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5 days ago · Introduction. The Sand Creek Massacre, which occurred on November 29, 1864, in the Colorado Territory, is one of the most horrific and tragic events in the history of Native American-U.S. relations. This brutal attack on a peaceful encampment of Cheyenne and Arapaho people by U.S. military forces under the command of Colonel John Chivington ...
2 days ago · Colorado, constituent state of the United States of America. It is classified as one of the Mountain states, although only about half of its area lies in the Rocky Mountains. It borders Wyoming and Nebraska to the north, Nebraska and Kansas to the east, Oklahoma and New Mexico to the south, and Utah to the west.
May 16, 2024 · The Sand Creek Massacre was a surprise attack by about 675 U.S. troops under Colonel John M. Chivington upon a camp of Cheyenne and Arapaho people in southeastern Colorado Territory in November 1864. More than 230 Native Americans were massacred. The incident was a chief cause of the Arapaho-Cheyenne war that followed.
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3 days ago · On November 1, 1861, the new Territory of Colorado created 17 original counties: Arapahoe, Boulder, Clear Creek, Costilla, Douglas, El Paso, Fremont, Gilpin, Guadalupe, Huerfano, Jefferson, Lake, Larimer, Park, Pueblo, Summit, and Weld; plus the Cheyenne Reserve.
May 21, 2024 · Comanche, North American Indian tribe of equestrian nomads whose 18th- and 19th-century territory comprised the southern Great Plains. The name Comanche is derived from a Ute word meaning “anyone who wants to fight me all the time.” The Comanche had previously been part of the Wyoming Shoshone.
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May 10, 2024 · But our current state name wasn’t always a guarantee – several names were considered before Colorado was officially named. The United States Congress passed a bill to create the Colorado Territory on February 28, 1861.
4 days ago · February 28 — The U.S. Congress organized the Colorado Territory. 1861, March March 1 — U.S. Secretary of War Joseph Holt ordered General Twiggs dismissed from the Army “for his treachery to the flag of his country.”
