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nov 29, 1864 - Sand Creek Massacre

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peaceful Southern Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians are massacred by a band of Colonel John Chivington's Colorado volunteers at Sand Creek, Colorado. The causes of the Sand Creek massacre were rooted in the long conflict for control of the Great Plains of eastern Colorado.

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nov 29, 1864
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~ 161 years ago

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