The Chief Who Wanted Peace And Died For It — The Tragic Story Of Black Kettle
The chiefs left Camp Weld with an ambiguous result.
They had been told to report to the military commander at Fort Lyon.
They had not been given a guarantee of protection.
But they had been given the impression — and this impression was reinforced by subsequent communications from Major Wynkoop at Fort Lyon — that reporting to Fort Lyon and moving to an assigned camp was the path to peace and protection.
This was the foundation of the promise that was violated at Sand Creek.
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