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Indians were said to be assembled. After four days march, his command reached the site of an Indian village near Smokey Hill, where he found a body of 700 or 800 Warriors, who must have been advised of his approach, for they were in line and had removed their women and children. He halted and sent forward "One Eye" to communicate with them, on which they fell back. He encamped on the bank of a creek, and soon "Black Kettle", principal chief of the Cheyennes, with other chiefs of the tribe, and the principal chief of the Arapahoes, held a council with him, some of his officers being also present. The chiefs complained that they had been unjustly treated; that the white men had not kept faith with them, but had made pretexts for robbing & killing their people, and when their young men retaliated they were charged with being the agressors. They had now little hope of making a good and permanent peace, but they had resolved to try, and therefore had written to Mr. Colby, and were now willing to make any submission required, and to give up their captives - of whom they said they had even