Ute Wars
{{short description|Series of conflicts between the US and the Ute people}}
{{distinguish|Utah War}}
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{{Use American English|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox Military Conflict
|conflict=Ute Wars
|partof=the American Indian Wars
|image=The Meeker tragedy.jpg
|image_size=300px
|caption=An etching that appeared in the December 6, 1879 edition of "Frank Leslie's Weekly" depicts the aftermath of the Meeker Massacre.
|date=1849–1923
|place=Colorado, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico
|result= United States victory, Utes moved to reservations.
|combatant1={{flag|United States|1867}}
|combatant2={{ublist|Ute:}}
Ute Allies:
|commander1={{flagicon|United States|1867}} Brigham Young
{{flagicon|United States|1867}} John W. Gunnison{{KIA}}
{{flagicon|United States|1867}} Reddick Allred
{{flagicon|United States|1867}} Wesley Merritt
{{flagicon|United States|1867}} Thomas T. Thornburgh{{KIA}}
|commander2=Walkara
Antonga Black Hawk
Kanosh
Ouray
Polk
Posey{{KIA}}
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{{Campaignbox Ute Wars}}
The Ute Wars were a series of conflicts between the Ute people and the United States which began in 1849 and ended in 1923.Decker, 190–193{{cite web |url=http://history.utah.gov/apps/markers/detailed_results.php?markerid=1368 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709032133/http://history.utah.gov/apps/markers/detailed_results.php?markerid=1368 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-09 |title=Chief Posey's War |publisher=Utah History Resource Center }}
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){{cite web |url=http://www.gjsentinel.com/special_sections/articles/deadly_confrontation_in_utah_t |title=Deadly confrontation in Utah took place shortly before GJ incorporated |last=Jordan |first=Kathy |publisher=The Daily Sentinel |date=January 20, 2012 |access-date=April 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150404112855/http://www.gjsentinel.com/special_sections/articles/deadly_confrontation_in_utah_t |archive-date=April 4, 2015 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}
- 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.[https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/beaver-creek-massacre Beaver Creek Massacre]
- Ute War (1887)
- Bluff War (1914–1915)
- Bluff Skirmish (1921)
- Posey War (1923)
See also
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book | last = Decker | first = Peter R. | title = The Utes Must Go! | publisher = Fulcrum Publishing | location = Golden | year = 2004 | isbn = 1-55591-465-9 }}
{{Ute people}}
{{Native American people and the Latter Day Saint movement}}