Table of Contents
Preface
I. IN BLOOD
Chapter 1: Colonel Chivington Takes Command
Chapter 2: The Road to Sand Creek
Chapter 3: Camp Weld Conference
Chapter 4: The March to Fort Lyon
Chapter 5: The Last Night of Peace
Chapter 6: The Approach
Chapter 7: Flags and Friendlies
Chapter 8: A Battle
Chapter 9: A Massacre
Chapter 10: Scalp Dance
Chapter 11: Night of Phantoms
Chapter 12: The Death of Jack Smith
Chapter 13: Aftermath
II. IN COURT
Chapter 14: Opening Rounds
Chapter 15: Denver Military Commission
Chapter 16: The Joint Committee in Washington
Chapter 17: Doolittle’s Committee
Chapter 18: Conflicting Testimony
Chapter 19: Battle or Massacre? The Fallacy of the False Dichotomy
III. THE END OF HISTORY
Chapter 20: Eyewitness Testimony
Chapter 21: False Memories
Chapter 22: Leading Questions and Lies
Chapter 23: Stress and Memories
Chapter 24: Memory Alteration and Cognitive Dissonance at Sand Creek
Chapter 25: Don’t Confuse Me with the Facts
Chapter 26: Oral History
Chapter 27: Supernatural Insights
Chapter 28: The End of History?
Appendix A: Ghosts Busted at Sand Creek
Appendix B: List of Killed and Wounded in the First and Third Colorado Cavalry at Sand Creek
Bibliography
Maps, Photos, and Illustrations are placed throughout the book for the convenience of the reader.