In the wake of sand creek wynkoop strove to prevent general winfield scott hancock from destroying a cheyenne sioux village in 1867 only to have the general ignore him and start a war fearing more innocent people would die wynkoop resigned from the indian bureau but not long thereafter receded into obscurity now thanks to louis kraft we may appreciate wynkoop as a man of conscience . Ned wynkoop and the lonely road from sand creek english edition ebook louis kraft amazonde kindle shop. There is a reason why he chose to title this book ned wynkoop and the lonely road from sand creek from this point on wynkoop is a changed man he would walk that lonely road as an neglected humanitarian who as kraft writes was outraged by the perfidy of butchering people who thought peace had returned to their lives p269 ultimately wynkoop would protest other such actions although wynkoop knew that his stance for indian rights was unpopular kraft writes he naively thought . In the wake of sand creek wynkoop strove to prevent general winfield scott hancock from destroying a cheyenne sioux village in 1867 only to have the general ignore him and start a war fearing more innocent people would die wynkoop resigned from the indian bureau but not long thereafter receded into obscurity. Ned wynkoop and the lonely road from sand creek book read 3 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers when edward w wynkoop arrived in co