The Campbell legislation was signed, the search has been
completed. Check out Sand Creek
Update.
Colorado Plaque Sets
History Straight! Read this AP story, Denver CO, November 30, 2002
PBS
- Archives of the West 1856 - 1868 Documents on Sand Creek
Sand Creek Massacre Site, Colorado
The Sand Creek Massacre Letters
These letters are historical
documents reprinted without editing. They are graphic in Nature. The first
letter is from Lt. Joseph Cramer to Major Ed Wynkoop, his commanding officer.
The second letter is also to Wynkoop from Capt. Silas Soule. They were written
within three weeks of the Sand Creek Massacre, which both Cramer and Soule
witnessed.
These letters surfaced recently in Colorado. They were written
by two Army officers who refused orders to kill the terrified men, women and
children camped under a white flag and the U. S. flag in southeastern Colorado
the winter of 1864. These letters were "ground zero" for a congressional
investigation in 1865, and bear grisly testimony to the 1864 slaughter of 163
Cheyenne and Arapaho by U. S. Troops at Sand Creek.
Because of their refusal to fire, the two men knew Chivington would try to get
them out of the military. They sent the letters to Wynkoop in Washington, but
kept handwritten
copies. These two copies were inherited by a lady in Colorado, who's great grandfather
who was a successful Arkansas Valley farmer and had known the Bent family and
had stayed
at Bent's Fort near the massacre sight.
The chief historian of the Colorado Historical Society says. "Today there are people who
still believe that the soldiers did not commit atrocities. Let them read these
letters and then see the passion. These men are shocked. They are angry. And
they feel guilty."
(From the webmaster)
This information was taken
from my tribal newpaper, Northern Cherokee. Because of questions I have received
about this tragic incident, I thought perhaps these 3 pages would answer some
of
them.
Soule Letter
Cramer Letter
AP News Article
The following links will lead you to more information on Sand
Creek.
Sand Creek Massacre Site Project
Sand Creek Massacre
"Tears In The Sand", Interview With Sherman Goose
"Tears In The Sand", Interview With John Sipes, Jr
Partial List
of Heads of Families At Sand Creek
Updated October 15, 2003
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