Call NumberZ-4087CreatorRogers, W. A. (William Allen), 1854-1931Date1879 October 25SummaryA North American Indian (Ute) man confronts a prospector on a mountain slope in Utah or Colorado. The Ute man wears a necklace with a star pendant and holds a rifle. Men with rifles stand behind him. The prospector holds a pick axe, and looks over his shoulder. A ground-tied donkey has a saw buck saddle loaded with camp supplies. Portrait of Major Thomas T. Thornburgh, he has muttonchop whiskers, a moustache and wears a military coat with shoulder boards.Physical Description1 print : wood engraving ; 40 x 28 cm (16 x 11 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectIndians of North America--19th centuryUte Indians--19th centuryMiners--19th centuryMining--19th centuryPack animals--19th centuryThornburgh, Thomas Tipton, 1843-1879CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR711004087; Harper's weekly. vol. XXIII, no. 1191.Type of MaterialIllustrationsFilm negativesPortraitsTear sheetsWood engravingsNotesPhotographed by Hobday, Norfolk, Virginia printed below portrait. Article printed on tear sheet describes Major Thomas T. Thornburgh's death, and the Ute Indian tribe. Attribution engraved in original and reproduced in print. Formerly F28868, F23047; Tear sheet consists of page 844, removed from Harper's weekly, vol. XXIII no. 1191. Title and "Drawn by W.A. Rogers" printed on tear sheet. Library owns additional iterations of this image in various formats: 2 copy negatives ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.). R7110040875
Rogers, W. A. (William Allen), 1854-1931, Prospecting on the Ute Reservation, an ominous meeting (1879 October 25). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 18/04/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1118315
