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
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 Statement
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
Western History
