Sand Creek Massacre

Summary : This is a 2-page in U .S . History . The discusses the Sand Creek Massacre and makes assessment about those who were responsible about the crimes and what were the factors , which resulted in this incident . The has 1 source and is in MLA format

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The Sand Creek Massacre

Introduction

The Sand Creek Massacre is one of the most disturbing events of the history of the United States of America . The fact that uniformed soldiers have deliberately killed unalarmed men and unarmed women and

br children is really an act of absolute savagery . What ever have happened there was only the result of growing hostility and hatred between the two races during that time . This will discuss the incident to indentify the individuals most responsible of this massacre as well as making assessment of the complexity of relations between the whites and the Indians of that time

The Sand Creek Massacre

The most responsible individuals of the Sand Creek massacre were Colonel J .M . Chivington and his subordinates . These officers deliberately and knowingly attacked the friendly Indians and they did nothing to stop the indiscriminate killing of the women and children and the mutilation of bodies conducted by the soldiers . Instead of stopping their subordinates from conducting these heinous crimes they stood by and enjoyed the scene of carnage . Colonel Chivington cold bloodedly told one of his subordinate that he didn 't want any prisoners i .e . nobody should be spared . According to the committee report he was responsible of stationing these Indians in Sand Creek

Ethnocentrism is the name given to a tendency to interpret or evaluate other cultures in terms of one 's own . Ethnocentrism is one of the key factors which provoked the soldiers to commit these brutal killings of women and children and mutilation of bodies . Most of the whites consider the Indians as uncivilized and savage as compared to their own culture and civilization . Most of them deem them as one of the major obstacles of development and civilization of the region . Their inability to evaluate the culture of the Indian regardless of their own cultural context led them to regard them as sub-human characters and they deem that any thing is right to get rid of them . The statement of Colonel Chivington clearly explicates the ethnocentric ideas behind his actions Ethnocentrism was the main reason , which made both sides incapable of making an adjustment in the regions . The whites regard the Indians as an explicit threat to their lives and property , while the Indian deem the Whites as oppressive invaders who have snatched every thing they have possessed for centuries

The evidence shows that the relations between the Indians and the Whites were really complex in nature . The whites were desperate to neutralize and secure the region as soon as possible and were enraged by every loss of life and property due to the hostile Indians . On the other hand the Indians even those who want...