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nov 29, 1864 - November 29th, 1864

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Around seven hundred men of one of the militias of the United States Military slaughter a peaceful village of Cheyenne in Sand Creek, Colorado, killing and mutilating around one hundred Indians, mostly women and children.

The militiamen waited for the men of the tribe to leave the village, and they attacked the families left behind to claim their land.

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Date:

nov 29, 1864
Now
~ 161 years ago

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