Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-15

cHOugH, nc WOhC up OhO hiOihiiS
and found all his horses had been
stolen, and his men had to take
their saddles on their shoulders and
foot it to the fort"
"When did this Chivington mas
sacre occurW
at was in November, 1864. The
regiment rendezvoused at Fort
Lyon, on the Arkansas, two hum
dred miles from the foot hillsof the
Rocky Mountains. The Indians
were on Sand Greek, forty miles
away, and were under Black Kettle,
War Bonnet and other chiefs Of the
Cheyennes and Arrapahoes. We
marched around to their rear and
took them by surprise. 1t was a
very cold morning, with some drifts
of snow ON the ground, and quite
windy. We came in sight of tie
Indian village at the break of day.
The sun was just coming up, when
the order to fire was given. We had
four twelve-pounders, and opened
upon them with grape and canister.
The Indians were asleep but soon
woke up, and some of them fought
desperately. The fight lasted until
$3.50 o'clock in the afternoon. We
killed eight hundred warriors and
five hundred squaws and papooses.
We took no prisoners, but made a
clean sweep"
"Infants and ALL?
"Well, there we're some papooses
that the boys put in a wagon, but
they died on the way and were
pitched out for the wolves"
"And did you commit the atroci-
ties reported?"
eve did what the Indians do,
and more too. We slashed them
with knivesand swords, and = x r."
The acts described are too horri-
BILE and sayagely indecent Tor pub
lication.
You killed the son Of John
Smith, the white interpreter, | be-
| ileve?"
"That was mistake. He was
taken prisoner, and the order to
kill him was given by Chiyington
by mistake"
"How many men did you lose? y
"We had ninety killed and
wounded seventy-fve of the
wounded died on the way back tC
the fort. We captured fourteen
hundred ponies, and from that We
estimated that there were about
eight hundred warriors. l forget
the names of the chiefs; one wa;
called Stand-in- -the-water We fol
lowed another band down Sand
creek to the Arkansas, and then
went back to Fort Lyon"
"What officers were in Chiving
toms command ?"
"There was Lieutenant Oramer,
who command the battery Of Com
pany +; Captain Jacobs, Lieutenan
Marvin, Colonel Sharp, in com
mand of the hundred day men
Lieutenant Richmond forget thC
rest. Chiyington was a terrible
fighter; he cleaned out Selby, th'
rebel general, and burnt his caml
and his wagons, and ran him away
Chiyington was kind to his men.
borrowed sixteen dollars from him
he told me to remember it mex
pay day. let it slip the first pay
day, but the second the paymastel
showed me a note from Ohiyington
and | told him it was all right an(
paid it."
"Do you think you treated thC
Indians exactly right?"
"Of course. There is only one
way to treat an Indian, and that il
to kill him. No use making trea
ties with them and giving then
rations. He viii kill you the frs
time he gets a chance, and pretenC
it was some bad Indian Of another
band"
"But the women and children%
go, when you go out killing
/, snakes, you kill snakes, big and lit
tie. Don't they kill our women
, and children?" ?"
eyes, bnt they are sayages, ant
: don't know any better"
"The deuce they don'tl Didn'
they try to kill me when ! was car
ryiIg the express at twenty dollars
a trip2 | don't believe in letting
{ them stand in the way of Whit
men. They have got to go, anC
Q the Quaker policy must be giver
1 up"
a "Do you sleep comfortably o
s nights ? Don't you see the ghosts
Of murdered papooses crawling
t over your pillow and bedanbig!
n your cheeks with their blood
e Don't you hear, in your dreams
the imprecations Of dying Indial
It mothers, cursing you for disembow
cling their tender offspring ? Don
j YOU see -"
I aNot a bit of it. Theg are will
l. beasts, and must be treated as suct
d | wish a man like Ohiyingtol
! could get hold Of that fellow Sit
4 tino Bull and that chan Graz