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this case bands of the young men were out on a Bufffalo hunt, the proportion was far less - and yet, Col.. Chivington - in his official report by telegraph to Maj. General Curtis - advised him under date of 29th November 1864 as follows: "I this morning at day-light attacked Cheyenne Village of 130 Lodges - from nine to ten hundred warriors strong: Killed Chiefs 'Black Kettle,' 'White Antelope,' 'Knock Knee', 'Little Robe', and betweeen four and five hundred other Indians." Stephen Decatur, a witness for the defence, also testified that on the day after the battle he counnted on the field the bodies of four hundred and fifty warriors, and that there were very few women and children killed. The other witnesses varied in their estimate of the number killed - one stating it as high as 180. John Smith - the Interpreter, who was in the village throughout the day - estimated the number at less than 100, but there was great uniformity of statement that about two thirds of the killed were women and children; that