Ute Wars

Ute Wars
Part of the American Indian Wars
An etching that appeared in the December 6, 1879 edition of "Frank Leslie's Weekly" depicts the aftermath of the Meeker Massacre.
Date 1849–1923 Location Colorado, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico Result United States victory, Utes moved to reservations.
Belligerents
United States	Ute: Yamparika Parianuche Tabeguache Muhgruhtahveeach Kapota Muache Weminuche Ute Allies: Paiute Navajo Apache
Commanders and leaders
Brigham Young John W. Gunnison † Reddick Allred Wesley Merritt Thomas T. Thornburgh †	Walkara Antonga Black Hawk Kanosh Ouray Polk Posey †

The Ute Wars were a series of conflicts between the Ute people and the United States which began in 1849 and ended in 1923.¹²

• 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)³
• 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.⁴
• Ute War (1887)
• Bluff War (1914–1915)
• Bluff Skirmish (1921)
• Posey War (1923)