Prospecting on the Ute Reservation, an ominous meeting

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Title Prospecting on the Ute Reservation, an ominous meeting
Subject Ute Indians--History; Photography; Firearms; Mining; White people--Relations with Indians; Ute Indians--Clothing and dress; Indigenous peoples--North America
Spatial Coverage Colorado
Keywords Native Americans
Tribe Ute
Creator Rogers, W. A. (William Allen), 1854-1931
Description A North American Indian (Ute) man confronts a prospector on a mountain slope in Utah or Colorado. The Ute man wears a necklace with a star pendant and holds a rifle. Men with rifles stand behind him. The prospector holds a pick axe, and looks over his shoulder. A ground-tied donkey has a saw buck saddle loaded with camp supplies. Portrait of Major Thomas T. Thornburgh, he has muttonchop whiskers, a moustache and wears a military coat with shoulder boards.
Publisher Digitized by the Denver Public Library
Date 1879-10-25
Type Image/StillImage
File Name a24.jpg
Collection Name Z-4087
Language eng
Rights Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library
Holding Institution Denver Public Library Digital Collections
ARK ark:/87278/s6r23xgm
Setname uaida_main
ID 387728
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6r23xgm
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