White River Agency,
Colorado.
July 11, 1879
Sir: Jack a principal Ute chief, wishes to inform you that Rainbow (Sarap) died 8th instant, after a long illness. Rainbow was a chief of such influence that formerly he visited Washington among the Ute delegation, and he received a silver medal from President Johnson, and his photograph is now in Washington. Of that delegation there remain Jack and Pant. Rainbow was a friend of the whites, and…