Call NumberX-33805CreatorHelmers, DowDate1940-1970SummaryArtistic depiction of the massacre at Sand Creek, Colorado, committed by U.S. troops on Native Americans (Cheyenne) camped in the area. Women and children panic behind trees in the foreground, warriors and soldiers fight among tepees in the background.Physical Description1 copy negative ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 21 x 26 cm (8 x 10 in.)SubjectCheyenne Indians--Colorado--19th centuryIndians of North America--Colorado--19th centuryMassacres--Colorado--19th centurySand Creek Massacre, Colo., 1864Cheyenne Indians--Wars, 1864Geographic AreaColoradoCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryType of MaterialFilm negativesPhotographic printsNotesPhotographic reproduction of an oil painting. Printed on label attached to back of print: "An oil painting by O. Y. Rookstool hanging in the County Office Bldg, Kiowa County, Eads, Colo. Photo copy by Dow Helmers, 1969." Title hand-written on front of original.
Helmers, Dow, Looking southwest, Sand Creek or Chivington Massacre, 1864 (1940-1970). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 07/02/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1015127
