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that the killed were of all ages from infancy to 80 years - and were scattered all over the field extending three or four miles up the creek; that all, or nearly all, were scalped, and the bodies of a great many mutilated in the most horrible and revolting manner. The testimony of most of the witnesses for the defence had little relation to the affair at Sand Creek, but was mainly designed to show that Maj. Wynkoop's advance on Smoky Hill was imprudent and unauthorized. That several outrages had been committed by the Indians prior to the attack on them, and that Major Anthony had repeatedly said that if he could have raised a sufficient force, he would have destroyed these Indians before the arrival of Col. Chivington. Evidednce was also introdsuced to discresdit Capt. Soule, Lieut. Cramer, John Smith, and other witnesses for the Government, but without shaking the mass of evidence disclosing the atrocities at