The Clerk read as follows: Fort Lyon, CoLoRApo TERRITORY, January 16, 1865. Personally appearedbefore me.Lieutenant James D.Connor, 1st NewMexico yolunteer infantry, w after beingduly swornsays: ". thaton the28thday November, 1864, I was orderedby Major Scott J. thqny An to accompanyhim on an expedition (Indian) as his battalion adjutant; the objectof that expedition was to be a thorough campaign against hostile Indians, as I was, led to understand. I referred to the fact of there being, a friendly camp of Indian in agatihnest imsimmpeldyiaatte tancekiig nhgborhood, and remonstrat that caup, as I that theywererestingthere was aware in fancied security und promises held out to them of i; from Major E. W. Wynkoop, former commander of the post of Lyon, Fort as well as by Major S. J. Anthony, then in command. Our battalion was attached to the command of Colonel J. Lyon on the night of mt.heCh2i8vtinhgotfonN, oavnedmbleefrt, 1F8o6r4t; about daybreak on the morning of the 29th of November we came in sight of the camp of the friendly Indians aforementioned, and were ordered by Colonel Chivington to attack the same, which was accordingly done. The commandof Colonel Chivington was composedof about 1,000 men; the village of the Indians consisted of from 100 to 130 lodges, and as far as I am able to, judge of from 500 to souls, 6 hundro the majority of which were women and children: in going over the battle ground the next day I did not see a body of man, woman or scalped, child but was and in many instances their bodies were mutilated in the most horrible manner.” ". I. heard another man say that he fingers had cut the off an Indian to get the rings on the hand; according to the best of my knowledge and belief these atrocities that were committed were, knowledge with of J. M. Chivington, and I do not know of his taking any measures to prevent them; I heard of one instance of a child a few months old being thrown in the feed box of a wagon, and after being carried somedistance left on the ground to perish. “All thesematterswere a subject of general conversation, and could not help being known by Colonel J. M. Chivington. "JAMES D. CONNOR, “ 1st Lieutenant 1st Infantry NewMexico Vols.”