SAND CREEK

Colorado, site of a massacre (1864) of Cheyenne by Col. John M. Chivington and his Colorado Volunteers. The Cheyennes, led by their chief, Black Kettle, had offered to make peace and, at the suggestion of military personnel, had encamped at Sand Creek near Fort Lyon while awaiting word from the territory's governor. There they were attacked in a surprise dawn raid on Nov. 29, 1864. Chivington and his men, choosing to ignore a white flag, slaughtered and mutilated hundreds of men, women, and children. The atrocity has been the subject of much controversy, and an effort to unearth the site began in 1998.

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books on: Sand Creek  - 1375 results

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Alex Posey: Creek Poet, Journalist, and Humorist
Book by Daniel F. Littlefield Jr.; University of Nebraska Press, 1992
Subjects: Creek Indians--Biography, Humorists, American--19th Century--Biography, Journalists--United States--Biography, Poets, American--20th Century--Biography, Posey, Alexander Lawrence--1873-1908
...Alex refused, insisting it was safe. He had no fear of the river; he loved it, calling it Oktahutche, "sand creek," in his native Creek language. He had grown up near the river, swum in it, fished in it, written about it, and taken float...
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Coastal Sand Dunes of Oregon and Washington
Book by William Skinner Cooper; Geological Society of America, 1958
Subjects: Physical Geography--Northwest, Pacific, Sand Dunes
...along the middle course of Clear Creek, which was thus no longer provided with sand for delta building. Movement...Clear Creek still carries sand from the base of an active ridge...broadens between the active sand front and the creek, trouble...
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McGillivray of the Creeks
Book by John Walton Caughey; University of Oklahoma Press, 1938
Subjects: Creek Indians, Mcgillivray, Alexander--Ca. 1740-1793
X ROPE OF SAND "He was a consummate diplomat...a rope of sand, as was the Creek confederacy." ROOSEVELT...Spaniards needed an agent among the Creeks. The United States needed...Even more urgent was the Creek need for another leader with...full price." For the Upper Creeks he recommended merely a temporary...
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Town Creek Indian Mound: A Native American Legacy
Book by Joffre Lanning Coe; University of North Carolina Press, 1995
Subjects: Excavations (Archaeology)--North Carolina, Indians Of North America--North Carolina--Antiquities, Mississippian Culture--North Carolina, North Carolina--Antiquities, Town Creek Site (N.C.)
...rounding. This suggests that the sand was taken near its source and had...stockade wall south of the mound at Town Creek and a sand sample from Little River adjacent...additions SW1 . A temper of 4 parts sand taken from Little River and 6 parts...
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Creek Religion and Medicine
Book by John R. Swanton; University of Nebraska Press, 2000
Subjects: Creek Dance, Creek Indians--Medicine, Creek Indians--Religion, Creek Mythology
...gun dance. They bathe in the creek. Fourth day. -- The fast...cleared from the old fireplaces, sand spread there, the new fire...from the old fireplaces, and sand spread there for fires and to...the creek and placed on the sand. The fire is lighted, four...
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journal articles on: Sand Creek  - 647 results

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Classifying CERCLA Claims: A Critique of Pinal Creek V. Newmont Mining
Journal article by Tamara A. Taylor; Environmental Law, Vol. 28, 1998
Subjects: Bioremediation--Laws, regulations, etc., Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980--42 U.S.C. 9607(a)(4)(B), Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980--42 U.S.C. 9613(f), Pinal Creek Group v. Newmont Mining Corp.--118 F.3d 1298 (9th Cir. 1997), Toxic torts--Laws, regulations, etc.
...N.J. 1988); Sand Springs Home v. Interplastic...1045 (1998); Pinal Creek Group v. Newmont...202) Pinal Creek, 118 F.3d at 1301...authorized cleanup); Sand Springs Home v. Interplastic...See, e.g., Sand Springs Home v. Interplastic...219) Pinal Creek Group v. Newmont...
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Life History Variation in the Yazoo Shiner (Notropis Rafinesquei) in Three Mississippi Streams
Journal article by Wendell R. Haag, Amy M. Commens-Carson, Melvin L. Warren Jr.; The American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 158, 2007
Subjects: Animal behavior, Birds, Coastal plains, Creeks & streams, Data analysis, Mississippi, River basins, Sand & gravel, Studies, Yazoo River
...2104N, 89 5447W), Cypress Creek (Lafayette Co.; 34 26S2N, 89 1725W), and Hotopha Creek (Panola Co.; 34 2152N, 89 5245W). Cypress and Hotopha Creeks are comparably sized and were...and characterized by shifting sand substrate and little canopy cover. Buckhorn Creek is smaller and not channelized...
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Reproductive Timing of the Telescope Shiner, Notropis Telescopus, in Alabama, USA
Journal article by Brittany Holmes, Lindsay Whittington, Loren Marino, Andrew Adrian, Bruce Stallsmith; The American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 163, 2010
Subjects: Creeks & streams, Data collection, Sand & gravel, Software packages
...and flowing pools over sand and gravel in creeks and small rivers with...collection site was Hurricane Creek, a second-order tributary...discharge at Hurricane Creek is highest in the late...stream discharges, causing creeks to become turbid and warmer...
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Re-examining the Importance of Fish in the Diets of Stream-dwelling Crayfishes: Implications for Food Web Analyses and Conservation
Journal article by Christopher A. Taylor, David J. Soucek; The American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 163, 2010
Subjects: Anatomy & physiology, Creeks & streams, Diet, Field study, Isotopes, Sand & gravel
...order stream with a width of approximately 15 m and Prairie Creek (PRC), which had a bedrock and fractured bedrock substrate. Otter Creek was sampled at two locations. Otter Creek Middle (OCM) contained both Orconectes rusticus and O. propinquus...
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Aspects of Chub Shiner Notropis Potteri Life History with Comments on Native Distribution and Conservation Status
Journal article by Joshuah S. Perkin, Casey S. Williams, Timothy H. Bonner; The American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 162, 2009
Subjects: Brazos River, Collections, Creeks & streams, Drainage, Fish stocking, Museums, Population, River basins, Sand & gravel
...percent substrate type (i.e., sand, silt, gravel) from 10 random...insects), seeds and vegetation, sand and digested organic and inorganic...shiners Cyprinella lutrensis and creek chub Semotilus atromaculatus...moderate current velocities and sand substrate. Twenty-five chub...
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magazine articles on: Sand Creek  - 364 results

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Sand Country
Magazine article by Claire Walter; Sunset, Vol. 208, May 2002
Subjects: Geographic profiles, Great Sand Dunes National Monument, National parks, Travel
...If it was just a pile of sand, it might not be worth becoming...ponderosa woodlands, massive sand dunes, riparian areas with...of the southwest swept these sands east to the base of the Sangre de Cristos. There the sand piled up, and there it has...and visitor center. Medano Creek, skirting the east side of...aquifer the valleys wetlands and creeks would disappear, and the dunes...
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Econfina Creek
Magazine article by Doug Alderson; American Forests, Vol. 115, Spring 2009
Subjects: Deer, Econfina Creek, Herbivores, Private property, Reptiles & amphibians, Rivers, Trails, Water shortages, Water supply
Econfina Creek by Doug Alderson As I descended...seeming to escort me to Econfina Creek. I heard the swift Florida...experienced paddlers. The creek races through the clay, sandhill...couple of timber cycles of sand pines; native vegetation was...
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Sand Trap
Magazine article by Robert H. Mohlenbrock; Natural History, Vol. 114, July 2005
Subjects: Deserts, Great Sand Dunes National Park, National parks, Sand & gravel
...shares its name with San Luis Creek, a stream that flows through...northeasterly winds also helped trap the sand in the valley and pile it into...streams help capture and return sand blown out of this zone. In the dune field, the sand is continually shifted back...several feet into the shifting sands, thus ensuring better stabilization...
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Build a Dry Creek Bed
Magazine article by Julie Chai; Sunset, Vol. 215, October 2005
Subjects: Creeks & streams, Gardens & gardening
Build a Dry Creek Bed by Julie Chai You dont...the garden. Just build a dry creek bed diat looks as though a...2-inch gray-toned and sand-colored pebbles. DESIGN...Use a hose to outline the creek beds edges, adjusting it as...
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Life Lines in the Sand
Magazine article by Peter J. Marchand; Natural History, Vol. 111, March 2002
Subjects: Creeks & streams, Deserts, Rain, Sonoran Desert
Life Lines in the Sand by Peter J. Marchand Article omitted per publisher ProQuest Information and Learning
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The Long Hop to Virgin Territory; CAPTIVATING: St Helena in the Mid-Atlantic Is Where Napoleon Ended His Days. Soon an Airport Will Open Up the Island to Tourists ATOLL DO NICELY: Cocoa Island Is Just One of Many Glorious Places to Come Ashore in the Maldives. Left: The Unlikely Attractions of Swindon - THIRST SERVED: On the Soft-Sand Swimming Beaches of Biras Creek Youre Never Too Far from a Drink, Right
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), January 27, 2008
...THIRST SERVED: On the Soft-Sand Swimming Beaches of Biras Creek Youre Never Too Far from a Drink...the welcoming lights of Biras Creek harbour on Virgin Gorda is worth...And then its a white, soft-sand beach where youre never too far...
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Dredged Sand to Go to Kingscliff
Newspaper article; Tweed Daily News (Tweed Heads, Australia), February 1, 2011
Dredged Sand to Go to Kingscliff. A DREDGE used to pump sand onto eroded Kingscliff beach was installed in Cudgen Creek yesterday. Tweed Shire Council aimed...sterlingThe council aims to get the sand pumping and rock toe construction done...
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CALL FOR NATURAL DISASTER HELP Help Needed to Save Beaches; KINGSCLIFF: Fight to Turn Back Sands of Time, Repair Bill Could Hit Millions of Dollars
Newspaper article; Tweed Daily News (Tweed Heads, Australia), August 19, 2010
Subjects: Natural disasters--Protection and preservation
...KINGSCLIFF: Fight to Turn Back Sands of Time, Repair Bill Could...protection work either by pumping sand onto the beach, building a...000 had been spent excavating sand from Kingscliff Creek and bulldozing it onto the beach...the ocean is just taking back sand that was once in the ocean...
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Shifting Sands Dredge Up a $13 Question
Newspaper article; Coffs Coast Advocate (Coffs Harbour, Australia), October 10, 2009
Shifting Sands Dredge Up a $13 Question...13 a year to have a tonne of sand dredged from the harbour to...remove 5000 cubic metres of sand from around the creek mouth and using it where it...nearby Park Beach to build up the sand on the northern side of Coffs...
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Pumped Up about Local Sand Issue
Newspaper article; Coffs Coast Advocate (Coffs Harbour, Australia), July 4, 2009
...they are pipes that are for sand pumping, not the digging version...would ride my bike over Coffs Creek bridge everyday on my way to Coffs High and there was a small sand pump barge there for possibly...The pipe system would pump sand along Park Beach to keep the...
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encyclopedia articles on: Sand Creek  - 13 results

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Sand Creek
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SAND CREEK Colorado, site of a massacre (1864) of Cheyenne by Col. John M. Chivington...make peace and, at the suggestion of military personnel, had encamped at Sand Creek near Fort Lyon while awaiting word from the territorys governor. There...
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Indian Wars
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...in the Northwest Territory. During the War of 1812 the Creek also rose and were defeated (1814) by Andrew Jackson...by a band of Apaches led by Cochise , the massacre at Sand Creek , the Fetterman Massacre (see under Fetterman , William...
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Cheyenne , Indigenous People of North America
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...punitive expeditions by the U.S. army. The indiscriminate massacre (1864) of warriors, women, and children at Sand Creek , Colo., was an unprovoked assault on a friendly group. The incident aroused the Cheyenne to fury, and a bitter war...
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Black Kettle
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...in Colorado. His attempt to make peace (1864) with the white men ended in the massacre of about half his people at Sand Creek . Despite this treachery on the part of the whites, he continued to seek peace with them, and in 1865 he signed the...
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National Parks and Monuments
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...6,129) 200-ft (60-m) sand dunes, beaches, and marshes along...Manitoulin islands; beaches, sand dunes, forests. Other Areas Name...hardwood forests of the Quantico Creek watershed. Rock Creek Park PO Washington, D.C. 1890...
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