Troubled trails : the Meeker affair and the expulsion of the Utes from Colorado / Robert Silbernagel ; with assistance from Jonas Grant Sr., maps by Robert Garcia.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Silbernagel, Robert, 1952-
Other Authors: Grant, Jonas
Language:English
Published: Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, [2011], ©2011.
Subjects:
Meeker, N. C. > (Nathan Cook), > 1817-1879.
Meeker, Josephine.
Ute people > Wars, 1879.
Ute people > Relocation.
Indigenous captivities > Colorado.
Frontier and pioneer life > Colorado.
Physical Description:xxiii, 253 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Nicaagat confronts Josephine
  • The battle at Mlk Ceek and the killings at the White River Inian Aency
  • Hostages in the borderlands
  • Trail section 1
  • Nicaagat
  • Hellbent for help
  • Horse power
  • Trail section 2
  • Josephine Meeker
  • She-Towitch to the rescue
  • Nicaagat versus Nathan
  • Trail section 3
  • The word gets out
  • Trail section 4
  • Outrage!
  • The rescue trail
  • Chicago rallies for She-Towitch
  • Investigation, frustration, and farce
  • The trail to Washington
  • The Clorado plan
  • The trail to Utah
  • The final trail for Nicaagat and Josephine
  • Epilogue.