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General Custer Leads Grand Duke Alexis on Buffalo Hunt
General Custer, General Sheridan, Buffalo Bill, and others went on a buffalo hunt in January 1872 to entertain the Grand Duke of Russia, Alexis. They left Denver and arrived at Kit Carson by a special train of Pullman palace cars with about 150 people, (Rocky Mountain News Weekly, January 24, 1872). The hunt took place…
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Sand Creek: Fact or Fiction: Part 3: Were the Indians Killed As They Slept?
The Sand Creek traditional story says that about 700 members of the 1st and 3rd Colorado cavalries stormed through Black Kettle’s sleeping village on November 29, 1864 and slaughtered the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians as they came out of their tipis. How much of this is true? Here is a brief summary of the traditional…
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Sand Creek Fact or Fiction: Part 2: Was it Only Women, Children and Elderly at Sand Creek?
It is long believed that when Colonel Chivington led the 1st and 3rd Colorado cavalries to Sand Creek, they attacked a village of women, children and some elderly. The traditional story says that the warriors were off hunting and not in the village on Nov. 29, 1864. It’s unclear where this theory began that warriors…
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Sand Creek Fact or Fiction: How Many Indians Were Killed at Sand Creek?
We are starting a blog series, fact or fiction concerning the Sand Creek event in 1864. In this first part we will be discussing the number of Indians killed and the discrepancies in the numbers. How Many Indians Were Killed at Sand Creek and How is the Number Changing? The official count was conducted by…
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Irving Howbert, Grandson of Sand Creek Soldier, Visits the Lost Sand Creek Site in 2007
By Mike Bowen Irving Howbert, the grandson of one of the founding fathers of Colorado Springs and soldier at Sand Creek, also named Irving Howbert, visited Chuck and Sheri Bowen’s Sand Creek discovery site in 2007 at the age of 92. His grandfather’s book, Memories of a Lifetime in the Pike’s Peak Region, had…