"What answer did Major Anthony make to your protests?"
"He said that we were going to fight the hostile Indians at Smoky Hill. He also said that he was in for killing all Indians, and that he had only been acting friendly with them until he could get a force large enough to go out and kill all of them."
This is the testimony of S. E. Brown:
"Colonel Chivington in a public speech said his policy was to kill and scalp all, little and big: nits made lice."
Governor Hunt testified as follows: [Governor Hunt was one of the earliest settlers in Colorado. He was United States Marshal, Delegate to Congress, and afterward Governor of the Territory.]
"We have always regarded Black Kettle and White Antelope as the special friends of the white man ever since I have been in this country."
"Do you know of any acts of hostility committed by them or with their consent?"
"No, sir, I do not."
"Did you ever hear any acts of hostility attributed to them by any one?"
"No, sir." ***