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The Sand Creek Massacre
Aftermath
By
Ravi Papaly
Nov 29 1864 – Day of the Massacre
The Rocky Mountain News called it a great victory, and that the Colorado soldiers covered themselves with Glory. ... The committee went on to state ‘He deliberately planned and executed a foul and dastardly massacre that would have disgraced the veriest savage among those who were the victims of his cruelty. ... Evans was forced to resign his post as governor of Colorado
Despite this massacre, Black Kettle, who survived Sand Creek made another treaty in which the survivors were to be compensated for the losses they suffered. The story of the Sand Creek Massacre however did not end there. ...
In 1866 Red Cloud takes revenge for the massacre by wiping out an entire company of 80 soldiers. This became known as the Fetterman massacre. It was however not a massacre in the same sense as the sand creek massacre. ... He would have understood the reason had he seen the mutilations perpetrated by Chivington’s men at Sand Creek.
Nov 1868 – In an ironic twist of fate, almost 4 years to the day after Sand Creek a group of soldiers led by Custer, attacked a village of Cheyenne. Black Kettle and his wife were killed at what became known as the Washita Massacre.
Approximate Word count = 1051
Approximate Pages = 4.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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