On November 29, 1864, Colonel John Chivington led an unprovoked attack that resulted in the deaths of more than 150 women, children and the elderly. Sand Creek Massacre revisits the horrific acts of that day providing insight into the history and describing in detail the actions and the events, the discovery of gold in the west, the push for Colorado statehood by Governor John Evans, and the belief in manifest destiny, that led to this infamous massacre.