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The Ute scare in Colorado

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Call NumberZ-4090ContributorKirkland, Charles D., 1851-1926.SummarySoldiers with bowie knifes and pistols aim rifles at North American Indian (Ute) men in front of tepees at Chief Colorow's camp in Rio Blanco County, Colorado. Indian men drop their rifles. Shows studio portraits of a baby in a cradleboard and the words: "The nation's pet" etched around the baby. Shows Chief Colorow with long hair, in a woven shirt and patterned blanket, and a seated man who wears a top hat, a sash, leggings and a woven blanket, and two women in dresses and a necklace or a cummerbund.Physical Description1 print : wood engraving ; 41 x 28 cm (16 1/2 x 11 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectIndians of North America--Colorado--Rio Blanco CountyUte Indians--Colorado--Rio Blanco CountyRio Blanco County (Colo.)Indian encampments--Colorado--Rio Blanco CountySurrenders--Colorado--Rio Blanco CountyTribal chiefsColorow, ca. 1810-1888Geographic AreaRio Blanco County (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR711004090Type of MaterialIllustrationsTear sheetsWood engravingsNotesFormerly F624; Tear sheet consists of the title page, removed from Leslie's weekly, vol. LXV no. 1,668. Title, attribution and "see page 39" printed on tear sheet. R7110040906Languageeng

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