Big Sandy Creek

American  

noun

1. a river in central Colorado, flowing NE and SE to the Arkansas River near Lamar: site of the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre. 200 miles (322 km) long.

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Example Sentences

John Chivington led around 700 U.S. volunteer soldiers to a village of nearly 500 people camped along the banks of Big Sandy Creek.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2021

John Chivington led around 700 U.S. volunteer soldiers to a village of nearly 500 Cheyenne and Arapaho people camped along the banks of Big Sandy Creek.

From Washington Times • Feb. 19, 2020

Passing Pacific Springs at the summit, we rolled over to Big Sandy Creek.

From Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail by Wilson, F. N. (Frederick N.)

We marched nineteen miles and arrived at the Big Sandy Creek.

From Narrative of the March of Co. A, Engineers from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to Fort Bridger, Utah, and Return May 6 to October 3, 1858 by Seville, William P.

It is also at the western end of the Sublette Cut-off Trail from Bear River to Big Sandy Creek, the cut-off that we had taken in 1852.

From Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail by Wilson, F. N. (Frederick N.)