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Show Ute Lands 25 Utah Lake was the most permanent location of any of the Ute communities. The group who dwelt there was called Tum-panawach. Europeans called them Lagunas or fish-eaters and, also, the Timpanogos Utes. In addition to the fish from the Provo and other rivers which feed Utah Lake, the community had a great number of other resources. Trails led conveniently from this area to a number of other fine hunting areas which to this day yield a great amount of game. The Heber Valley, Uinta Basin, Pleasant and San Pete Valley areas were easily reached. Spanish Fork, Diamond Fork, Hobble Creek, American Fork, and Provo River Canyons were close and abundant in game and berries. The Tumpanawach were the most powerful force in the area in terms of numbers and organization. They were probably as large as any Ute community grew before the coming of the intruders. This group was large because the food supply was so great and relatively easy to obtain. The ease of life seems to have made the Tumpanawach a peaceful, happy people. The San Pitch or San Pete Ute People occupied the land near Gunnison and the San Pitch Valley. In contrast to the buffalo hunting Uinta-ats, Pah Vant, and Tumpanawach, the San Pitch did not have horses. They depended on gathering wild seeds and hunting local game. Some white observers described them as "exceedingly poor . . . deserving of pity," and called them "Diggers" which became a term of derision. Eventually the San Pitch allied themselves with the Pah Vant and went to the Uintah Reservation. There were also smaller groups of Utes, some of whom had kinship ties with other Indians. The Cumumba or Weber Utes living along the Weber River, were intermarried with the Northwestern Shoshone. They may have been bilingual. The Fish Lake Utes associated with the Southern Paiutes and came to be considered as such. The Uinta-ats, later called Tavaput's band, lived in the Uinta Mountains and the area along and around the Strawberry River. Pah Vant, Tumpanawach, Uinta-ats, and some Cumumba and Sheberetch were gathered together at the Uintah Agency during the late 1860s and early 1870s. These groups then came to be called the Uintah Band. All of these Ute bands â€" Yamparika, Parianuche, Moache, Kapota, Weeminuche, Taviwach, Sheberetch, Pah Vant, Tumpanawach, Cumumba, Uinta-ats â€" were Noochee. The People |