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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.
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.
Tintic War (1856) Part of the Ute Wars: Tule River War (1856) United States California: Yokuts: Coeur d'Alene War (1858) Part of the Yakima War: Mendocino War (1858) Part of the Yakima War: Yuki: Fraser Canyon War (1858) United Kingdom. Colony of British Columbia; Nlaka'pamux: Bald Hills War (1858–64) United States California "Wintoons ...
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 ]
The Black Hawk War, or Black Hawk's War, is the name of the estimated 150 battles, skirmishes, raids, and military engagements taking place from 1865 to 1872, primarily between Mormon settlers in Sanpete County, Sevier County and other parts of central and southern Utah, and members of 16 Ute, Southern Paiute, Apache and Navajo tribes, led by a local Ute war chief, Antonga Black Hawk. [1]
The American Civil War - Detailed listing of events, documents, battles, commanders and important people of the US Civil War; Civil War: Death and Destruction - slideshow by Life magazine; Civil War photos at the National Archives; View images from the Civil War Photographs Collection at the Library of Congress; University of Tennessee: U.S ...
The Battle of Ojo Caliente Canyon, or simply the Battle of Ojo Caliente was an engagement of the Jicarilla War on April 8, 1854. Combatants were Jicarilla Apache warriors, and their Ute allies, against the United States Army. The skirmish was fought as result of the pursuit of the Jicarilla after the Battle of Cieneguilla just over a week ...