Ute Wars
Series of conflicts between the US and the Ute people
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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]
| Ute Wars | |||||||
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| Part of the American Indian Wars | |||||||
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 | |||||||
 United States |
Ute Allies: | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Brigham Young John W. Gunnison † Reddick Allred Wesley Merritt Thomas T. Thornburgh † |
Walkara Antonga Black Hawk Kanosh Ouray Polk Posey † | ||||||
Wars
- 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)