Chief Ouray and Chipeta

Chief Ouray (c. 1833–August 24, 1880) was a Native American leader of the Uncompahgre band of the Ute tribe of modern-day Utah and Colorado. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 559 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (2211 × 2370 pixel, file size: 580 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Ouray ( Taos, Nou Mèxic, 1820-1880) fou el principal cabdill del poble ute. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 559 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (2211 × 2370 pixel, file size: 580 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Ouray ( Taos, Nou Mèxic, 1820-1880) fou el principal cabdill del poble ute. ... Year 1833 (MDCCCXXXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... is the 236th day of the year (237th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States, including parts of Alaska. ... The Utes (/juːts/; yoots) are an ethnically related group of American Indians now living primarily in Utah and Colorado. ... Official language(s) English Capital Salt Lake City Largest city Salt Lake City Area  Ranked 13th  - Total 84,889 sq mi (219,887 km²)  - Width 270 miles (435 km)  - Length 350 miles (565 km)  - % water 3. ... Official language(s) English Capital Denver Largest city Denver Area  Ranked 8th  - Total 104,185 sq mi (269,837 km²)  - Width 280 miles (451 km)  - Length 380 miles (612 km)  - % water 0. ...

Early life

Ouray was born in modern-day New Mexico. According to oral history passed down by Ute elders, he was born on the gloriously clear night of November 13, 1833, when a magnificent display of the Leonid meteor showers streaked across the black winter night. The elders had believed it was a sign; a message from above of good things to happen. Some accounts however state that he was born as early as 1820. The son of Guera Murah, a Jicarilla Apache adopted into the Ute. His mother was a Tabeguache Ute. He learned Spanish, English, and later both the Apache and Ute languages, which he found helpful in negotiating treaties. Capital Santa Fe Largest city Albuquerque Area  Ranked 5th  - Total 121,665 sq mi (315,194 km²)  - Width 342 miles (550 km)  - Length 370 miles (595 km)  - % water 0. ... is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1833 (MDCCCXXXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1966 Leonid Meteor Shower The Leonids are a prolific meteor shower associated with the comet Tempel-Tuttle. ... // It has been suggested that Traditional Apache scout be merged into this article or section. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Southern Athabaskan (also Apachean) refers to members of the Athabaskan language family (including Navajo) spoken in the Northern American Southwest. ...

At about age 18, Ouray came to modern-day Colorado to be a member of the Tabeguache Ute band, where his father was already a leader. He spent much of his youth working for Mexican sheepherders, but fought both the Kiowas and the Sioux while living among the Tabeguache. With his father's death in 1860, he became chief of the band. The Kiowa are a nation of Native Americans who lived mostly in the plains of west Texas, Oklahoma and eastern New Mexico at the time of the arrival of Europeans. ... An Emil Hoas Production For the helicopter H-13 Sioux, see Bell 47 Wahktageli (Coward Warrior), a Yankton Sex chief (Karl Bodmer) Funeral scaffold of a Sioux chief (Karl Bodmer) Horse racing of the Sioux Indians (Karl Bodmer) The Sioux (IPA ) are a Native American people. ...

While fighting the Sioux in 1863, his only son was captured and, despite attempts by the United States government to return him, Ouray was unable to locate the boy. However in 1873, while visiting the Indian Commissioner at Cheyenne, Wyoming, Ouray learned his son was alive from an elderly Mexican woman who had lived with the Sioux. Claiming he had been sold to the Southern Arapaho, a search for the boy revealed nothing. Location in Wyoming Coordinates: County Laramie County Founded 1867 Government  - Mayor Jack R. Spiker Area  - City 57. ...

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He was considered a great leader, and called The White Man's Friend, as he sought reconciliation between peoples, understanding that war meant the end of his. The United States president Rutherford B. Hayes met him in 1880, and deemed him "the most intellectual man I've ever conversed with." The presidential seal is a well-known symbol of the presidency. ... Rutherford Birchard Hayes (October 4, 1822 – January 17, 1893) was an American politician, lawyer, military leader and the 19th President of the United States (1877–1881). ... Year 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

He also met president Ulysses S. Grant. Ulysses S. Grant[2] (born Hiram Ulysses Grant, April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was an American general and the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877). ...

The Meeker Massacre

The Meeker Massacre occurred on September 29, 1879. The Federal Government of the United States had been trying for some time to get the Utes to change their nomadic lifestyle, and turn the Utes into farmers. The current Indian agent, Agent Meeker, plowed up part of one of the Utes horse-racing tracks to try and make this point. After Meeker had a short fist-fight with the man whose race track had been destroyed, Agent Meeker wired for military assistance, claiming that he had been assaulted by an Indian, driven from his home, and severely injured. The government sent approximately 200 soldiers, lead by Major T.T. Thornburgh, to settle the affair. When the troops were about 50 miles out from the Agency, a group of Utes rode out to meet them, saying that they wished a peace conference with Meeker, and that Thornburgh and five soldiers would be allowed to come. Remembering the Sand Creek Massacre, the Utes wanted the main body of soldiers to stay 50 miles away on a hill the Indians designated. Major Thornburgh ignored this demand and continued into Ute land. At Milk Creek, the soldiers were ambushed by angry Utes, and in the first few minutes of fighting, Major Thornburgh and all his officers above the rank of captain were killed. The natives attacked the Indian agency, killing eight men, including Agent Meeker, and taking the women captive to secure their own safety as they fled. Of note, the Uncompahgre Utes were not even part of it, and Ouray sent orders to the Utes to stop fighting as soon as he heard of it, but the area settlers demanded their removal. Nathan C. Meeker. ... is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Ouray attempted to keep the peace after this massacre, but his people were sent to a reservation in Utah. He died very soon after, and his people were forcibly relocated to the Utah Territory on August 28, 1881. Photographs of the My Lai massacre provoked world outrage and made it an international scandal. ... For the song, see Indian Reservation (song) BIA map of reservations in the United States Tribal sovereignty: Map of the United States, with non-reservation land highlighted. ... The Utah Territory was an organized territory of the United States that existed between 1850 and 1896. ... is the 240th day of the year (241st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1881 (MDCCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ...

Later years and death

He never cut off his long Ute-fashion hair, though he often dressed as a white man, dying near Los Pinos Indian Agency, and secretly buried near Ignacio, Colorado. Forty-five years later he was re-buried close to the agency in a marked grave. Ignacio is a town located in La Plata County, Colorado. ...

Chief Ouray's obituary in The Denver Tribune read: “In the death of Ouray, one of the historical characters passes away. He has figured for many years as the greatest Indian of his time, and during his life has figured quite prominently. Ouray is in many respects...a remarkable Indian...pure instincts and keen perception. A friend to the white man and protector to the Indians alike.”

The town of Ouray, Colorado is named for him. As is the youth resident camp "Camp Chief Ouray" in the Fraser Valley of Coloardo. Ouray, Colorado Ouray is a city located in Ouray County, Colorado. ...

Resources

• Grant, Bruce. The Concise Encyclopedia of the American Indian 3rd ed., Wings Books: New York, 2000.

External links

• www.southern-ute.nsn.us/history/ouray.html
• historytogo.utah.gov/ouray.html
• www.usbr.gov/dataweb/html/uncomph.html