sand Creek. In what can only be considered an act of treachery, Chivington moved his troops to the plains, and on November 29, they attacked the unsuspecting Native Americans, scattering men, women, and children and hunting them down. The casualties reflect the one-sided nature of the fight. Nine of Chivington’s men were killed; 148 of Black Kettle’s followers were slaughtered, more than half of them women and children. The Colorado volunteers returned and killed the wounded, mutilated the bodies, and set fire to the village.
The atrocities committed by the soldiers were initially praised, but then condemned as the circumstances of the massacre emerged. Chivington resigned from the military and aborted his budding political career. Black Kettle survived and continued his peace efforts. In 1865, his followers accepted a new reservation in Indian Territory.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sand-creek-massacre
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/horrific-sand-creek-massacre-will-be-forgotten-no-more-180953403/
https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2001/summer/sand-creek-massacre-1.html
https://www.nps.gov/sand/learn/historyculture/massacre.htm
Additional video footage:
https://youtu.be/9ohwFaeYpMc
https://youtu.be/UbWXKJcSiEU
@ col mikel COL Mikel J. Burroughs @ ltc stephen LTC Stephen F. @ ltc wayne LTC Wayne Brandon @ ltc frank LTC (Join to see) @ ltc jeff LTC Jeff Shearer @ maj william Maj William W. 'Bill' Price @ capt marty Maj Marty Hogan @ smsgt doc SMSgt Minister Gerald A. "Doc" Thomas @ tsgt joe TSgt Joe C. @ ssgt robert SSgt Robert Marx @ sra christopher SrA Christopher W. @ msg andrew MSG Andrew White @ sfc joe SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL @ ssg robert SSG Robert Webster @ sgt jim SGT Jim Arnold @ sgt david SGT (Join to see) @ sgt david SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth @ sp5 mark SP5 Mark Kuzinski @ spc margaret SPC Margaret Higgins @ po1 chip PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
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Great article. Here is a good overview with articles if anyone is interested.
http://www.historynet.com/sand-creek-massacre
http://www.historynet.com/sand-creek-massacre
Sand Creek Massacre | HistoryNet
Facts, information and articles about The Sand Creek Massacre, an event of Westward Expansion from the Wild West The Sand Creek Massacre Facts Dates November 1864 Location Colorado Territory (Kiowa County, Colorado) Commanders United States: John M. Chivington Cheyenne, Arapaho Indians: Black Kettle Soldiers Engaged United States: 700 Indians: 60 – 200 Casualties United States: …
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Thanks SGT John " Mac " McConnell for reminding us that during the U.S. Civil War which was primarily fought east of the Mississippi River valley area.
The USA and CSA vied for allegiance with the various Indian tribes and periodically the allegiances shifted.
Not surprisingly Colorado territory was inhabited by Caucasian settlers who wanted the Indian to be relocated outside of the territory. Sadly duplicity and deception occurred much too frequently.
Sadly on November 29, 1864, Colonel John Chivington’s Colorado volunteers attacked and massacred peaceful Southern Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians at Sand Creek, Colorado.
Thankfully John Chivington's aspiration for political rise was scuttled as news of the massacre was revealed and publicized.
Image: 1864-11-29 Sand Creek Massacre led by John Chivington; 1864-09 meeting in Camp Weld between Colonel John M. Chivington and the Cheyenne and Arapaho.
FYI LTC Bill Koski CW5 (Join to see) MSG Brad Sand SGM Steve Wettstein SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4" SP5 Mark Kuzinski SrA Christopher Wright PO1 William "Chip" Nagel PO1 John Miller SP5 Robert Ruck SPC (Join to see) PO3 Steven Sherrill SN Greg Wright SCPO Morris Ramsey TSgt Joe C. Cpl Joshua Caldwell SGT Michael Thorin SP5 Dave (Shotgun) Shockley SPC Margaret Higgins
The USA and CSA vied for allegiance with the various Indian tribes and periodically the allegiances shifted.
Not surprisingly Colorado territory was inhabited by Caucasian settlers who wanted the Indian to be relocated outside of the territory. Sadly duplicity and deception occurred much too frequently.
Sadly on November 29, 1864, Colonel John Chivington’s Colorado volunteers attacked and massacred peaceful Southern Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians at Sand Creek, Colorado.
Thankfully John Chivington's aspiration for political rise was scuttled as news of the massacre was revealed and publicized.
Image: 1864-11-29 Sand Creek Massacre led by John Chivington; 1864-09 meeting in Camp Weld between Colonel John M. Chivington and the Cheyenne and Arapaho.
FYI LTC Bill Koski CW5 (Join to see) MSG Brad Sand SGM Steve Wettstein SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4" SP5 Mark Kuzinski SrA Christopher Wright PO1 William "Chip" Nagel PO1 John Miller SP5 Robert Ruck SPC (Join to see) PO3 Steven Sherrill SN Greg Wright SCPO Morris Ramsey TSgt Joe C. Cpl Joshua Caldwell SGT Michael Thorin SP5 Dave (Shotgun) Shockley SPC Margaret Higgins
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SGT John " Mac " McConnell
Thank you my friend for this addition. A pastor whom decided the Indian were just animals and couldn't be converted. Thanks again LTC Stephen F. .
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LTC Wayne Brandon
SGT John " Mac " McConnell - That this man was a pastor is a sad commentary on his church and whoever consented to ordination. Matthew 15:18 KJV tells us plainly "But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.” This man did not have a heart for souls, rather he had murder in his heart.
I know of no man who is born again and indwelled with the Holy Spirit of God who could speak in such a fashion - not even in jest. In fact, the deacons he addressed should have called for his immediate repentance and or removal from the pulpit. It appears they did neither.
He is worse than Lt. Calley and CPT Medina who at least had personal provocation that led to their ill-fated decision to attack My Lai. At least Lt Calley showed remorse for his actions stating: "There is not a day that goes by that I do not feel remorse for what happened that day in My Lai. I feel remorse for the Vietnamese who were killed, for their families, for the American soldiers involved and their families. I am very sorry.... If you are asking why I did not stand up to them when I was given the orders, I will have to say that I was a 2nd Lieutenant getting orders from my commander and I followed them—foolishly, I guess."
Where was Colonel Chivington's remorse?
This man should have been tried for premeditated murder, convicted and sent to the gallows. The Captain who withheld his troopers from the attack is no hero either. While he ultimately did the right thing, his first duty was to protest an unlawful order to attack and destroy all inhabitants before they ever left cantonment; reporting the plan and his refusal to follow such orders as would lead to this tragedy, to the next higher military authority.
A pastor? Not according to the bible.
I know of no man who is born again and indwelled with the Holy Spirit of God who could speak in such a fashion - not even in jest. In fact, the deacons he addressed should have called for his immediate repentance and or removal from the pulpit. It appears they did neither.
He is worse than Lt. Calley and CPT Medina who at least had personal provocation that led to their ill-fated decision to attack My Lai. At least Lt Calley showed remorse for his actions stating: "There is not a day that goes by that I do not feel remorse for what happened that day in My Lai. I feel remorse for the Vietnamese who were killed, for their families, for the American soldiers involved and their families. I am very sorry.... If you are asking why I did not stand up to them when I was given the orders, I will have to say that I was a 2nd Lieutenant getting orders from my commander and I followed them—foolishly, I guess."
Where was Colonel Chivington's remorse?
This man should have been tried for premeditated murder, convicted and sent to the gallows. The Captain who withheld his troopers from the attack is no hero either. While he ultimately did the right thing, his first duty was to protest an unlawful order to attack and destroy all inhabitants before they ever left cantonment; reporting the plan and his refusal to follow such orders as would lead to this tragedy, to the next higher military authority.
A pastor? Not according to the bible.
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