Kiowa

We knew this site would be a head shaker. The Sand Creek massacre and mutilation of over 200 women, children and elderly by Colorado militia in 1864 is well known to US history buffs. Almost as reprehensible was that the US government investigated, found fault but that's it. There were no consequences. The one silver lining was that the commanders of two militia companies showed great personal courage and ordered their troops not to fire. One of those officers was shot in the back a few months later.

Also visited Fort Lerned, basically a monument to the dedication of its superintendent of the past 40 years. This man almost single handedly restored this site to a fully stocked Army post of 1870.Read more