Northwestern University will investigate one of its founders' links to the Sand Creek massacre in Colorado.

On the morning of November 29, 1864, U.S. Army soldiers attacked a Cheyenne and Arapaho village. They killed upwards of 200 people, mostly women, children and the elderly.

At the time of the massacre, John Evans was the territorial governor of Colorado. He was a founder of Northwestern.

"The year 2014 will mark the 150th anniversary of Sand Creek, so it is appropriate to assess how and what we report about John Evans as part of our institutional history, and if and in what way we should continue to recognize his contributions to the university," Provost Daniel Linzer said in a statement, The Chicago Tribune reported. "Although Sand Creek occurred 13 years after the establishment of Northwestern, we would like to know in detail the nature of John Evans' relationship with the university when he was territorial governor and afterward."

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Northwestern to probe founder's link to Indian massacre (The Chicago Tribune 2/22)