The Chief Who Wanted Peace And Died For It — The Tragic Story Of Black Kettle
Captain Silas Soule refused to order his troops to fire and testified about what he saw at the subsequent investigation.
He was assassinated in Denver three months after the investigation — the perpetrators were believed to be connected to Chivington’s circle.
The assassination was never prosecuted.
Soule’s willingness to tell the truth about what happened at Sand Creek, and the price he paid for it, is one of the most significant details of the entire episode.
Chivington returned to Denver after Sand Creek to a hero’s welcome.
The city theater that displayed the scalps and body parts his soldiers had brought back from the camp was celebrating what most Coloradans, in November 1864, understood as a great victory over savage enemies.
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