"The Utes must go!" : American expansion and the removal of a people / Peter R. Decker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Decker, Peter R., 1934-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

White River Massacre, Colo., 1879.

Ute Indians--Wars, 1879.

Ute Indians.

Ute Indians--Relocation--Colorado--Ute Indian Reservation.

Ute Indian Reservation (Colo.)--History.

Ute Indian Reservation (Colo.).

United States. Office of Indian Affairs. White River Agency (Colo.)--History.

United States.

Penn Provenance:

Bookplate: Gift from the Estate of Kurt Kaltreider, Class of 1965, A We Yunkcha Sne of the Nanticoke.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Place of Publication:

Golden, Colo. : Fulcrum Pub., c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Tracing three centuries of Ute Indian history, ""The Utes Must Go!"" chronicles the policies and incidents that led to the involuntary removal of the Ute Indians from Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming. Historian Peter Decker unveils new critical information on figures such as U.S. Army Maj. Thomas Thornburgh, Interior Secretary Carl Schurz, famed newspaperman Horace Greeley, and Indian Agent Nathan Meeker whose relentless mission to turn Indian hunters into farmers led to the tragedy at Milk Creek in 1879.

Contents:

From Spanish neighbors to an American reservation

"Conquer by kindness"

"Father Meeker"

"They deserve a lesson"

A battle and a massacre

A peace and removal

Removal.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-226) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-46761-1

9786612467615

1-55591-848-4

OCLC:

609854023