Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Charles S. Stobie and his two Indian scouts
- Photograph of a newspaper clipping. Illustration shows Charles S. Stobie flanked by his North American Indian (Ute) scouts. (Left) Wanzito (Antelope), and (right) Chief Piah (Black Tail Deer.
- Indians of North America.; Ute Indians.; Artists--American--1860-1870.; Clippings.; Military scouts.; Piah, Ute chief.; Wanzito.; Stobie, Charles S., 1845-1931.
- [between 1865 and 1869?]
- Colorado, the late outbreak and massacre at the White River Agency, the ruins after the fire and massacre
- 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,...
- 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...
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- So. Utes women & children
- A group of Native American (Southern Ute) women and children are seated together next to tents, probably at a fair in New Mexico. Beside them are several woven water baskets with straps.
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Navajo baskets--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--1900-1910.; Children--1900-1910.; Women--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Mounted group of Utes
- View of the Flower Carnival, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Native American (Ute), men, woman, white men, and a Black man are on horseback and stand in a broad line; men include Severo (Aaron Bear), Buckskin Charlie, and Julian; woman is Severo's wife...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Colorado...
- 1894
- Native American Utes
- Large group of Native American Utes pose with white people in front of a Victorian house. Many of the Utes are in dance costumes with bandoliers, leg bands and kilts; one holds a whip.
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Ute Indians--1880-1890.
- [between 1888 and 1890?]
- Western History Subject Index
- Ute Indians
- San Acacio Mission
- View of the San Acacio Mission church on County Road 15 in Viejo San Acacio Costilla County), Colorado. The adobe church has 18 inch thick walls and a pitched roof. The structure has thick buttresses and an open bell tower above the entrance. The...
- San Acacio Mission (Viejo San Acacio, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Viejo San Acacio (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Catholic churches.; Adobe buildings.; San Acacio Mission (Viejo San Acacio, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Catholic church buildings--Colorado--Viejo San...
- 2000?
- Municipal Facts: Volume 7 Numbers 3 and 4, 1924 March-April
- Horsemen trailing
- View of Native American (Ute) scout party; one man wears fringed leggings, blanket tied around waist, shirt, beaded arm bands, beaded hair pipe necklace, scarf tied around neck, and wrapped braids; a rifle rests across his lap; horses with saddles...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Guides & scouts--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Camp on reservation near Ignacio
- View of a Native American (Ute) camp with four tepees situated in a group of trees, La Plata County, Colorado; unidentified Native American men, women, and children sit and stand in the camp; shows tripods near tepees, possibly with corn to dry;...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Colorado--1890-1900.; La Plata County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Tipis--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Men at teepee the father is proud of son's dance suit
- Outdoor portrait (standing), Native American (Ute) men near a tepee, La Plata County, Colorado; a young man wears beaded moccasins, pants, belt and vest, striped shirt, hair pipe breast plate, and striped tie; his father wears a dark three piece...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--1890-1910.; Ute Indians--Colorado--1890-1910.; La Plata County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Fathers & children--Colorado--1890-1910.; Tipis--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Hunting
- Native American (Ute) man poses near his horse; he looks down and holds a rope; he wears beaded and fringed leggings and shirt, fur pelts decorated with metal discs draped over shoulders, and a feather in his hair; horse has bridle decorated with...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Hunting--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Hunting
- Native American (Ute) hunter poses (crouched) near his horse, with rifle drawn; a rope attatched to horse's neck hangs on his arm; man wears moccasins, fringed and beaded leggings and shirt, scarf tied around neck, and fur pelts decorated with...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Hunting--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Teepees on reservation
- Native American (Ute) man and boy pose (standing) near a tepee; man wears leather boots, pants, striped shirt, dark vest, and wide brimmed hat; boy wears leather boots, leggings, shirt, suspenders, and loose scarf around neck; shows a completed...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Ute Indians--1900-1910.; Shelters--1900-1910.; Tipis--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Casa (house) wagon shed, tepee poles Towaoc, western end of reservation
- View near Towaoc, Ute Mountain Indian Reservation, Montezuma County, Colorado, of a wood (small log and slat) and mud house that stands next to a brush shelter; tepee poles lean against brush shelter, one lies on roof which connects to roof of the...
- Indians of North America--Structures--Colorado--Towaoc--1900-1910.; Ute Indians--Structures--Colorado--Towaoc--1900-1910.; Shelters--Colorado--Towaoc--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Teepes on reservation
- View of a tepee and brush shelter; an unidentified Native American (Ute) boy stands between a completed brush shelter and the frame for another, a belayed rope around his torso; a pile of brush, blankets, and possibly a fur pelt are underneath the...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Ute Indians--Structures--1900-1910.; Shelters--1900-1910.; Tipis--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Eagle dance
- Unidentified Native American men (Ute?), perform the Eagle dance outdoors, at the old Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs, Colorado; some wear feather headdresses, one plays a drum, two hold staffs or possibly spears, one holds a shield; unidentified...
- African Americans--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Eagle dance--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Dance--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Colorado...
- 1896
- Moquette and Polonegro
- Two Native American men (Ute), pose outdoors with outspread blanket; one (possibly Moquette) wears moccasins, beaded leggings, breechcloth, striped long shirt, hair pipe breast plate, scarf around neck, earrings, fur pelt and feather headdress; one...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Moquette.; Polonegro.
- 1896
- Marker on spot of Thornburgh Battle ground, monument, Sept 24 to Oct. 5 - 1879
- View of a weathered sandstone marker commemorating the battle between Major Thomas T. Thornburgh's troops and Native American Utes at Milk Creek, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. Inscription reads: "In Memory Of Officers, Soldiers And Civilians Of The...
- Thornburgh, Thomas Tipton, 1843-1879--Monuments.; Indians of North America--Colorado--1920-1940.; Milk Creek (Rio Blanco County and Moffat County, Colo.), Battle of, 1879--Monuments.; Ute Indians--War--Colorado--1920-1940.;...
- [between 1927 and 1940?]
- Ute warriors, Uintah Reservation, Utah
- Native American Utes, including warriors, a Chief and a boy pose with possibly Agent Lafayette Head and Col. Berr, Uintah Reservation, Utah, next to an earth and log structure. The Utes clothing includes hair pipe breastplates and chokers and skin...
- Indians of North America--Children--Utah--1880-1890.; Ute Indians--Structures--Utah--1880-1890.; Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation (Utah)--1880-1890.; Indian agents--Utah--1880-1890.; Tribal chiefs--Utah--1880-1890.; Berr, Colonel.; Head,...
- 1887 August 20
- Thornburg [sic] battle ground monument
- Diptych shows images of road leading to battleground and an automobile parked by the sandstone monument commemorating the battle between Major Thomas T. Thornburgh's troops and Native American Utes at Milk Creek, Rio Blanco County, Colorado.
- Thornburgh, Thomas Tipton, 1843-1879--Monuments.; Indians of North America--Colorado--1920-1940.; Milk Creek (Rio Blanco County and Moffat County, Colo.), Battle of, 1879--Monuments.; Ute Indians--War--Colorado--1920-1940.;...
- 1936 September 7
- Chipeta, Dodge, and McCook
- Standing portrait of Native Americans (Ute) Chipeta (left) and her brother, Chief McCook (right). General Grenville Mellon Dodge stands between them at the Hotel Colorado, Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1900-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1900-1920.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Chipeta.; Dodge, Grenville Mellen, 1831-1916.; McCook, John, Chief.
- [between 1900 and 1916?]
- Capitanito before cabin
- Outdoor portrait (standing) of a Native American (Ute) boy on a wooden porch probably near Ignacio, La Plata County, Colorado. Capitanito stands near a log cabin and wears beaded moccasins, pants, a dark coat, and a shell and bead necklace. Snow...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Ignacio--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Children--Colorado--Ignacio--1890-1900.; Ignacio (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Ignacio--1890-1900.; Capitanito.
- 1890
- Ute Indians - at time of census taking
- Group portrait of Native American Utes during the census year of 1880. Five Native Americans and one white man stand in a row in front of a second row of Utes on horseback.
- Indians of North America--Government relations--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--1870-1880.; Horseback riding--1870-1880.
- 1880
- Ute Indians, Bayfield, Colo.
- Group portrait of Native American Utes on horseback, Bayfield, Colorado. Many of the Utes wear headdresses as part of their costume, others wear cowboy hats and suits; one carries a large drum.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Bayfield--1880-1910.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Bayfield--1880-1910.; Bayfield (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Bayfield--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Ute indian abodes
- Euro-Americans and Native American Utes are gathered near a tepee on an open plain. The white man and woman are standing, the man holds a cradleboard, the woman holds a camera. The Utes are sitting around a large bundle of cloth.
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Ute Indians--1880-1890.; Cameras--1880-1890.; Photographers--1880-1890.; Tipis--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Charles Whiteman, an Arapahoe warrior
- Charles Whiteman poses outdoors. He was captured by the Utes at age 2 and traded to the Arapahos. He lived as an Arapaho during his lifetime. He holds a hatched pipe. He wears a fur pelt bandolier, a beaded hair pipe vest, a scarf around his neck....
- Arapaho Indians--1890-1920.; Indians of North America--1890-1920.; Clothing & dress--1890-1920.; Tomahawks--1890-1920.; Whiteman, Charles.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Municipal Facts Bi-Monthly: Volume 5 Numbers 6 and 7, 1922 July-August
- Western History Subject Index
- Ute Indians
- Municipal Facts: Volume 8 Numbers 3 and 4, 1925 March-April
- Nanise & family Southern Utes
- Nanise and his family, Native American Southern Utes, pose at (probably) Ignacio (La Plata County), Colorado; costume includes a feather headdress, blankets, embroidery, and a doll papoose. Tipis are in the background.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Ignacio--1900-1910.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Ignacio--1900-1910.; Ignacio (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Ignacio--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Ignacio--1900-1910.;...
- [1901?]
- Utes, Jose Romero and family
- Studio portrait of a Native Americans (Ute) identified as Jose Romero and his family. Jose Romero stands, has braids, and wears a shirt with buttons, a leather breechcloth over pants, a neckerchief, a choker necklace, and beaded moccasins. A woman...
- Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--1880-1900.; Cradleboards--1880-1900.; Families--1880-1900.; Infants--1880-1900.; Romero, Jose, Ute.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Ouray, head chief of the Utes
- Portrait of Chief Ouray, Native American Indian, spokesman for the Utes, peacekeeper between his people and ever increasing number of white settlers. He wears long neat braids, thin facial hair, a tailored vest and shirt with a beaded choker around...
- Ute Indians--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1870-1880.; Ouray.
- [between 1877 and 1880]
- Group of Utes
- Native Americans (Ute), Buckskin Charlie, Towee and unidentified men, women, and baby, pose for a portrait (standing), possibly at the old Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs, Colorado; baby is in beaded cradleboard from which print scarf and key...
- Indians of North America--Children--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cradleboards--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Group of Utes
- Unidentified Native American (Ute) man, woman and girl pose outdoors behind outspread blanket; man wears pants, vest, and tie, badge and medal on vest; woman wears blanket shawl and printed dress; child wears blanket shawl and dress.
- Indians of North America--Children--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Women--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Group of Utes
- Unidentified Native American (Ute) man and woman pose outdoors and stand behind outspread blanket; man wears moccasins, leggings, print shirt underneath overshirt, pelt with concho, breechcloth, and fur pelts cover braided hair; woman wears blanket...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Women--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Group of Utes
- Native American men, women and children (Ute) pose outdoors; (men) Louis, Moquette, Cuchacher, Dick Charlie, Pevige, Asa, Julian, Severo (Aaron Bear), Will Carter, and Polonegro, stand; some wear traditional Native American clothing, others dressed...
- Indians of North America--Children--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Women--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Eagle dance - Utes
- Unidentified Native American men (Ute ?), perform the Eagle dance outdoors, at the old Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs, Colorado; some wear feather headdresses, one plays a drum, two hold staffs or possibly spears, one holds a shield;...
- African Americans--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Eagle dance--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Dance--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Colorado...
- 1896
- Ouray, Chief of Southern Utes, Colorado, a great chief who was proud of having kept his people from going to war with the whites
- Composite photograph and sketch shows a head and shoulders portrait of Ouray, Native American, Chief of the Southern Utes, Colorado, wearing braids, bead necklace, buckskin decorated with quillwork and fringe.
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Ute Indians--1880-1890.; Ouray.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Residence of Ouray, chief of the Tabequache Utes, and head-man of the Ute Nation
- Reproduction of a sketch of the fenced residence of Ouray, Chief of the Native American Tabequache Utes, provided by the United States government includes log and wood buildings, dwellings, store-houses, underground store rooms for vegetables,...
- Ouray--Homes & haunts.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Montrose--1870-1880.; Tabeguache Indians--Colorado--Montrose--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Montrose--1870-1880.
- [between 1930 and 1960?]
- Ignacio, head chief of Utes
- Head and shoulders portrait of Chief Ignacio, leader of Native American Utes, and member of the Weeminuche Band. He wears a vest over a light colored shirt, a kerchief around his neck, a vest with cigars in breast pockets, hoop earrings, and a...
- Indians of North America--1870-1890.; Wiminuche Indians--1870-1890.; Ignacio, Ute Chief.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Utes
- Outdoor posed setting of 23 Native American men, women and children (Ute); men, standing, include: Louis, Moquette, Cuchacher, Dick Charlie, Pevige, Asa, Julian, Severo, Will Carter, and Polonegro, some wear traditional Native American clothing,...
- Indians of North America--Women--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Children--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Mounted Utes coming down the trail
- A procession of Native Americans (Ute) on horseback ride the Ute Pass Trail, Teller County, Colorado. They wear headdresses and traditional clothing for the dedication of the ancestral route which follows the Colorado Rocky Mountain front range...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Teller County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Commemoration--Colorado--Teller County--1910-1920.; Teller County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Ute Pass (Teller County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Historical...
- 1912
- Group of Utes
- Studio portrait of Native American (Ute) women and children. Three seated women wear blanket shawls and long belted dresses, one holds a purse. Two babies are in cradleboards, two children are on the floor by the women's feet, one is sitting, the...
- Indians of North America--Women--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Children--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Portrait with Utes
- Studio portrait of an unidentified group of whites and Native Americans (Ute); Native American costume includes hair pipe chokers, earrings, beaded vests and shirts, rings, and medals. C. M. Day wears a ribbon reading: "Fifth Annual Festival of...
- Festival of Mountain and Plain (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Day, C. M. (Cassius Marion), 1864-1940.
- 1899
- Utes on reservation
- A Native American (Ute) man and woman pose near a tepee, probably near Ignacio, La Plata County, Colorado. A wooden rail fence stands near the tepee. The woman is wrapped in a dark blanket shawl and wears a dress. The man wears a suit and hat.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Ignacio--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--Ignacio--1890-1900.; Ignacio (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ute Indian Reservation (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Tipis--Colorado--Ignacio--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Utes Making of a tepee
- Native American (Ute) women erect a set of tepee poles near a sandstone rock formation at Garden of the Gods, El Paso County, Colorado. Two women hold onto the poles while a third stands near the rolled tepee cover. A group of men sit and stand...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Indian encampments--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.;...
- September 1, 1913
- Utes Making of a tepee
- Native American (Ute) girl walks away from a tepee in Garden of the Gods, El Paso County, Colorado. The tepee entrance is covered with a blanket. The girl wears a dress and carries a doll. A sandstone rock formation stands in the distance.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Girls--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Tipis--Colorado--El...
- September 1, 1913
- Utes Making of a tepee
- Native American (Ute) women tie canvas to a wooden pole underneath four erect tepee poles at Garden of the Gods, El Paso County, Colorado. Three tepees stand nearby. Groups of men and women sit and stand near one tepee as well as on a sandstone...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Indian encampments--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.;...
- September 1, 1913
- Utes Building the Tepee
- Native American (Ute) women stand near the entrance to a tepee in Garden of the Gods, El Paso County, Colorado. One women holds the entrance flap open while another looks on. Another tepee and a group of bushes stands nearby.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Tipis--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.
- September 1, 1913