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1821–1894 United States

John Milton Chivington (January 27, 1821 - October 4, 1894) was a former Methodist pastor who served as colonel in the United States Volunteers during the Colorado War and the New Mexico Campaigns of the American Civil War. In 1862, he was in the Battle of Glorieta Pass against a Confederate supply train.

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Also known as: John Milton Chivington

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Kill all the Indians you come across.

Damn any man who sympathizes with Indians! ... I have come to kill Indians, and believe it is right and honorable to use any means under God's heaven to kill Indians. ... Kill and scalp all, big and little; nits [referring to infants] make lice!

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Chivington (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.