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Show Ute Delegations, 1863-1905 67 A four-horse carriage was rented for $210 in which the People traveled to meet President Andrew Johnson and General Ulysses S. Grant, soon to be elected President. While in Washington the leaders signed the 1868 Treaty. The delegation probably returned by way of New York, Boston, and Niagara Falls. This entire trip cost over $9,000.5 Delegation, 1868 Left to right: Nicaagat (Greenleaf Jack), Piah (Black Tail Deer), Chippen (Always Riding), Suruipe (Lodge Pole's Son). Nicaagat and Piah were important leaders of Ute groups resisting white intrusion and control. The leaders are wearing fine traditional clothing, including bandoleer bags, "Hair pipe" bead necklaces, and perforated buckskin shirts. (Photograph by A. Zeno Shindler,from the Smithsonian Institution National Anthropological Archives. |
