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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. Jicarilla War (1849–1855 ...
Meeker Massacre, or Meeker Incident, White River War, Ute War, or the Ute Campaign [1]), took place on September 29, 1879 in Colorado. Members of a band of Ute Indians ( Native Americans ) attacked the Indian agency on their reservation, killing the Indian agent Nathan Meeker and his 10 male employees and taking five women and children as hostages.
Nicaagat (leaves becoming green, [1] c. 1840–1882), also known as Chief, Captain and Ute Jack [2] and Green Leaf. [ 3 ] [ a ] A Ute warrior and subchief, [ 4 ] he led a Ute war party against the United States Army when it crossed Milk Creek onto the Ute reservation, which triggered the Battle of Milk Creek . [ 2 ]
According to one Ute, Posey's band refused to live on the reservation because they felt the natives there were unfriendly. [6] [7] [2] The Posey War began in February 1923 because of a relatively minor affair in which two young Ute males robbed a sheep ranch at Cahone Mesa, assaulted the owner, slaughtered a calf, and burned a bridge. The boys ...
Wakara's War, also known as Walker's War was a dispute between the Ute people and the Mormon settlers in Utah Valley and surrounding areas. This war is characterized as a string of disputes and skirmishes over property and the land from July 1853 to May 1854.
The Plains Indian Wars directly affected the region during westward expansion. By the end of the Nineteenth Century, Colorado became a focal point of labor violence and the Coal Wars , with instances of large-scale armed conflict between workers, private detectives, and state soldiers and police stretching into the 1920s.
The Civil War has been commemorated in many capacities, ranging from the reenactment of battles to statues and memorial halls erected, films, stamps and coins with Civil War themes being issued, all of which helped to shape public memory. These commemorations occurred in greater numbers on the 100th and 150th anniversaries of the war. [309]
The Santa Fe Weekly Gazette reported that the action "was one of the severest battles that ever took place between American troops and Red Indians." [8] It was one of the first significant battles between American and Apache forces and was also part of the Ute Wars, in which Ute warriors attempted to resist Westward expansion in the Four ...