Highlands Ranch High School - Mr. Sedivy
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Class Activity:
Sand Creek
Sand Creek Research Analysis
Physical and emotional condition of Indians
Physical and emotional condition of troops
Description of battlefield
Before
During
After
Were there flags flying in the Indian camp?
If so describe them.
Composition of Indians in camp at Sand Creek?
Number
Ages
Sex
Number dead
Number wounded
Number of Colorado troops?
Number
Ages
Sex
Number dead
Number wounded
Time of engagement?
Start - Finish
What items were found in the camp following the battle?
Were the Indians in camp indeed peaceful?
Provide proof. Why?
Did the troops scalp Indians?
Did the troops mutilate the dead?
If so numbers and severity?
example
Authors purpose for writing?
How were Indian women and children treated?
Similar facts between accounts?
Anything else of importance?
James Beckwourth
Background to Sand Creek
“I Stand by Sand Creek”
Major Sayr’s Diary
The West - Video
Don’t Erase Sand Creek
Revisiting Sand Creek
Dog Soldiers
Massacre of the Mountains
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