Balster, Carolyn Eden

The Sand Creek Massacre occurred on November 29, 1864 , along the banks of the Sand Creek, near present day Chivington, Colorado. Involved were 100-day volunteer Federal troops under the command of Colonel J.M. Chivington and Cheyene Indians camped at Bent's Fort.

From the guide to the Oral intervire typescript, Oral re-creation of William Bent of Bent's Fort and the Sand Creek massacre, 1981, (University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kansas Collection)

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