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Call Number	X-30699
Title	Colorado, the late outbreak and massacre at the White River Agency, the ruins after the fire and massacre
Summary	Reproduction of a sketch of the Meeker tragedy at the White River Ute Indian Agency, September 29th 1879, Rio Blanco County, Colorado, shows soldiers surveying the destruction from the fire and battle between Native American Utes and Nathan Meeker, his employees. Identification reads: "(A) piles of ashes, (F) the Agency Farm, (G) graves of the Agent and employés where they fell, (J) house of Sub-Chief Johnson, (M) grave of Indian Agent Meeker, (P) grave of Post, the Clerk and Postmaster." Gravestones read: "N. C. Meeker, Agt. White River, Utes, Killed By Them, Sept. 29 or 30" and "W. H. Post, Clerk Agt. Killed By Utes, Sept. 29, 30, 31, 1879."
Date	[between 1940 and 1960?]
Notes	Condition: copy photonegative is masked.; Formerly F5610.; Title and lettered identification typed below photographic reproduction of an etching of a sketch by Lieutenant C. A. H. McCauley, Third U. S. Cavalry, printed in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper on December 6, 1879.; R7100306994
Physical Description	1 copy negative ; 21 x 26 cm. (8 x 10 in.); 1 photoprint ; 17 x 26 cm. (6 3/4 x 10 in.)
Subject	Meeker, Nathan Cook, 1814-1879--Tomb. United States. Office of Indian Affairs. White River Agency (Colo.)--1870-1880. Indians of North America--Colorado--Meeker--1870-1880. Ute Indians--War--Colorado--Meeker--1870-1880. Meeker (Colo.)--1870-1880. Battlefields--Colorado--Meeker--1870-1880. Massacres--Colorado--Meeker--1870-1880.
Source	Source: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper on December 6, 1879, p.245.
Rights	Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Reproduction Available for Purchase	Yes (digital reproduction)
Type of Material	Film negatives.; Photographic prints.; Sketches.; Imaged.; Image
Format-Medium	Photograph
Identifier	F5610 DPLW
Filename	10030699.TIF

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