...therefore having the honor of the government to that extent in his keep ing, he deliberately plauned and executed a foul and dastardly massacre which would...placing them in their position of fancied security, ho took advantage of their inapprehension and defenceless condition to gratify the worst passions that...

...countenance the commission of such acts of cruelty and barbarity." Of Colonel Chivington, it says : "He deliberately planned and executed a foul and dastardly...veriest savage among those who were the victims of his cruelty.'1 And of Major Anthony : "The testimony of Major Anthony, who succeeded an officer disposed...

...countenance the commission of such acts of cruelty and barbarity." Of Colonel Chivington, it says: " He deliberately planned and executed a foul and dastardly...among those who were the victims of his cruelty." And of Major Anthony : " The testimony of Major Anthony, who succeeded an officer disposed to treat...

...of cruelty and barbarity; " and of Colonel Chivington: " He deliberately planned and executed afoul and dastardly massacre, which would have disgraced...among those who were the victims of his cruelty." This was just fifteen years ago, no more. Shall we apply the same rule of judgment to the white men...

...barbarity." As for Chivington himself, though he wore the uniform of a United States soldier, he had "deliberately planned and executed a foul and dastardly...among those who were the victims of his cruelty," and so on. He and such others as might be responsible for this crime against civilization should suffer...

...military district, and therefore having the honor of the Government to that extent in his keeping, he deliberately planned and executed a foul and dastardly...savage among those who were the victims of his cruelty. * * * The truth is that he surprised .and murdered, in cold blood, the unsuspecting men, women and...

...military district, and therefore having the honor of the government to that extent in his keeping, he deliberately planned and executed a foul and dastardly...veriest savage among those who were the victims of his cruelty.11 At the same time of this investigation by the Committee on the Conduct of the War, another...

...appointed to study the matter. The committee's 118-page report condemned Colonel Chivington for having "deliberately planned and executed a foul and dastardly...among those who were the victims of his cruelty." The Sand Creek Massacre was hostly debated for years. Was it a massacre of Indians peaceably assembled?...

...ultimate responsibility. Of him the congressional Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War declared: "He deliberately planned and executed a foul and dastardly...veriest savage among those who were the victims of his cruelty."35 It was a just indictment, one since pronounced by history. Only four days before Sand Creek,...

...their power to restrain those less friendly disposed.6 As for Chivington, the committee found that He deliberately planned and executed a foul and dastardly...placing them in their position of fancied security 5 Wynkoop to Tappan, January 15, 1865, WRR series 1, vol.41,pt. 1,pp. 959-62. he took advantage of...