Ute Wars
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| Ute Wars | |||||||
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| Part of the American Indian Wars | |||||||
| File:The Meeker tragedy.jpg An etching that appeared in the December 6, 1879 edition of "Frank Leslie's Weekly" depicts the aftermath of the Meeker Massacre. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| File:Flag of the United States (1867-1877).svg United States |
Ute Allies: | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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United States Brigham Young United States John W. Gunnison † United States Reddick Allred United States Wesley Merritt United States Thomas T. Thornburgh † |
Walkara Antonga Black Hawk Kanosh Ouray Polk Posey † | ||||||
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The Ute Wars were a series of conflicts between the Ute people and the United States which began in 1849 and ended in 1923.[1][2]
Wars
[edit | edit source]- Jicarilla War (1849–1855)
- Battle at Fort Utah (1850)
- Walker War (1853–1854)
- Tintic War (1856)
- Black Hawk War (1865–1872)
- White River War (1879)
- Pinhook Draw fight (15-16 June 1881)[3]
- Beaver Creek Massacre (June 19, 1885) – Cases of cattle-rustling by the Utes on white cattlemen caused tensions that eventually led to a skirmish between the two parties in Beaver Creek. In the gunfight that ensued, cowboys killed six Mountain Ute Indians. It was the last major confrontation between Ute Indians and white settlers in Colorado.[4]
- Ute War (1887)
- Bluff War (1914–1915)
- Bluff Skirmish (1921)
- Posey War (1923)
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ Beaver Creek Massacre
Bibliography
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