Kunetsana kwakakwira apo Colorado Territorial Gavhuna John Evans muna 1862 akasika musha wevarindi veColorado Volunteers vachidzoka kubva kuHondo Yenyika uye vakatora mutsara wakaoma kurwisa maIndia vakapomerwa mhosva yekuba. Musi waAugust 21, 1864, boka revaIndia makumi matatu rakarwisa nhengo ina dzeCavalry pavakanga vachiunganidza mombe dzakarasika. Vatatu vevamiriri vakaita kuti vadzokere kunzvimbo yekuchengetera zvinhu kuFranktown, asi murume wechina akatadza kudzoka. Murume uyu, Conrad Moschel, akawanikwa mazuva mashoma gare gare aine pfuti uye akapfurwa nemoto, akapfurwa nemoto uye akapfurwa ne'vachena' munzvimbo yavo yekuvhima.
Kuurawa kweSand Creek kana kuti 'Kuurawa kwevaIndia veCheyenne