Troubled Trails: The Meeker Affair and the Expulsion of Utes from Colorado Peterson Guide Books GIS ERSI File Geodatabase

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Troubled Trails: The Meeker Affair and the Expulsion of Utes from Colorado Peterson Guide Books GIS ERSI File GeodatabaseBy: Robert Silbernagel When U. S. Calvary troops rode onto the Ute Indian Reservation in northwestern Colorado on September 29, 1879, they triggered a chain of events that cost the Utes their homeland. They included a deadly battle at Milk Creek, the killing of all men at the Indian agency headed by Nathan Meeker, and the taking of three women and two children who were held hostage for 23 days. The Utes didn't seek a fight with the whites, most of