 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Samuel H. Cook akanga ari mukuru mukuru weUnion uyo akashanda semutungamiriri muAmerican Civil War. Murwi akamborwa muKansasMuna 1861, akatanga kuunganidza vazvipiri muDenver kuti vagadzire boka revarwi kuti vaende kumabvazuva kunorwisa Confederacy. Zvisinei, Gavhuna William Gilpin weColorado Territory, achipa mari yekusimudza chikwata, akamunyengetedza kuti agare uye abatsire kusimudza 1st Regiment yeColorado Volunteers. Vadzidzi vaChivington vakaumba musimboti weboka idzva. Major John Chivington akaiswa mukutungamira kwechikwata uye Captain Cook akatungamira vatasvi vemabhiza veF Company. Muhondo yeGlorieta Pass, Cook akakuvadzwa paApache Canyon. 