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  2. Sand Creek massacre - Wikipedia

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    The Sand Creek massacre (also known as the Chivington massacre, the battle of Sand Creek or the massacre of Cheyenne Indians) 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 [5] under the command of U.S. Volunteers Colonel John Chivington attacked and destroyed a ...

  3. Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site - Wikipedia

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    Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site is a National Historic Site in Kiowa County, Colorado, commemorating the Sand Creek massacre that occurred here on November 29, 1864. The site is considered sacred after the unprovoked assault on an encampment of approximately 750 Native people resulted in the murder of hundreds of men, women and children.

  4. Howling Wolf (Cheyenne) - Wikipedia

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    Howling Wolf (Cheyenne: Ho-na-nist-to, c. 1849–July 5, 1927) was a Southern Cheyenne warrior who was a member of Black Kettle's band and was present at the Sand Creek Massacre in Colorado. After being imprisoned in the Fort Marion in Saint Augustine, Florida in 1875, Howling Wolf became a proficient artist in a style known as Ledger art for ...

  5. List of national historic sites and historical parks of the ...

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    Widely regarded as the first significant American landscape painter, Cole had a tremendous influence on American art and romanticism. While at Cedar Grove, Cole painted many pieces of the Catskill Mountains, as well as his famous series The Voyage of Life. [97] Thomas Stone: Maryland: 328.25 acres (1.3284 km 2)

  6. Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site - Wikipedia

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    Bent's Old Fort is a fort located in Otero County in southeastern Colorado, United States.A company owned by Charles Bent and William Bent and Ceran St. Vrain built the fort in 1833 to trade with Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho Plains Indians and trappers for buffalo robes.

  7. File:At the Sand Creek Massacre, 1874-1875.jpg - Wikipedia

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  8. Battle of Julesburg - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. Army's Sand Creek Massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho on November 29, 1864, caused a large number of Indians on the Kansas and Colorado Great Plains to intensify hostilities against the U.S. Army and white settlers. On January 1, 1865, the Indians met on Cherry Creek (near present-day St. Francis, Kansas) to plan revenge.

  9. Fort Lyon - Wikipedia

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    Old Fort Lyon was the staging post used by Colonel John Chivington in 1864 as he led an attack on friendly Cheyenne and Arapaho camps that became known as the Sand Creek massacre. To prevent word spreading of the impending attack, Chivington had guards posted at the fort to prevent people and mail from reaching Sand Creek. [7] [8]