Ute Wars

The Ute Wars were a series of conflicts between the Ute people and the United States which began in 1849 and ended in 1923.

Wars

• Jicarilla War (1849–1855)
• Battle at Fort Utah (1850)
• Walker War (1853–1854)
• Tintic War (1856)
• Black Hawk War (1865–1872)
• White River War (1879)
• Pinhook Draw fight (15-16 June 1881)
• Beaver Creek Massacre (June 19, 1885) – Cases of cattle-rustling by the Utes on white cattlemen caused tensions that eventually led to a skirmish between the two parties in Beaver Creek. In the gunfight that ensued, cowboys killed six Mountain Ute Indians. It was the last major confrontation between Ute Indians and white settlers in Colorado.
• Ute War (1887)
• Bluff War (1914–1915)
• Bluff Skirmish (1921)
• Posey War (1923)

See also

• Battle Creek Massacre
• Sioux Wars
• Apache Wars
• Navajo Wars
• Comanche Wars

Bibliography

• Decker, Peter R. (2004). The Utes Must Go!. Golden: Fulcrum Publishing. ISBN 1-55591-465-9.