Part I. In blood -- The road to Sand Creek -- Camp Weld Conference -- The march to Fort Lyon -- The last night of peace -- The approach -- Flags and friendlies -- A battle -- A massacre -- Scalp dance -- Night of phantoms -- Death of Jack Smith -- Aftermath -- Part II. In court -- Denver Military Commission -- Joint Committee in Washington -- Doolittle's Committee -- Conflicting testimony -- Battle or massacre? The fallacy of the false dichotomy -- Part III. The end of history -- Eyewitness testimony -- False memories -- Leading questions -- Trauma and memory -- Memory alteration and cognitive dissonance -- Don't confuse me with the facts -- Oral history -- Memories of three Sand Creek witnesses: Bent, Chivington, and Soule -- Ghosts busted at Sand Creek -- Postmodernism -- The end of history.