, 1865-10-03

which have Ita1fcised, although they quote
the larguagc Immediately IN connection with
1t, and atd thc exclamation, !" what Indians
be wonld ever TEN friendly It Is impossible to
tell" Had tbey not suppressed this sentence
their exclamation would have been awkward.
Had they no. suppressed It, Its appearance in
Its proper connection Wouid have answered
one Of their most serious charges against me.
oWhy is this? Does It not look ike per-
sistent determination on their part to place
me before the public In IN improper aud un-
Just position! II such thing Is possi6le,
from 90 high source, where Is there -apy
safety for the character Of public men?
Before closing this reply, It is perhaps just
that should say that when testified before
the Committee, The chairman and al1 Its mcm-
bers except three were absent, and think
when the truth becomes known, this report
WIN traee its parentagc to single member of
|. have thus noticed such portions Of The re-
port as 1eter to myself, and shown conclu-
sirely that the Committee In every mention
they hare made Of me, have been, to say the
''4si FrV~The Committee for The evident par-
pose Of maintaining their position that these
! Indians bad not been engnged In the war, say
the prisoners they held were purehastd: The
testimony is to the effect that they eaptuIed
Sseond-Ihe Committee SUI that these In
| dians we're and always had been friendly and
had committed no acts Of hostility Of depre-
datlona- Tic public documents to which
hostile, and had committed u,dny acts Of hos
tillty and deptedatfons-
zhhd-They say that Joined In sending
these Indians to Fort Lyon. The published
report Of the Commissioner Of Indian Affairs,
and Of the Indlan, council, show that left
them entirely in the hands Of the military
Fotvth-Ihey say nothing seems 10 have
been done By the authorities to prevent. hos
tilities. The public documents and t1les Of the
Indian Bureau and Of my Superfntendency
show constant and unremitting Diligence and
effort on my part to prevent hostilities and
protect The people.
: FU1h-1 hey tay that prcyazicated for the
purpose Of ayoidlng the admission that these
Indians ''were and had been actnated by the
most friendly feelings towards the whites"
Public documents cited show conclusiyely
that the admission they desired nc to make
wa5 false, and TINT my statement, instead Of
being preyarication, was true, although not
In accordance with the preconceiyedn and mis-
taken opinions Of the Committee.
some explanation Of this slanderous report.
To me 1t Is plain. / am Governor Of C0lora-
DO, and as Is usual with meu in public position,
have enemies. Many Of these gentlemen were
IN the city Of Washington, Inst winter, en-.
dcayosing to effect my removal, and were not
They employed, 50 that the desired result was
accomplished. For this purpose, they con-
spirtd to connect my name with the Sand
Creek battle, although they knew that I was
In no way connected with II. Afriend in that
city, writibs to me in regard to this nttempt,
and mentioning the names Of certain of these
gentlemen, said: "ThcT are much In COM
munication with - member of the COM
mittee charged with The Investigation Of the
Cbiyiugton Affair" These gentlemen, BY