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Governor Pitkin and William Vickers had been flooding Colorado with wild atrocity stories, many of them aimed at the innocent Uncompahgres at Los Pino, most of whom were going peacfully about their business with no knowledge of what was happening at White River.

Vickers called upon the white citizens of Colorado to rise up and "wipe out the red devils," inspiring the frantic organization of militia units in towns and villages accross the state. So many newspaper reporters arrived from the East to report this exciting new "Indian War" that Pitkin decided to give them a special statement for publication:

"I think the conclusion of this affair will end the depredations in Colorado. It will be impossible for the Indians and whites to live in peace hereafter. My idea is that, unless removed by the government, they must necessarily by exterminated....The advantages that would accrue from the throwing open of 12,000,000 acres of land to white miners and settlers would more than compensate all the expenses incurred."