Nicaagat
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Nicaagat, also known as Chief, Captain and Ute Jack and Green Leaf. A Ute warrior and subchief, he led a Ute war party against the United States Army when it crossed Milk Creek onto the Ute reservatio
Ute camp, Henry Chapman Ford
The Milk Creek disaster - death of Major Thornburgh, of the Fourth United States Infantry, while leading soldiers into the White River Ute Reservation
Ute delegation, Washington, D.C., Bureau of American Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution
Colorow (Ute chief)
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Colorow was a Ute chief of the Ute Mountain Utes, skilled horseman, and warrior. He was involved in treaty negotiations with the U.S. government. In 1879, he fought during the Meeker Massacre. Eight y
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…farming, using their race horses to plow fields. Tensions rose between the Utes and Meekers. Ute leaders, including Ouray, his wife Chipeta, Nicaagat, Colorow, Black Hawk and others tried to resolve problems between the United States government and the Utes. Nicaagat returned to the Ute reservation and found…
Chief Colorow, chief of a Ute band
Colorow Point Park, in Golden, Colorado is listed on the National Register of Historic Places