Sand Creek massacre

When

29 Nov 1864

Kind

Massacre

Coordinates

38.55° N, 102.51° W

Description

massacre of a village of Cheyenne and Arapaho people in the American Indian Wars

1864 US troop murders of Native Americans

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.

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• Wikidata: massacres and genocidesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “American Indian Wars: Sand Creek massacre – Colorado volunteers, led by Colonel John Chivington”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Rund 600 Angehörige der 3. und 1. Colorado-Kavallerie-Regimenter unter Oberst John M. Chivington verüben an Cheyenne und einigen Angehörigen der Arapaho”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “la milice du Colorado du colonel John Chivington massacre un groupe paisible d’Indiens cheyennes à Sand Creek”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “インディアン戦争：サンドクリークの虐殺。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page