The Great Betrayal

This is the bloody and heartrending account of what happened at Sand Creek, in 1864, when a regiment of cavalry wiped out an encampment of friendly Indians, women and children. The Great Betrayal tells us the Sand Creek story from top to bottom -- from the politically ambitious colonel who planned it all to the generals who sanctioned it, from the saber-swinging cavalry who 'carried out orders' to the unsuspecting Indians, whose blood drenched the creek bed for a hundred years to come. But The Great Betrayal is more than more history, it is a book whose 'themes are welded together by the very human cast of characters, all well betrayed [Library Journal].'