Archive for March, 2010
Witness Accounts
“Captain Silas S. Soule/Lt. Joseph Cramer Letters” By Donald L. Vasicek On November 29, 1864, about 700 Colorado 1st & 3rd Regiment troops and troops from New Mexico, slaughtered over 400 (Sand Creek Massacre Descendant and Southern Cheynne Chief Laird (Whistling Eagle) Cometsevah gave filmmaker, Donald L. Vasicek this figure, basing it on what has [...]
Posted: March 28th, 2010 under documentary, Sand Creek Massacre Causes.
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What Caused The Sand Creek Massacre
The Sand Creek Massacre was caused by corrupt Indian agents, racist Colonel John Chivington, and an ambitious Colorado Territorial Governor John Evans, who some called, the first 19th century real estate developer. Mis-communication, fear, ignorance, disrespect, and racism also played integral roles in causing the Sand Creek Massacre.
Posted: March 5th, 2010 under documentary.
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