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UTENSILS UTINA 



[b. a. e. 



White River agency, Colo., roamed from 

 their reservation into s. Wyoming to hunt. 

 During this time some forests were fired 

 by railway tiemen, resulting in great loss 

 of timber, and calling forth complaint 

 against the Indians, who were ordered to 

 remain henceforth on their reservation. 

 In Sept. the agent, Meeker, was assaulted 

 after a quarrel with a petty chief, and re- 

 quested military aid, which was granted. 

 Orders were later issued for the arrest of 

 the Indians charged with the recent for- 

 est fires, and Maj. Thornburgh was sent 

 with a force of 190 men. Suspecting the 

 outcome, the Indians procured ammuni- 

 tion from neighboring traders and in- 

 formed the agent that the appearance of 

 the troops would be regarded as an act 

 of war. On Sept. 20 Thornburgh' s de- 

 tachment was ambushed, and their leader 

 and 13 men were killed. The command 

 fell back. On Oct. 2 a company of cav- 

 alry arrived, and 3 days later Col. Mer- 

 ritt with 600 troops reached the scene. 

 Atornear the agency the bodiesof Meeker 

 and 7 employees were found; all but one 

 of the agency buildings had been rifled 

 and burned. The conflict was soon ended, 

 mainly through the peaceful attitude and 

 influence of chief Ouray. 



In the summer of 1906 about 400 Ute, 

 chiefly of the White River band, left their 

 allotments and the Uintah res. in Utah 

 to go to the Pine Ridge res., S. Dak., 

 there to enjoy an unrestricted communal 

 life. They made the journey leisurely, 

 and although no depredations were com- 

 mitted on the way, settlers became 

 alarmed. Every peaceful effort was made 

 to induce the absentees to return to Utah, 

 but all excepting 45, who returned home, 

 remained obdurate, and after having 

 been charged with petty thefts while in 

 Wyoming, the matter was placed under 

 the jurisdiction of the War Department, 

 troops were sent to the scene in October, 

 and the Indians accompanied them peace- 

 fully to Ft Meade, S. Dak., in November. 

 In the following spring (1907) arrange- 

 ments were made whereby the absentee 

 Ute were assigned 4 townships of the 

 Cheyenne River res., S. Dak., which was 

 leased l^y the Government, at the expense 

 of the Ute annuity fund, for 5 years. 

 The Indians were removed in June to 

 their new lands, where they remained 

 until the following June (1908), when, at 

 their own request, they were returned to 

 their old home in Utah, arriving there in 

 October. Cf. Yuta. 



Digger Ute.— Marcy, Army Life, 229, 1866 (appar- 

 ently a general name for the Ute). Eutahs. — 

 Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, v, 498, 1855. Eutaw.— 

 Irving, Rocky Mts., Il, 213, 1837. Grasshopper In- 

 dians.— Pattie, Pers. Narr., 101, 1833. Gutahs.— 

 Domenech, Deserts, ii, 4, 1860. lata-go. — Mooney 

 in 14th Rep. B. A. E., 1043, 1896 (Kiowa name), 

 letan. — See under that name. Inta. — Escudero, 

 Not. de Son. y Sin., 67, 1849 (= luta). Jut 



joat.— Orozco y Berra, Geog., 59, 1864. Mactcinge- 

 ha wai".- Dorsey. (fegiha MS. Diet., B. A. E., 1878 

 (= 'rabbit-.skin robes': Omaha and Ponca name). 

 Moli-tau-hai'-ta-ni-o.— Havden, Ethnog. and 

 Philol. Mo. Val., 290, 1862 (= 'the black men': 

 Cheyenne name). Uuxtaw^tan. — ten Kate, 

 Reizen,8, 1885 ('black people': Cheyenne name). 

 Nasuia kwe. — ten Kate, ibid., 7 ( 'deer-hunting 

 men ':Zuni name). No-o-chi. — A. Hrdlieka,inf'n, 

 1907. No-o-chi-uh. — Ibid. No-6nch.— Ibid, (own 

 name). Nota-a.— ten Kate, op. cit., 6 (Navaho 

 name). Notch.— Ibid., 8 (own name). Nuts.— 

 Ibid, (alternative of Notch). Guazula.— Z&rate- 

 Salmeron {ca. 1629) in Land of Sunshine, 183, Jan., 

 1900 (a province; name in Jemez language: seem- 

 ingly the Ute). ftusutas.- Ibid. Sapa wicasa.— 

 Cook, Yankton MS. vocab., B. A. E., 184, 1882 

 (Dakota name). Sarpa wee-cha-cha.— Corli.ss, La- 

 cotah MS. vocab., B. A. E., 106, 1874 (Te- 

 ton name; intended for Sapa wiCaSa, ' Black 

 people'). Spanish Yutes. —Fremont, Exped. to 

 Rocky Mts., 141, 1854. Ta'hana.— Hodge, field- 

 notes, B. A. E., 1895 (Taos name). Tcingawup- 

 tuh.— Stephen in Sth Rep. B. A. E., 30, 1891 (former 

 Hopi name). Utahs.— Vargas (1694) quoted by 

 Davis, Span. Conq. N. Mex., 404, 1869. TJtas.— 

 Prichard, Phvs. Hist. Man., v, 415, 1847. TJtaws.— 

 Parker, Journal, 79, 1840. TJte.— Bent (1846) in 

 Cal. Mess, and Corresp., 193, 1850. '^tsia.— Voth, 

 Traditions of the Hopi, '267, 1905 (Hopi iiame) 

 Waatenihts.— Curtis, N. Am. Ind., v, 154, 1909 

 ('black': Atsina name). Yita.— Mediavilla y 

 Ascona (1746), doe. in Colegio de Santa Cruz de 

 Quer6taro, Mex., K, leg. 5, no. 6. Yiuhta.- 

 Pimentel, Lenguas, ii,347, 1865 (confounded with 

 Comanche). Yota.— Curtis, N.Am. Ind., i, 135, 1907 

 (Jicarilla Apache form). Youtah. — Gebow, Sho- 

 sho-nay Vocab., 21. 1868 (Shoshoni name). You- 

 tas.—DnflotdeMofras,Expl., 11,335, 1844. Youts.— 

 Smet, Letters, 36, 1843. Yu'hta.— 3at,schet, Co- 

 mancheMS.. B. A.E. (Comanchename). Yulas. — 

 Escudero, Not. Nuevo-Mex., 83, 1849. Yumyum. — 

 Writer (ca. 1702) in Doc. Hist. Mex., 4th s., v, 

 150, 1857 (Orozco y Berra, p. 59, says Maricopa 

 name). Yiita. — Dofsey, Kansa MS. vocab. ,B. A. E., 

 1882 (Kansas name). Yutama.— Bourke, Moquis 

 of Ariz., 118, 1884 (Hopi name). Yutamo. — 

 Stephen in 8th Rep. B. A. E.,35, 1891 (Hopi name). 

 Yutas.— Gregg, Comm. Prairies, i, 285, 1844. Yu- 

 tawats.— Mooney in 17th Rep. B. A. E., 167, 1898 

 (so called bv Plains tribes). Yute.— Garrard, 

 Wah-to-yah, 185, 1850. Yutta.— Doc. of 17'20 quoted 

 by Bandelier in Arch. Inst. Papers, v, 183, 1890. 



Utensils. See Imphnncnts, Bereptncles. 



Utenstank. A village of the Powhatan 

 confederacy in 1608, situated on the N. 

 bank of Mattapony r. in Caroline co., 

 Va. — Smith (1629), Va., i, map, repr. 

 1819. 



Uthlecan. See OoUchan. 



Utikimitung. A village of the Talirping- 

 miut Okomiut Eskimo, on the s. shore of 

 Cumberland sd. 

 Utiqimitung.— Boas in 6th Rep. B. A. E., map, 1888. 



Utina (Timucua: uti, land; na, my: 

 'my country'). In the narrative of the 

 French Huguenot colony in Florida, 1564, 

 Utina, Ouae Utina, or Olata Ouae Utina, 

 is given as the name of the head chief of 

 the Timucua, and on the De Bry ma]) of 

 1591 (Le Moyne, Narr., 1885) we And 

 Utina as a town within the same territory. 

 It appears, however, to be a title rather 

 than a geographic or personal name, and 

 does not occur in subsequent Spanish 

 history. Olata, or Jiolata, is one of the Ti- 

 mucua titles for "chief," and it has been 

 adopted into the Creek language, (.i. m.) 

 Olata Ouae TJtina. — Laudonniere in French, Hist. 

 Coll. La., '243, 1869. Otina.-Barcia, Ensayo, 50, 

 1723. Ouae TJtina.— Laudonniere, op cit., 256. 



