Ute Wars

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Period 1849 – 1923		Combatants Apache, Navajo

Result United States victory, Utes moved to reservations. Similar American Indian Wars, Bluff War, White River War, Posey War, Jicarilla War

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 Massacre (June 1, 1881) - started when renegade Ute Indians killed a number of ranchers and stole horses in Colorado. As the Ute moved into the southeastern Utah, a battle between the Indians and a band of ranchers and cowboys was fought, resulting in the death of 13 cowboys in the gunfight.

Ute War (1887)

Bluff War (1914-1915)

Bluff Skirmish (1921)

Posey War (1923)

References

Ute Wars Wikipedia

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