Edward W. Wynkoop

“ You will be looked upon by the whites as a good man, and one who is a friend of them as well as to his own people; and as the result of your action in this matter, you will be considered by the government as a "great Chief," one in whom in the future they can always put the utmost confidence. ”

“ Soon after they killed a white man, and close by, a woman—all in the same settlement. At the time these people were killed, the party was divided in feeling, the majority being opposed to any outrages being committed; but finding it useless to contend against these outrages being committed, they gave way, and all went in together. They then went to another house in the same settlement, and there killed two men, and took two little girls prisoners; this on the same day. After committing this last outrage the party turned south toward the Saline, where they came upon a a body of mounted troops ”

“ This war party of Cheyennes which left the camp of these tribes above the forks of Walnut creek about the 2nd or 3rd of August went out against the Pawnees, crossed the Smoky Hill about Fort Hayes, and thence proceeded to the Saline, where there were 10 lodges of Sioux in the Cheyenne camp when this war party left, and about 20 men of them, and 4 Arapahoes, accompanied the party. The Cheyennes numbered about 200; nearly all the young men in the village went ”