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all the slain were scalped, as they fell and the bodies of many were horribly mutilated. It does not appear that any officer attempted to check these atrocious barbarities, but on the contrary - that one, at least, was an active participant in them. Sergeant Luther Palmer, of the 1st Colorado, testified that he saw Major Sayr take the scalp off the head of one Indian. "There was a long silver tail to it." 1st Lieut. Camron testified that "the privates of women" were cut out and stretched onto saddle bows and hat fronts, and so publicly worn in the ranks on the return march. Lieut. Camron was of a company of New Mexico Vols. Another witness testified that he saw the body of "One Eye" lyiing in the bed of the creesk. He had been scalped, his skull crushed in, and his privates cut out. The testimony as to the scalping and mutilation of the bodies of the dead was overwhelming. One witness declared that the spectacle presented by the battle field was so revolting that he "could not bear" to look