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Chipeta Ouray

By Ellie.Wilson

  • Born June 10, 1843 in Kiowa Apache

  • Period: to

    Chipeta Ouray

  • parents got killed

  • married

  • Colorado Territory was organized

  • Utes Travled

  • Ouray attended the great council

  • another treaty for Washington

  • gold was discovered in the San Juan Mountains

  • the government moved the Los Pinos Agency

  • tensions between the white River and white solders

  • President Hayes invited Ouray to another trip to Washington, D.C

  • The U.S cavalry escorted 1,458 Uncompahgre Utes

  • the government assigned allotments

  • Chipeta still honored as a wise woman of the tribe

  • Chipeta was invited to the dedication ceremony for the newly built Gunniton tunnel

  • Chipeta's participaton in council of Chief

  • Chipeta attended the Fourth of July celebration in Montrose

  • Commissioner of Indian Affairs wanted to send gifts