The reports on the Sand Creek Massacre evolved from a narrative of a great battle led by Colonel Chivington against armed Cheyenne and Arapaho to a tragic massacre of mostly unarmed Natives, who were misled into believing they were safe.
Chivington's forces attacked a village comprised primarily of women, children, and the elderly, who were under the protection of US government assurances and were displaying the American flag and a white flag of truce.
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