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In short, the Sand Creek massacre was a trick by the government of the state territory of Colorado in order to get two tribes out of the lamb that they had been inhabiting. The land that Colorado wanted so desperately with sand creek and the land was full of about 750 native Americans. Governor John Evans constructed a plan to get all of these natives out. The plan was to first issue a decree to all of the forts in the Colorado area that if they were to see native Americans approaching them, they were to shoot on site. Since this rule was in place by Evan, he then decided to invite the tribes people to the forts in order to get supplies, material and shelter, pretending to be friends. It was a reverse Trojan horse that lured the natives into thinking that they had a place of refuge only to kill them as soon as they arrived.

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The reason this map is important is because it shows us how the tribal is boxed in by the forts and it also shows us that they were already getting pushed out of their area and they really didn’t have much room to go in. whether it be north, west, east, or south.

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This piece was painted 1868 and it illustrates the “battle” At Sand Creek that Took Pl. 1864. The reason I picked this painting is because it illustrates what the American people at the time and for a long time afterwards thought went down. The reason why battle is in “earlier is because it wasn’t a battle. It was a massacre. The reason that it’s a massacre, not a battle is because The Native Americans were sneak attacked and hardly any men were even killed in it. It was mostly just women, children, and the elderly that were killed by able-bodied American men. So it’s not a battle because one it wasn’t fair to the ladies didn’t even know it was coming in three. The natives weren’t really fighting back. They were running for their lives. This painting makes it look like the natives were armed and dangerous and if you look closely, there’s no women or children or elderly in it and makes it look like a real battle.Which it wasn’t. 

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The seventh US Cavalry charging into black kettle village at daylight, November 27, 1868.

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The seventh US Cavalry charging into black kettle village at daylight, November 27, 1868.

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This picture really bums me out while also encouraging me. It bums me out because it reminds me of the lives that were lost in the massacre. But it encourages me because it shows that those people are still alive and they’re still pushing on and holding through to their tribe. This is more recent photo because it’s a photo and they didn’t have those in the 1800s at least not in that quality.

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Ellen and Arthur Brady, both survivors of the Sand Creek Massacre at their home on the Northern Cheyenne reservation. Their daughter Mary stands in the doorway.

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Ellen and Arthur Brady, both survivors of the Sand Creek Massacre at their home on the Northern Cheyenne reservation. Their daughter Mary stands in the doorway.

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Ellen and Arthur Brady at home on the Northern Cheyenne reservation

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The reason I like this painting a lot is because it’s an accurate telling from the people that it happened to what exactly happened. We see black kettle trying to stay peaceful supporting the flag, holding up a white flag as well and trying to fix relations, but steady as a gun is pointed at him and there’s a bunch of soldiers around killing everyone. This is exactly how it went down, and I respect the image for telling the truth.