Person
Black Kettle
Cheyenne chief at the camp on Sand Creek in 1864.
- Wikidata
- Q739669
Connections 2
involved in
- Sand Creek massacre raised an American flag and a white flag Primary record 1
- Attack on the Washita River camp killed, with his wife Primary record 2
Proof 2 sources
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Overview of the Sand Creek Massacre, National Park Service, Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site.
Primary record
Black Kettle raised an American flag given to him by the U.S. Indian agent to the Cheyennes a few years before and a small white flag on a lodge pole as instructed.
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Timeline, Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site, National Park Service.
Primary record
Chief Black Kettle and his wife Medicine Woman Later, both survivors of the Sand Creek Massacre, are killed along with over 50 Cheyenne people.
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