, 1865-07-25

AlAEh hElllt huu " uilt dNiElupE 0i lueLGt.
ytnnes, at.d I4ef: Hand, Of the Araplho
were and lad been friendly to the whites,
aLd had rot been Gull = OF any ac's Of hos
tcllty or depreciation. The Ind an agents,
The lLdIan interpreter and Others examined
By your committee, ali test fy to the good
character Ct those Indians. Even Gov. Ev
ans md Maj. Anthony, thoueh evidently
willing to cenvey to yonr committee q false
tmprt tt!tcn Of the character Of those Indians
were forced, in 8 lite Of their prevarica1ion,
to admit tlatthry knew Of nothing they Lad
done hsch led them deserving ot pun.
isLment.
4 northern bacd Of the Cneyennes, known
IS the Dog Soldiers, had been guilty OF acts
OF hostility :; hut all The testimony goes Ia
prove that they had no connection with
Elack Kettles band, but acted In deep.re o1
his uuthe1lty ind influence. Black Kettls
ind his band dtnied all connection with OF
responsibility fer the Dog Soldiers, and Lsft
Hk1d and his ba1d Of ArapAhoes we're equal
u tr:eld1y-
Thsss 1ndiEns, at the susgratiou Of Gov,
c1nor EvaEs and Col. Chtrington, repaired Ia
Fort Lyon, ard placed themselves uuder the
protection Ct Maj. Wynkoop. They Were
led 10 believe that tbcy were regarded In the
light OF friendly 1n1iaus, ind would b. treat
I'd rs such 20 lung As theI conducted them
selves quietly.
The trta:mcut extended to thos. Indians
BY Maj. Wynco;p does not etcIn to have
satisfied these in authority there, and 1or
sclpe cause, which does not appear, be waa
assigned to the command Ct Fort Lyon bnt
found II diiicult at first 10 put
Eue any different ceurEe toTal the
Indians he fould there. They were en-
tirely within The power Of the military,
Maj. Anthony having demanded theiz
arnss, which they surrendered to him. they
ecnduc'cd themselves quietly, aud in every
way mani ested disposition t. remain at
ptace with the whites. For 8 time even he
CONTINUED Issuing rations to them, a.
Nsj. Wynkopp bad done; but it Was
determined hy Maj. Anthony (@heth-
er upon his o~n motion Of nt the
suggestion of Others DOES not appelr) to pur-
sue diff rent course toward the.c friendly
Indians. They we're called together and told
that 1ations conld be no logger Issued to
them, and tley had better 80 where they
could obtain subsistence By bunting. At the
suggestion OF Nil. Anthony {snd from one
n bis POSITION suggestion WAS equivalent
to q commaud) these lntiAns wen. to place
on Sand Creek, atout thirty. five miles 1rou
Fort Lyon. md there established their camp.
their arms being restored to thin. He told
tlcm that he thin Ind no Authority to make
peace with him; but in caEe be Teccired
such authority, he would int,rm them Of it.
In his testimony &c says:
81 teld thtn they mllbt 20 back On Sandy
CFecE. or fesuten 1hf1e ane the head w4ters 0t
the smoky BIZ. md remain there mn: ! rec=tved
Instructions frrn tic Department Headquarters,
from Gen Curtis; and tn1t In case din receive
ii oVsf e snG 4ss +: PSe Eh 'ns w9sa
st0t~ fo them that / cou.d girs then nVslce IN
cate ~ tnt.nd<d to atsaek them. They wen,
awsy Nf'h thst uuat tstanc ing, tnst In case re-
G tvto II s'Euc1ous from Department Heanqnar.
t.Es / ~ss 10 let them know II"
Aud III order, as 1t were, 10 render these
Indians less sppsehensive Of any danger, One
uaIn with Them to Obtain Information for
the use OF the nil tasy authorities. He was
employed at s135 mouth, ard several times
brought to Maj. Anthony, at Fort Lyon, IL.
ftrnA,iou ol proposed movements OF oth:1
and fostile ahds. Jack Smith, ha.fbrccd
con of John S. Smith, IN Indian interpreter,
employs 60 by the Government, was also there
ditr was SLOWED to remain there. and two
Ga3s iefG1e the massacre Mr.. Smith, the in
,efEreter, WIS Permitted 10 20 there with
goods to ta1e with the Indiana. Every
thing Hem to hayc been done
to1emore ircm the minds Of these Indiana
any fear Ct approaching danger snd when
Col. ChirjDg'un commenccd n!B movement
he took all the precautions in his power to
prevent these Indkans learning Of his up
plaach.- For some days ali travel on that
route was fo1cib1y stopped by him, not even
the n,nii beitg allowed to PASS. On the
nc1nins Of the 18th ct November he up
peared at Fort Lyon with over 200 mounted
FIRST acss WAS 10 throw a guard around ths
post TO prevent any one ltaring 1t. At this
p1sce Nsj. Anthony joinrd him With 1:,5
men and two pieces If artillery.
On The night or the 96th tie entire party
stsrted fttm Fort Lyon, and bJ forced
narch, arrived at theilndian camp, on Sandy
Creek, shortly after 'daybreak. The Indian
eIues, under Black Kettle, and from eight 10
teu lodges OF Ararahots, under LETT Hand.
It is est nssed that each lodge contained five
CT more perscns, and that mora than On e
halt were women and children
Upon observing the approach OF the sol-
diers, Black Kettle, the head chief. ran up to
the top OF tie lodge an American Gag, which
hsd been presented to him gene years before
by Ctmm tsion-r Greenwood, With email
white nag under it, as he bad been advised
to do In case he met With any troops on the
pralriee. Mr. Smith, the interpreter, Eup-
posing they might be strange troops, uaE-
Tart Of lle entracltF CT the Indians en-.
caunrd there. advanced from his lodge to
meet The N, hut Was 11'cd upon, and retusoed
10 Lis lodge.
And then the tccne OF murder and barhari-
ty began-ueu. women aud chtidtea were In
diecriInsnately slaughtered. III few min
lltts I'll tie Indians we're flying over the plain
In terror and confusion. A few who endeay-
ord to hice themselves under the bank OF
the creek were surrounded and shot down in
cold blood, Offering bnt fee ble resistance.
who were 1rertaken were deliberately mur-
dertd. Not content with killing women and
children, who were incapable OF Offering any
Resistance, the soldiers indulged in acts Of
bAl ba.ity of the most rerolting char
ee'sF; n,,.a" sueh' bf,.d Il Is to 9,.,, be hopsd
acts Of men claiming to be civilized.
No attempt vas made t.y the officers to
restrain the savage csnt1ty Of the mtn unde:
thth command, but they eto! d by and Wit.
neEetd these acts without one word Of IT.
1Ioct, it they did not tneic their commission,
For McIe Than two hGuis the work VI murder
and ba1bat.tr was continued, until more than
one hundred dead bodies, thAee.fou1tts oi
them Of wcmen and children, lag On the plain
ae tssdtbcts Of the 1endlsb Inalignity of and
c1De ty u the officers and men who had 50
etdu!cusiy and carefully plotted the mRssa-
c.c, ard Of the soldiers who lad 70 faithfully
acted out thc spirit Of their Officers.
It's difficult 10 believe that beings in the
firm OF men, aud diegrsctng the Uniform Of
United States soldiers and officers, could CON-
nit or countepance the commission OF euch
acts Of cruelty and barbarity as are detailed
in The testimony, but which your committee
will not specify IN their report 1t is true
that there seems to have existed among the
people inhabitiug tlat region Of country 3
Of the Indians had committed nets of hos-
tiIity towards the Whites but no effort seems
TO hAre been made by the authorities there
to prevent these hostlllties, other Than By
the commission OF even worse acts. The
hatred pf the whites to the Indians would
SET m to have been 1ntlamed aud excited to the
utmost; tie bodies Of persons killed at great
distanre-whether By Indians or nat is not GER
tain-wt1e brought to the capitol Of the Terri
purpose Of indamlng stul more the already e1-
cited feeling ct the people. Their cupidity
WAS appealed to, for the Governor, In q proc1a-
nation, calls upon all. either individually
OF in such parties rs they may rgRnize, i" ''to
kill AID des'roT, as enemies Of lhe country,
wherever they may be found, all such hos
nle Indians" authorizing them to "hold
70 toeir Own pr1ynte use and benefit all the
lnoleEty. CT said hostile Indians that they
may captuIe.' What ndianshe would ever
EIm friendly 1t Is impossible to tell. His tes-
Lu:o1y before your committee Eas character
Reo os such prcvRricati,n N and shniaiag Is
oas '.d oesn aE snoNn h5 no witness they hare cx-
engaged In tlcir inve:tisations and for The
evident pnfPose Of avoiding the admission
that be was fully nware that he Iudians mas
sacTsd g hesu e,ntas{ a. sAp eItek then
feelings townrd TIC whites, and had dnne - 4
In their power to restrain those icss frien;3Iv T =
disposed.
The testimony OF Maj. Anthony. WIN
succeeded an officer disposed to tIeat tf,cee
Inlians with Justice and humanity, is sui:
f]cient Of II self 10 show how unprovoked ana
prVa1ran:ed was this Eass2cze. He test.Aes