Sand Creek Massacre
Report of the Secretary of War, Communicating, in Compliance with a Resolution of the Senate of February 4, 1867, a Copy of the Evidence Taken at Denver and Fort Lyon, Colorado Territory, by a Military Commission, Ordered to Inquire into the Sand Creek Massacre, November, 1864. 39th Congress, 2d Session, Senate Ex. Doc. No. 26 (Serial 1277).
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1867. octavo. Disbound; original sewing remains. Housed in a modern blue cloth four-flap folding case, gilt-titled on spine. Later loose leaf with tipped-on typed title slip accompanies text. Caption title, as issued. 228 pp.
Good. Collates complete. Text block cracked in places, with old glue and brown staining along spine. No loose text leaves. Page [1] has brown stain in upper inner margin and a 1" closed tear from inner margin. Leaf 65/66 torn across, both halves present and still sewn in; upper half slightly askew, lower half has an additional long closed tear. Some leaves toned, most clean and bright. Case sunned and rubbed at corners, with some spotting and cloth wear.
The primary record of the Army’s own inquiry into the Sand Creek Massacre of November 29, 1864, one of three federal investigations. Preserves the sworn testimony at Denver and Fort Lyon in 1865, including Capt. Silas Soule’s, who was later murdered in Denver. A fundamental source on Sand Creek and on Colonel John M. Chivington’s conduct.
