The Indians of the Pike's Peak Region / Including an Account of the Battle of Sand Creek, and of Occurrences in El Paso County, Colorado, during the War with the Cheyennes and Arapahoes, in 1864 and 1868

by Irving Howbert

The Knickerbocker Press
New York
1914

Copyright, 1914
BY
IRVING HOWBERT

CONTENTS

	PAGE
The Tribes of the Pike's Peak Region	[1]
Trails, Mineral Springs, Game, etc.	[27]
The Indian Troubles of 1864	[75]
The Third Colorado and the Battle of Sand Creek	[93]
A Defense of the Battle of Sand Creek	[114]
A Defense of the Battle of Sand Creek—Continued	[147]
The Indian War of 1868	[187]

ILLUSTRATIONS

	FACING PAGE
Pike's Peak	[Frontispiece]
Ouray	[60]
Colonel John M. Chivington	[117]
Governor John Evans	[123]

INTRODUCTION

For the most part this book is intentionally local in its character. As its title implies, it relates principally to the Indian tribes that have occupied the region around Pike's Peak during historic times.

The history, habits, and customs of the American Indian have always been interesting subjects to me. From early childhood, I read everything within my reach dealing with the various tribes of the United States and Mexico. In 1860, when I was fourteen years of age, I crossed the plains between the Missouri River and the Rocky Mountains twice, and again in 1861, 1865, and 1866; each time by ox- or horse-team, there being no other means of conveyance. At that time there were few railroads west of the Mississippi River and none west of the Missouri. On each of these trips I came more or less into contact with the Indians, and during my residence in Colorado from 1860 to the present time, by observation and by study, I have become more or less familiar with all the tribes of this Western country.