List of Illustrations
Foreword by Floyd A. O’Neil
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Individuals Involved in the Meeker Affair and Its
Aftermath
1. Nicaagat Confronts Josephine
2. The Battle at Milk Creek and the Killings at the White River Indian Agency
3. Hostages in the Borderlands
4. Trail Section 1
5. Nicaagat
6. Hellbent for Help
7. Horse Power
8. Trail Section 2
9. Josephine Meeker
10. She-towitch to the Rescue
11. Nicaagat Versus Nathan
12. Trail Section 3
13. The Word Gets Out
14. Trail Section 4
15. Outrage!
16. The Rescue Trail
17. Chicago Rallies for She-towitch
18. Investigation, Frustration, and Farce
19. The Trail to Washington
20. The Colorado Plan
21. The Trail to Utah
22. The Final Trail for Nicaagat and Josephine
Epilogue
Introduction to the Appendices
Appendix I. How Many Fought at Milk Creek?: Supplement to Chapter 2
Appendix II. Faster Horses: Supplement to Chapter 6
Appendix III. Mormons on Their Minds: Supplement to Chapter 9
Appendix IV. One Family’s History: Supplement to Chapter 10
Appendix V. Powell Speaks Out: Supplement to Chapter 13
Appendix VI. The Final Skirmish: Supplement to Chapter 16
Appendix VII. Colorow: Supplement to Chapter 18
Appendix VIII. What Happened to the Utes’ Horses?: Supplement to Chapter 21
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Robert Silbernagel has been writing for Colorado newspapers since 1975. He is currently editorial page editor at The Daily Sentinel in Grand Junction and has earned several awards from the Colorado Press Association.
“Sibernagel has given life and color to the major figures. He not
only provides an even-handed account, based on ‘accurate historical
facts,’ but uses the oral history of the Indian people involved. He
has proven that it is possible to reinterpret old and available
written sources to shed new light on worn-out storylines and
beliefs.”—Veronica E. Tiller, author of Culture and Customs of the
Apache Indians
"Troubled Trails successfully illuminates these poorly studied
events, rectifies historiographic errors, and integrates previously
absent Ute perspectives into the historical record. A welcome
addition to the histories of the intermountain West, Ute peoples
specifically, and the histories of native dispossession more
broadly."—Montana: The Magazine of Western History
"[A] thoroughly researched and fast-moving account."—Colorado Book
Review
“A powerful and provocative story that draws us into the time and
mind of western Colorado during the 1870s and 80s. Through
Silbernagel’s meticulous research we can more fully appreciate the
social, economic, and cultural differences that created the
‘perfect storm’ of distrust and misunderstanding of the two
cultures. Readers will find this to be fascinating reading.”—Mike
Perry, Executive Director, Museum of Western Colorado
"Troubled Trails will become a benchmark book in Colorado
history....[Silbernagel is] a sensitive writer who maintains a
professional journalistic balance in his assessment of court
documents, newspaper accounts, Congressional testimony and valuable
Indian oral histories....[This is] a fine book deserving of a wide
audience."—The Daily Sentinel, Grand Junction
"Silbernagel provides believable reconstruction that ties
topography to historic account.... It is not a rehash but fresh
insight into certain aspects of this twice-told tale. This book
makes [a valuable contribution] in further understanding a complex
series of events that pushed a relatively peaceful Indian group
from the beautiful, mineral-rich mountains of Colorado to the high
deserts of Utah.”—Utah Historical Quarterly
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