Edition |
1st edition. |
Description |
1 online resource (xv, 162 pages) |
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text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-151) and index. |
Contents |
Tragedy at Little Blue River -- The Reverend Colonel -- Terms of surrender -- Nothing lives long -- The missing -- Lessons from Yellow-Haired Woman -- Savage and cruel -- Mochi -- Life at Fort Marion -- Never to be home again -- The Sand Creek Massacre Historic Site -- Epilogue -- Remembering Sand Creek. |
Summary |
As with many incidents in American history, the victors wrote the first version of history--turning the tragedy of the Sand Creek Massacre into a heroic feat by the Colorado militia tasked with moving the Cheyenne onto reservations. The truth of those events has made Colonel John Chivington's name infamous in Colorado and American history, and this dramatic and poignant reflection on the events leading to the tragic events of the massacre and the ensuing years of violence offers new perspectives with the hindsight of more than a century and a half of repercussions by telling the story of one o. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Mochi, approximately 1841-1881.
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Mochi, approximately 1841-1881. |
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Sand Creek Massacre, Colo., 1864.
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Cheyenne Indians -- Biography.
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Cheyenne Indians. |
Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Subject |
Cheyenne Indians -- Wars, 1864.
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Cheyenne Indians Wars (1864) |
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Indian prisoners -- Florida -- Castillo de San Marcos National Monument (Saint Augustine) -- Biography.
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Indian prisoners. |
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Florida. |
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Prisoners of war -- Florida -- Castillo de San Marcos National Monument (Saint Augustine) -- Biography.
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Indians of North America -- Relocation -- Florida -- Castillo de San Marcos National Monument (Saint Augustine)
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Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site (Colo.)
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical. |
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Prisoners of war. |
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX) |
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Indians of North America -- Relocation. |
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) |
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Colorado. |
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Colorado -- Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site. |
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Sand Creek Massacre (Colorado : 1864) |
Chronological Term |
1864 |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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collective biographies.
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Biographies.
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Added Author |
Kazanjian, Howard.
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Added Title |
Tragedy of Sand Creek |
Other Form: |
Print version: Mochi's war. Guilford, Connecticut : TwoDot, [2015] 9780762760770 (DLC) 2015005372 |
ISBN |
9781493013944 (ebook) |
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1493013947 |
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9781493013944 (e-book ; alkaline paper) |
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9780762760770 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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076276077X |
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