Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Kupfuura: Chikamu chakanaka chavagari vomunyika yavo chakaramba chibvumirano chacho, chakazivisa kuti machinda akanga asina simba rokusaina, kana kuti akanga apiwa chiokomuhomwe kuti asaine, akafuratira chibvumirano chacho, uye akava anotonyanya kuda kurwa pamusoro pe'vachena' vaipinda munzvimbo dzavo dzokuvhima. Kunetsana kwakakwira apo gavhuna wenharaunda yeColorado John Evans muna 1862 akagadzira varindi vomumba veColorado Volunteers vaidzoka kubva kuHondo yeVanhu uye vakatora nzira yakaoma kurwisa maIndia akapomerwa kuba. Musi waAugust 21, 1864, boka revaIndia 30 rakarwisa nhengo ina dzeColorado Cavalry pavakanga vachiunganidza mombe dzakarasika. Vatatu vemitezo vakakwanisa kudzokera kujeri reFranktown, Colorado, asi murume wechina akakundikana kudzoka. Murume uyu, Conrad Moschel, akawanikwa mazuva mashomanene gare gare apfurwa nepfuti uye apfurwa nomuseve, uye akanga apwanywa ganda romusoro nenzira yeCheyenne. Ichi chiito chokurwisa chavaCheyenne vanorwa chakapfuuridzira hasha dzavanhu veU.S. veColorado. Mushure mezviitiko zviduku zvinoverengeka mune izvo zvaizodaidzwa kuti Hondo yeColorado, munaNovember 1864, uto revarwi veColorado home guard, mushure mekunwa zvakanyanya, rakarwisa musasa weCheyenne neArapaho paSand Creek, kuuraya pakati pe150 ne200 maIndia, kunyanya varume vakwegura, vakadzi nevana. Uku Kuurawa kweSand Creek kana kuti 'Kuurawa kwevaIndia veCheyenne' kwakatungamirira kunzverwo dzepamutemo neUnited States Congress Joint Committee pamusoro pokuitwa kweHondo muna March naApril 1865. Pashure pokunzwa kwacho, Joint Committee yeCongress mumushumo wayo waMay 4, 1865, yakarondedzera zviito zvaColonel John Chivington navaVozvipiri vake so"zvakaipa, zvoutsinye, zvoutsinye, zvoutsinye" uye:  Mubvunzo: Chiitikoi chakatungamirira United States Joint Committee kuzivisa chiito chaJohn Chivington navaVozvipiri vake se"chakaipa, chinotyisa, chine utsinye, choumhondi"?
Kuurawa kweSand Creek kana kuti 'Kuurawa kwevaIndia veCheyenne