Sand Creek Eastern Colorado
by Jon Burch Photography
Title
Sand Creek Eastern Colorado
Artist
Jon Burch Photography
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
At dawn on November 29, 1864, approximately 675 U.S. volunteer soldiers commanded by Colonel John M. Chivington attacked a village of about 750 Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians along Sand Creek in southeastern Colorado Territory. Using small arms and howitzer fire, the troops drove the people out of their camp. While many managed to escape the initial onslaught, others, particularly noncombatant women, children, and the elderly fled into and up the bottom of the dry stream bed. The soldiers followed, shooting at them as they struggled through the sandy earth.
This is where it happened. This is the Sand Creek Massacre site in eastern Colorado. The trees mark the location of the creek when it was flowing. The Indian encampment was just beyond the three trees to the right of center. Some of the survivors of the initial onslaught were perused nearly ten miles, just about to the far horizon to the north…
Some digital effects were applied to the original image after the photograph was made. No electrons were harmed during the transition. Your finished photograph will not contain the Fine Art America watermark.
Image copyright 2021 Jon Burch Photography.
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June 26th, 2021
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