Depredation and Deceit

Depredation and Deceit

Author: Gregory F Michno

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

Published: 2017-09-14

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0806159448

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The Trade and Intercourse Acts passed by Congress between 1796 and 1834 set up a system for individuals to receive monetary compensation from the federal government for property stolen or destroyed by American Indians. By the end of the Mexican-American War, both Anglo-Americans and Nuevomexicanos became experts in exploiting this system—and in using the army to collect on their often-fraudulent claims. As Gregory F. Michno reveals in Depredation and Deceit, their combined efforts created a precarious mix of false accusations, public greed, and fabricated fear that directly led to new wars in the American Southwest between 1849 and 1855. Tasked with responding to white settlers’ depredation claims and gaining restitution directly from Indian groups, soldiers typically had no choice but to search out often-innocent Indians and demand compensation or the surrender of the guilty party, turning once-friendly bands into enemy groups whenever these tense encounters exploded in violence. As the situation became more volatile, citizens demanded a greater army presence in the region, and lucrative military contracts became yet another reason to encourage the continuation of frontier violence. Although the records are replete with officers questioning accusations and discovering civilians’ deceit, more often than not the army was forced to act in direct counterpoint to its duties as a constabulary force. And whenever war broke out, the acquisition of more Indian land and wealth began the cycle of greed and violence all over again. The Trade and Intercourse Acts were manipulated by Anglo-Americans who ensured the continuation of the very conflicts that they claimed to abhor and that the acts were designed to prevent. In bringing these machinations to light, Michno’s book deepens—and darkens—our understanding of the conquest of the American Southwest.


War Cry on a Prayer Feather

War Cry on a Prayer Feather

Author: Nancy C. Wood

Publisher:

Published: 1979

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 9780385128858

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Prose writings and poems express the beliefs and ethics of the Ute Indians of Colorado and New Mexico.


The Last War Trail

The Last War Trail

Author: Robert Emmitt

Publisher: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press

Published: 1954

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13:

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The Ute Indian War of the battle at Milk River with Major Thornburgh's troops, the Meeker massacre at the White River Indian Agency, the Frontier Military and the settlement of Colorado, versus Chief Ouray and the Utes. A classic account of Indian-White conflict.


The Encyclopedia of North American Indian Wars, 1607–1890 [3 volumes]

The Encyclopedia of North American Indian Wars, 1607–1890 [3 volumes]

Author: Bloomsbury Publishing

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2011-09-19

Total Pages: 1393

ISBN-13: 1851096035

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This encyclopedia provides a broad, in-depth, and multidisciplinary look at the causes and effects of warfare between whites and Native Americans, encompassing nearly three centuries of history. The Battle of the Wabash: the U.S. Army's single worst defeat at the hands of Native American forces. The Battle of Wounded Knee: an unfortunate, unplanned event that resulted in the deaths of more than 150 Lakota Sioux men, women, and children. These and other engagements between white settlers and Native Americans were events of profound historical significance, resulting in social, political, and cultural changes for both ethnic populations, the lasting effects of which are clearly seen today. The Encyclopedia of North American Indian Wars, 1607–1890: A Political, Social, and Military History provides comprehensive coverage of almost 300 years of North American Indian Wars. Beginning with the first Indian-settler conflicts that arose in the early 1600s, this three-volume work covers all noteworthy battles between whites and Native Americans through the Battle of Wounded Knee in December 1890. The book provides detailed biographies of military, social, religious, and political leaders and covers the social and cultural aspects of the Indian wars. Also supplied are essays on every major tribe, as well as all significant battles, skirmishes, and treaties.


Ute Indians of Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico

Ute Indians of Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico

Author: Virginia McConnell Simmons

Publisher: University Press of Colorado

Published: 2011-05-18

Total Pages: 343

ISBN-13: 1457109891

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Using government documents, archives, and local histories, Simmons has painstakingly separated the often repeated and often incorrect hearsay from more accurate accounts of the Ute Indians.


The Ute Indians of Colorado in the Twentieth Century

The Ute Indians of Colorado in the Twentieth Century

Author: Richard Keith Young

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 9780806129686

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This comparative history of the Southern Ute and Mountain Ute peoples demonstrates how two culturally and historically related tribes, living side by side in southwestern Colorado, have taken very different paths in the modern era. Historian Richard K. Young makes a unique contribution to twentieth-century American Indian studies in his exploration of Colorado’s two remaining tribes’ divergent responses to federal Indian policies and changing economic and social conditions since passage of the Indian Reorganization Act in 1934. This book, which includes a review of the Utes’ precontact and nineteenth-century history, is based on primary research in U. S. and tribal documents, interviews with tribal members, and the few available secondary sources. By examining the Ute experience, Young highlights the dilemmas faced by all tribes with respect to economic development, energy and water resources, cultural identity and adaptation, spiritual life, tribal politics, and the struggle for tribal self-determination.


The Last War Trail

The Last War Trail

Author: Robert Emmitt

Publisher:

Published: 1972

Total Pages: 339

ISBN-13: 9780806110431

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The stage was set for trouble in spring 1878 when new agent Nathan C. Meeker arrived at the White River Indian Agency on the Ute Reservation. In The Last War Trail, Robert Emmitt details the conflict that followed, the Meeker Massacre and the Ute War of 1879.