Oral intervire typescript, Oral re-creation of William Bent of Bent's Fort and the Sand Creek massacre 1981

Chivington, John Milton, 1821-1894

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Chivington was born in Lebanon, Ohio on January 27, 1821, the son of Isaac and Jane Chivington, who had fought under General William Henry Harrison against members of Tecumseh's Confederacy at the Battle of the Thames. Drawn to Methodism, Chivington became a minister. Following ordination in 1844, his first appointment was to Payson Circuit in the Illinois Conference. On the journey from Ohio to Illinois, Chivington contracted smallpox. He served the Illinois conference for ten years. In 1853...

Balster, Carolyn Eden

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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) Awarded...

Bent, William, 1809-1869

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