Our olden time friend Colonel Ned Wynkoop has been made adjutant general of New Mexico. Of the colonel remarks the local papers of Santa Fe: "He is well-known throughout the Rocky mountains as a gallant soldier and leader of the First Colorado volunteers at the battle of Glorieta." Wynkoop was one of the original town company that laid out and gave name to the city of Denver, and which has a street that still bears his name. In the early day when the Indian war was raging fierce upon the plains he was commissioned by the war department to go out and meet the Indians in council, and if possible negotiate a peace. Wynkoop stood not upon the ceremony of going but went. The Indians in council and in war-paint, listened to him, and when Blackkettle their chief, proclaimed him the "pale-faced brave" they loudly cheered and presented him with tokens of their respect.

Source:

Unknown, "New Mexico's New Adjutant General," Field and Farm. Devoted to the Agricultural Interests of the Great West, Denver, Colorado, Volume 8, No. 23, (December 7, 1889), p. 6.

    I'd like to thank Nancy Spencer, [email protected], of Denver, Colorado for the vast amount of time she's spent on my behalf at the Denver Public Library, the Colorado Historical Society and the Denver Branch of the National Archives over the past couple of years. I don't know that I'll ever be able to repay her for her many kindnesses and the keen interest she's taken in my Wynkoop research project. Nancy searched long and hard for these articles from Field and Farm for me. For a small paper with an even smaller circulation there is a lot of material on Ned Wynkoop here. I would have missed it all without your invaluable help.

    Thanks so much Nancy!

    Chris