Massacre at Sand Creek : how Methodists were involved in an American tragedy / Gary L. Roberts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roberts, Gary L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chivington, John M. (John Milton), 1821-1894.

Chivington, John M.

Evans, John, 1812-1861.

Evans, John.

Sand Creek Massacre, Colo., 1864.

Cheyenne Indians--Wars, 1864.

Cheyenne Indians.

Arapaho Indians--Wars.

Arapaho Indians.

Methodists--United States--Biography.

Methodists.

Indians, Treatment of.

History.

United States.

Church and social problems--Methodist Church.

Church and social problems.

White people--Relations with Indigenous peoples.

White people.

White people--Relations with Indians.

Indians, Treatment of--United States--History--19th century.

Indians of North America--Government relations--1789-1869.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Government relations.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xx, 300 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Nashville : Abingdon Press, [2016]

Summary:

"At dawn on the morning of November 29, 1864, Colonel John Milton Chivington gave the command that led to slaughter of 230 peaceful Cheyennes and Arapahos--primarily women, children, and elderly--camped under the protection of the U.S. government along Sand Creek in Colorado Territory and flying both an American flag and a white flag. The Sand Creek massacre seized national attention in the winter of 1864-1865 and generated a controversy that still excites heated debate more than 150 years later. At Sand Creek demoniac forces seemed unloosed so completely that humanity itself was the casualty. That was the charge that drew public attention to the Colorado frontier in 1865. That was the claim that spawned heated debate in Congress, two congressional hearings, and a military commission. Westerners vociferously and passionately denied the accusations. Reformers seized the charges as evidence of the failure of American Indian policy. Sand Creek launched a war that was not truly over for fifteen years. In the first year alone, it cost the United States government $50,000,000"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Which way? Whose way?

The road to dominion

The bitter conundrum

Methodists and the American Indian

John Milton Chivington: the fighting parson

John Evans, M.D.: entrepreneur and philanthropist

Colorado's "Indian problem"

The path to Sand Creek

Protest and recrimination

Methodists, Sand Creek, and the "Indian question"

Chivington and Evans: the later years

The balance sheet.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-300).

ISBN:

9781501819766

1501819763

9781501827242

1501827243

OCLC:

935986085