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Sand Creek Massacre marker.

Caption: Close up view of a marker that commemorates the Sand Creek Massacre in which United States troops killed some 200 Native Americans (Cheyenne and Arapaho), two thirds of whom were women and children, Kiowa County, Colorado. The marker consists of a wedge shaped piece of granite that is on a rectangular piece of concrete. The marker reads: "Sand Creek Battle Ground Nov. 29 & 30 1864."