[please try to keep the sentence a little slower. Giving short pauses at each comma] "Last night, one of our boys was found shot and his stomach cut open. Immediately, orders were received from General Wheaton to burn the town and kill every native in sight, which was done...About one thousand men, women and children were reported killed. [Small sigh] I am probably growing hard-hearted, for I am in my glory when I can sight my gun on some dark skin and pull the trigger. - A.A. Barnes of Battery G, 3rd Artillery"