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when the murderous shot was fired, but it does not appear that any inquiry was made on the subject; nor does it appear from the testimony of any of the witnesses, that either Col. Chivington or any other officer attempted to check the fiendish attrocities committed during the day of the slaughter, or that after the advance had commenced, and the troops had scatterred themselves in a disorderly manner along the banks of the creek, that any order was issued to them either of recall, restraint or otherwise. All the witnesses - both for the prosecution and the defence -- agree in the statement that the Indian Village when attacked, consisted of something over 100 Lodges - their statements varying from a little over 100, to 120 - and those familiar with Indian habits agreed in the estimate of 5 persons to a lodge - or between 500 and 600 in all. The usual proportion of warriors in a full community of Cheyennes and Arapahoes was shown to be three to every two lodges, but as in this