Cheyenne and Arapaho peace chiefs, influenced by assurances of peace at the Camp Weld Conference, reported to Fort Lyon throughout October of 1864. The fort’s commander told Chief Black Kettle and other leaders to await a peace delegation at their camp on Sand Creek and to fly the U.S. flag to indicate their peaceful intent. Throughout November, these elders waited. On November 29, U.S. Army (Volunteer) soldiers attacked the village. Disregarding the greetings and calls to stop, these “beings in the form of men” fired indiscriminately at the Cheyenne and Arapaho. Of approximately 700 people in the village, about 200 died that day—two-thirds of the dead and mutilated bodies left on the ground were women and children. Read more at indiancountrytodaymedianetwork/2014/11/14/sand-creek-massacre-8-hours-changed-great-plains-forever-157775
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