ZONA PERANG (zonaperang.com) – John Chivington, six foot seven inches in height, came west as a Methodist missionary to the Wyandot Indians. But he became notorious for his role in the Sand Creek Massacre, in which at least 160 Cheyenne and Arapaho women, children and men were killed.
On the morning of November 29, 1864, about 700 Colorado militia troops, under Chivington’s command, attacked an Indian encampment, which was flying both American and white flags. An officer described what happened with these words: “It was hard to see little children on their knees having their brains beat out by men who profess to be civilized.”
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One captain, Silas Soule, refused to lead his men against the Indians, leading to charges that he was a turncoat. Before the attack, Soule told Chivington’s other officers that “any man who would take part in the murders, knowing the circumstances as we did, was a low lived cowardly son of a bitch. I told them I would not take part in their intended murder.”
In 2000, President Bill Clinton created the 1,465 acre Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site to mark the site of the massacre.
