Publication

2004 - Fulcrum Pub., Golden, Colo, Colorado

Language

English

Word Count

58,750 words, Guess

Page Count

235 pages

Identifiers

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  • LibraryThing2429527

Classifications

  • DDC973.8/5
  • LCCE83.879 .D43 2004

Description

"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 Colorado Governor Frederick Pitkin, General William T. Sherman, 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. Decker's research brings to light the complete drama of a proud Indian people swept away by the nineteenth-century tide of pioneer settlement, racism, and greed."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Topics

HistoryRelocationWars, 1879Ute IndiansUnited StatesColorado, historyUnited states, history

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