"Governor Evans, Colonel Chivington, Captain S. M. Robbins, Major Wynkoop, Major Whiteley, Amos Steck, J. Bright Smith, Nelson Sargent, Captain John Wanless, Black Kettle, White Antelope, and five or six other Indians, and John Smith and Sam Ashcroft, interpreters."
"Did the Indians express a desire for peace with the whites?"
"Yes."
"Upon what terms did they desire peace?"
"That they have protection and supplies while the war was carried on against hostile Indians."
"Was peace guaranteed to them on any terms?"
"They were told by Colonel Chivington that if they would come in and surrender themselves, he would then tell them what to do."
"What did the governor tell them?"
"That as they had violated all treaties they would have to treat with the military authorities, to whom he had given up all the authority."
"Did Colonel Chivington tell them that he would guarantee them peace only on condition that they would come into the post and lay down their arms?"