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In 1879 a small band of Ute Indians went wild in the Colorado Rockies and ambushed a force of soldiers, murdered their Indian agent and his employees, and took three women hostage. This was the Massacre at White River, and its consequences included the removal of the Ute tribe to barren lands, while the western slope of Colorado was opened to white settlement.

Drawing on his exploration of the area for more than three decades, Wilkinson (law, U. of Colorado-Boulder) examines a number of historical events and continuing issues relating to the redrock countryside and Indian societies of the Colorado Plateau, which stretches across the states forming the Four Corners. Maps detail the various localities he describes.

Prepared for and funded by the United States Army Directorate of Environmental Compliance and Management, Fort Carson, Colorado. Administered by Midwest Archaeological Center, National Park Service, Lincoln, Nebraska.