Fleeing women, holding up their hands and praying for mercy, were shot down; infauts werc killed and scalped in derision men were tortured and mutilated in anner that would put to shame the savages of interior Africa. that a war ensued which cost the Government $30,000,000, and carried conflagration and death into the border settlements. During the spring and summer of 1865 no less than 8000 troops were withdrawn from the effective forces engaged in the Rebel lion to mcet tlhis Indian war."

The Commissioners who made this report were N. J. Taylor, President; J. B. Henderson, John B. Sanborn, William T. Shcr man, Jieutenant-general; William S. Harvey, Brevet Major-gen eral; Alfred H. Terry, Brevet Major-general; C. C. Augur, Brevet Major-general; S. F. Tappan

In reply to tlhe assertion that tlhe Utes have not "either bought or paid for any land," I will ask such of The Trbune rcaders as are interested in the subject to read the "Brunot Treaty," made September 13th, 1873, "between Felix R, Brunot, Commissioner for the United States, and tle chiefs, headmen, and men " of the seven confcderated bauds of Utes. It is to be found in the report of the Department of the Interior for 1878, p. 454

In conclusiou of the discuussion as to tlhe Sand Creek massaere, I will relate one more incident of that terible day. It has not been recorded in any of the reports. It was told in Colorado, to one of the members of the Senate Committec at the time of their No one will be astonished investigation: One of the squaws had escaped froni the village, and was crouching behind some low sage brus A frightened horse came runming toward her hiding-place, its owner in hot pursuit. Seeing that the horse was making directly for her shel ter, and that she would inevitably be seen, and thinking that pos sibly if she caught the horse, and gave him back to the owner, she might thus save her life, she ran after the horse, caught it and stood holding it tíll the soldier came up. Remembering that with her lanket rolled tiglt around her she might possibly be taken for a man, dle, with the other hand she threw open her blanket enough to show her bosom, that he might see that she was a woman, IIe put the muzzle of his pistol between her breasts and shot her dead; and afterward was "not ashamed" to boast of the act. It was by such deeds as this that "the Colorado soldiers acquitted themselves well, and covered themselves witlı glory." she put into the soldier's hand the horse's bri II. II

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