chivington's forces then opened fire on the rest of the cheyenne. the indians returned fire but quit after black petal told them to stop. the soldiers retreated, leaving 28 natives dead. president lincoln and his subordinates rep in grant's battles with lee, virginia in the coming election of the n64 paid no attention to the affairs of the great plains and left it to general samuel curtis to communicate with the governor of colorado and volunteers about how to handle the situation. on september 28, curtis informed col. chivington i want no peace until the indians suffer more. nevertheless, black kettle wanted peace. in november, he and some of his leading man wrote in -- rode into fort lyon. fort wise was renamed during the civil war to fort lion i believe after the virginia governor in colorado being a prounion state, renamed it fort lion. kettle went into fort lyon peace, but the commanders told him they did not have the authority to accept his surrender, nor could they give cheyenne food. meanwhile the colorado papers were calling for exterminati

john chivington. he is also known as the fighting parsons because he had been a minister and the word parsons of course for methodist minister. in spring 1864 when the grass started sprouting, various bands of cheyenne and arapahoe began to break out winter encampments to spread out and go hunt thing. - hunting. this of course put fear into whites who believed this uprising was going to take shipping 10 -- chivington soldiers were given orders to quote burn villages and kill cheyenne's whenever and wherever found. one band led by a pro-american chief for the first to encounter colorado volunteers and what was a prelude to the massacre. 2 cheyenne's road up to chivington's troops with papers bearing the mark of abraham lincoln telling of black cattle. the two men were shot dead. in cold blood. shipping - chivington's forces then opened fire on the rest of the cheyenne. the indians returned fire but quit after black petal told them to stop. the soldiers retreated. leaving 28 dead. battles with lee, virg

john chivington. he is also known as the fighting parsons because he had been a minister and the word parsons of course for methodist minister. in spring 1864 when the grass started sprouting, various bands of cheyenne and arapahoe began to break out winter encampments to spread out and go hunt thing. hunting. this of course put fear into whites who believed this uprising was going to take -- chivington soldiers were given orders to quote burn villages and kill cheyenne's whenever and wherever found. one band led by a pro-american chief for the first to encounter colorado volunteers and what was a prelude to the massacre. 2 cheyenne's road up to chivington's troops with papers bearing the mark of abraham lincoln telling of black cattle. the two men were shot dead. in cold blood. shipping forces thens opened fire on the rest of the cheyenne. the indians returned fire but quit after black petal told them to stop. the soldiers retreated. leaving 28 dead. battles with lee, virginia in the coming election