Title The three battles of Sand Creek : in blood, in court, and as the end of history / Gregory F. Michno

Edition First edition Published El Dorado Hills, California : Savas Beatie LLC, [2017] ©2017

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Description 1 online resource (x, 233 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents 1. Colonel Chivington takes command -- 2. The road to Sand Creek -- 3. Camp Weld Conference -- 4. The march to Fort Lyon -- 5. The last night of peace -- 6. The approach -- 7. Flags and friendlies -- 8. A battle -- 9. A massacre -- 10. Scalp dance -- 11. Night of phantoms -- 12. The death of Jack Smith -- 13. Aftermath -- 14. Opening rounds -- 15. Denver Military Commission -- 16. The Joint Committee in Washington -- 17. Doolittle's Committee -- 18. Conflicting testimony -- 19. Battle or masscre? The fallacy of the false dichotomy -- 20. Eyewitness testimony -- 21. False memories -- 22. Leading questions and lies -- 23. Stress and memories -- 24. Memory alternation and cognitive dissonance at Sand Creek -- 25. Don't confuse me with the facts -- 26. Oral history -- 27. Supernatural insights -- 28. The end of history? -- Appendix A. Ghosts busted at Sand Creek -- Appendix B. List of killed and wounded in the First and Third Colorado Cavalry at Sand Creek Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Sand Creek Massacre, Colo., 1864. Cheyenne Indians -- Wars, 1864. Arapaho Indians -- Wars. HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX) HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) Arapaho Indians -- Wars Cheyenne Indians Colorado Form Electronic book ISBN 9781611213126 1611213126

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