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HAPPY BLACK FRIDAY SHOPPERS.
On this day 149 years ago (29th November 1864) 700 Colorado Territory Militia descended on the village of Sand Creek and slaughtered the Cheyenne and Arapaho villagers, two thirds of whom were women and children who were waiting to surrender to the U.S forces. Despite previous promises of peace and the rights to their own lands the tribes had been more and more marginalised because gold had been discovered on their land. Chivington and his militia "bravely" waited until all the males of fighting age had left the camp on a hunt and under a white flag run up by the Indians the massacre commenced:
Before Chivington and his men left the area, they plundered the tipis and took the horses. After the smoke cleared, Chivington's men came back and killed many of the wounded. They also scalped many of the dead, regardless of whether they were women, children or infants. Chivington and his men dressed their weapons, hats and gear with scalps and other body parts, including human fetuses and male and female genitalia. They also publicly displayed these battle trophies in Denver's Apollo Theater and area saloons. Three Indians who remained in the village are known to have survived the massacre: George Bent's brother Charlie Bent, and two Cheyenne women who were later turned over to William Bent.
On this day 149 years ago (29th November 1864) 700 Colorado Territory Militia descended on the village of Sand Creek and slaughtered the Cheyenne and Arapaho villagers, two thirds of whom were women and children who were waiting to surrender to the U.S forces. Despite previous promises of peace and the rights to their own lands the tribes had been more and more marginalised because gold had been discovered on their land. Chivington and his militia "bravely" waited until all the males of fighting age had left the camp on a hunt and under a white flag run up by the Indians the massacre commenced:
Before Chivington and his men left the area, they plundered the tipis and took the horses. After the smoke cleared, Chivington's men came back and killed many of the wounded. They also scalped many of the dead, regardless of whether they were women, children or infants. Chivington and his men dressed their weapons, hats and gear with scalps and other body parts, including human fetuses and male and female genitalia. They also publicly displayed these battle trophies in Denver's Apollo Theater and area saloons. Three Indians who remained in the village are known to have survived the massacre: George Bent's brother Charlie Bent, and two Cheyenne women who were later turned over to William Bent.
