Description
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
COLORADO TERRITORY
Official White River Indian Agent appointment issued October 15, 1870
Signed by
TERRITORIAL GOVERNOR, EDWARD M. McCOOK
Officially appointing CHARLES ADAMS, Ex-officio Superintendent of Indian Affairs
the“Acting Indian Agent for the Yampah, Uintah & Grand River Utes at White River Agency, Colorado Territory”
Document printed at the ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS OFFICE
Gold-foiled Colorado Territory Seal, 1861
This historical document is highly significant to COLORADO history.
CHARLES ADAMS, son-in-law of Territorial Governor Edward M. McCook, was an intriguing and important figure in early Colorado events, especially between the Ute Native Americans and other Colorado residents.
Charles Adams, a Civil War veteran, was, at various times, Indian Agent for the White River and Los Pinos Ute Indian agencies. Adams, along with Otto Mears, brought to justice Alferd Packer, the San Juan Mountains murderer and cannibal. Charles Adams was also intrumental in resolving the violence and anger between Native Americans and other Colorado residents after the MEEKER MASSACRE. Adams experience, knowledge of Ute culture, and friendships with Chief Ouray, Chief Colorow, the Meeker family, and other participants in the White River events, made him critical in calming and all involved and effecting resolutions to the amassing unrest.
{Readily accessible source: MASSACRE: The Tragedy at White River, by Marshall Sprage, 1957. Of course, the original U.S. Government and Colorado Territory Government documentation are best, but less accessible.}
The historical document offered in this listing not only represents Charles Adams’ career, but also him as a vital element in Colorado history, and most especiallyrelations with Ute Native Americans of COLORADO.
Condition: very good to very good plus; clean, bright, thick-bond paper; original folds have, over time, produced some light wear; old tape removal, mostly at left-hand and bottom margins, show some left over residue; all information and writing very precise and clear.
Document dimensions: 14 inches by 11-1/2 inches
Important characters and places in these historical Colorado events:
UTE NATIVE AMERICANS
CHIEF OURAY
CHIEF COLOROW
CHARLES ADAMS
WHITE RIVER AGENCY
LOS PINOS AGENCY
NATHAN MEEKER
EDWARD M. MCCOOK
COLORADO ARTIFACTUAL
