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Utah. Died. 1855 (aged 47) Utah. Chief Walkara (c. 1808 – 1855; also known as Wakara, Wahkara, Chief Walker or Colorow) was a Northern Ute leader of the Utah Indians known as the Timpanogo and Sanpete Band. He had a reputation as a diplomat, horseman and warrior, and a military leader of raiding parties, and in the Wakara War. [1]
Wakara was a leader of the Ute Native Americans in Utah. He was also known as Wakarum, [1] Walkara, Walkar, Wacker, Wacherr, Watcher, and his white name Walker. [2] Wakara means "yellow" or "brass" [3] in the Numic branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family. It is thought that Wakara went by that name because of his preference for yellow buckskin.
Tutsegabit was a 19th-century leader of the Piede (Chemehuevi) bands of the Paiute tribe. In 1857 Tutsegabit was the chief of six bands of Chemehuevi Piutes (Piedes). [1] Together with another Chemehuevi chief, Youngwuds, some Tonaquint Pahute chiefs (likely "Jackson"), and several Ute chiefs (Kanosh, the Pahvant Ute mormon chief, Ammon ...
Thomas Long "Pegleg" Smith (October 10, 1801 – October 1866) was a mountain man who, serving as a guide for many early expeditions into the American Southwest, helped explore parts of present-day New Mexico. He is also known as a fur trapper, prospector, and horse thief. [1] Peg Leg Smith Monument, is a historical site in Anza-Borrego Desert ...
Birdseye view of the town of Manti and the Sanpete Valley. The San Pitch Utes ( Sahpeech, Sanpeech, Sanpits, San-pitch) were members of a band of Ute people that lived in the Sanpete Valley and Sevier River Valley and along the San Pitch River. They may have originally been Shoshonean, and were generally considered as part of the Timpanogos. [ 1]
September 3, 2024 at 8:02 PM. Up to 70 horses died in Oklahoma after eating a load of feed contaminated with a toxic additive (Getty Images for Teton Ridge) The manufacturer of a load of feed that ...
[19] [89] [14] Chief Walkara, one of the main slave traffickers in the region, was baptized in the church. In 1851, Apostle George A. Smith gave Chief Peteetneet and Walkara talking papers that certified "it is my desire that they should be treated as friends, and as they wish to Trade horses, Buckskins and Piede children, we hope them success ...
News 9 and KOCO reported that an estimated 40 to 70 horses died at the Beutler and Son Rodeo Co. farm near Elk City last week during feeding. Bennie Beutler, co-owner of the 95-year enterprise ...