SAND CREEK NATIONAL MASSACRE HISTORIC SITE

Sand Creek is one of the emblematic places tracing one of the many Amerindian massacres perpetrated by American soldiers on treason. Black Kettle, head of a cheyenne village, went to the army's meeting in 1864 to share his peace intentions. He was promised to protect his tribe, but when he joined his village, Commander Chivington and his nearly 700 men took advantage of it to launch an attack on the night of November 29, 1864, surprising the village asleep and massacred women and children. The memorial pays tribute to this butchery. The site is not very large and does not fill with attractions, but you can observe the small commemorative stent, walk through the desert areas or follow a conference conducted by the rangers every day at 10 a. m. and 2 p. m.