Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-15
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Publisher and Proprietor
THE CHIvINGrON MASSACRE.

Description Of the Horrible Butch
eryhOf IndiRns by White Men, I'm
Is04, by "A Participant in the FtgGSa
The Greatest Slaughter Of Mod
ern Times.
st. Louis Globo-Democrat
Dropping into the Sheriff's office
a day OF two ago, Globe-Democrat
reporter fell into conversation with
the deputies, after the business of
the day had closed and the wearied
officials were free to discuss the cur
rent news of the times. The sub
iect of the Custer massacre came
up, and high encomiums were
passed upon Sitting Bull as one Of
the great soldiers Of the world
worthy to rank with Alexander,
Hannibal, Caesar, Attila, Bonaparte
and other historical cutthroats.
"Custer died like a hero" said one,
"and Sitting Bull fought like a
first class general"
eyes," SAID another, "the Sioux
are great warriors, but they must be
wiped out. The Black Hills must
belong to white men, and the In
dams must vacate. They have
murdered our people in cold blood,
and we can't stand it any longer"
81 guess we have killed more Of
them than they have Of MS" sug-
gested a third. "Custer himself
rubbed out a good many at Wichita
warriors, squaws and papooses.
and he could expect no mercy at
their hands. 1t was an awful mas
sacre, but not as big a thing as the
Chiyington slaughter Of redskins
during the war;
"That was horrible affair."" re-
marked the reporter. "The Indi'
ans, too, were friendly-under the
protection of the American flag.
and living at a reservation where
they had been placed by the gov
ernment with the assurance Of pro.
tection."
A small, compactly-built deputy
| with keen black eyes and a scar OF
his forehead, who had been listen
ing to the conversation and saying
nothing. now spoke up.
Chiyington was q trump. H(
led his men to the Indian camp
and the only order he gave was
"There they are, boys ; go fo
themw And the boys did go for 'em
There wasn't one of them left to tel
Che tale except old Black Kettle
who was the fastest runner of an.
Indian on the plains"
al once heard an accountof thai
fight" said the reporter, cas- it wa
related by Fitzpatrick, the Indial
agent, about twelve years ago. ii,
pronounced it a cold-blooded mas
sacre. Do you know anythin!
about it p
81 ought to know somethin!
about it. ! was one Of Chiying
TOMS men, although but boy
: was bugler, and was considered
| good artilleryman."
5 "Will you give me some accoun
, of the fight as you remember it
5 Was it as bad as reported at tn
: time? Did you actually kill Al
the women and children, rip ther
open and mutilate their bodie
: after the SiouK f9shion?"
= eyes, we killed them all tina
I. was the order; and VIC split lei
I, open and cut 'em up to teach tn
Indians o lesson.p
"Chivington was a Methods
preacher, was he not?"
9 eyes; he could preach like h
:. and fight like the devil. His reg
ment was the lst Colorado Volul
o teers-scyen companies, mopnte
and well armed two Of the con
t. panios were hundred-day men ,calle
out by Governor Evans; about &c
: men in all. You see the rebello
was going on, and they wanted a
:, the men they could get in the Eas
J and could not spare any to prote,
MS from the Indians. Chiylngto
raised a regiment at Denver, an
was anxious to 60 East to fight; b.
as his men were mostly moul
! taineers, miners and hard case
, they kept him there. Moonligl
y was out there with his Kansi
troops and he didn't know an