http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silas_Soule
Silas Stillman Soule (July 26, 1838 – April 23, 1865) was a Massachusetts abolitionist, Kansas Territory Jayhawker, and a soldier in the Colorado infantry and cavalry during the American Civil War. Captain Soule, as commander of Company D, 1st Colorado Cavalry, was present at the Sand Creek Massacre on November 29, 1864. He refused an order of his commander, Colonel John Chivington, to fire on defenseless Indians, primarily old men, women, and young children. Soule later testified against Chivington for the atrocities committed by him and his troops. He was shot and killed soon after, believed to be by Chivington loyalists.
***Soule later testified against Chivington for the atrocities committed by him and his troops.***
As always they turn on their own. I am reminded of an officer at Sand Creek who saw several men trying to shoot a woman. He said..”I would not make a heathern of myself by shooting a woman!” A second later that woman put an arrow throuhgh his arm and he had an immediate attitude adjustment. “SHOOT THAT BITCH!” he yelled.
The While the Army looked for scapegoats for Sand Creek, Chivington was really tried in the Eastern Press. The Western press had a different view of him. Years later he was invited to speak at an Old Settlers Day in Colorado where he related everything about what led up to Sand Creek and ended with the words...”I STAND BY SAND CREEK!” The crowd went wild with applause, yelling hollering all in favor of what he did at Sand Creek.
I am reminded of the boy from Arkansas who killed a rabbid dog in Texas.
When the Texas press found he was from Arkansas they printed...”Little bast**d from Arkansas kills beloved family pet!”