Title: White River Agency Description: September 29, 1878: Black troopers of the 9th U.S. Cavalry charge against rebelling Ute warriors at White River Agency, Colorado, where Agent Nathan Meeker, who had futilely attempted to force the Indians into becoming farmers, was murdered, along with nine of his employees, his wife, daughter and other white females abducted; U.S. Army re-enforcements tracked down the Ute rebels and drove them off their reservation, which was immediately occupied by land-hungry silver miners and settlers; Category: American West Keywords: American frontier, American West, American Old West, Indian massacres, North American Indians, Old West, U.S. Cavalry, The West, Western United States, Wild West Orientation: Panorama Dimensions: 2100 x 973 (2.04 MPixels) (2.16) Print Size: 17.8 x 8.2 cm; 7.0 x 3.2 inches File Size: 5.85 MB (6,137,910 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000046029 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection
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