Cantankerous Colorow
Colorow was one of the participants in the 1879 Meeker Massacre. As a result, his band of White River Utes from Colorado was sent to the existing Uintah Reservation in Utah. In 1887, the Indian Agent...
View ArticleUte Life in Utah, 1885
As a result of the 1879 Meeker Massacre, the White River Utes were removed from Colorado. They were resettled in 1882 on the existing Uintah reservation in Utah. Indian Agent annual...
View ArticleReservation School
Agent Davis reported that a boarding school had been in operation at the Uintah Agency for the past eight or ten years. The school opened for the 1884-85 year on September 20, 1884. There was a...
View ArticleA New Reservation in Utah
In 1880, many of the Ute Indians were removed from Colorado and resettled on reservations in Utah. This was a result of the public outcry over the Meeker Massacre. The land they were given was...
View ArticleCommunication Helps
In late August, 1881 the Uncompahgre Utes were forcibly moved from Colorado to Utah. They settled on a reservation named for Chief Ouray. It was next to the Uintah Agency. Five years later,...
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