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good faith, and would in his opinion continue to do so, that he was not at that time disposed to make peace with them, as he did not think they had been sufficiently punished; and besides, that in consequence of the depredations committed by some small bands of those Indians, in the Spring and early Summer, he had written to Washington for authority to raise more troops to pursue and punish them, and a Regiment of Cavalry had been enlisted for one hundred days, and was nearly ready for the field. If peace were now made, there would be nothing for these troops to do, and it might be thought at Washington that he had misrepresented the necessity for raising them. The council was held, and there were present at it, besides Governor Evans & the Chiefs - two or three citizens of Denver, Colonel Chivington, Major Wynkoop, and other officers. The Governor told the Chiefs that they should have come in when he first issued his proclamation: that they had made war against the United States, and enumerated several different outrages which he charged them with