Ranger Sarah starts her hike back to the visitor center felling sad about what she learned happened here.
— at Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site.

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Ranger Sarah learns that by the end of the massacre approximately 230 Cheyenne and Arapaho lay dead. Most of those killed were women, children and the elderly, but also dead were 13 chiefs and four society headmen. Learn more at https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=180954
— at Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site.

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Ranger Sarah now looks over a peaceful area. While The new treaty Cheyenne and Arapaho survivors condemned the massacre, assigned blame to the Federal Government. No one was officially punished for the massacre.
— at Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site.

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Ranger Sarah learns that while many federal investigation determined Sand Creek was a massacre, some still maintained the attack was a battle. Learn more at https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=184923
— at Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site.

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Ranger Sarah learns that those who survived did so only because of a lack of ammunition. Learn more at https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=181071
— at Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site.

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Ranger Sarah looks out at a now peaceful valley where the killing of the Cheyenne and Arapaho was so horrible that soldiers almost turned their cannons on other soldiers.
— at Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site.

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Ranger Sarah learns that many Cheyenne and Arapaho women exposed themselves to rifle and cannon fire to guide people to safety. Learn more at https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=181477
— at Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site.

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Ranger Sarah learns that the soldiers who indiscriminately attacked any Cheyenne or Arapaho they encountered, almost resulted in the Company G,1st Regiment artillery being turned on the soldiers of the “100 Day Men” of the 3rd Regiment due to the senseless killing they witnessed. Learn more at https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=181252
— at Sand Creek Massacre NHS

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Ranger Sarah has found some plains pricklypear full of fruit. The Opuntia polyacantha is a common species of cactus known by the common names plains pricklypear,starvation pricklypear, hairspine cactus, and panhandle pricklypear.
— at Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site.

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Ranger Sarah with another view of the Sand Creek Valley where the massacre took place.
— at Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site.

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