HISTORY LESSONS: Agency Survivors, Part II

Descendants of Edwin L. Mansfield claim that he was only White River Indian Agency employee to escape with his life. That statement was not entirely correct as we shall see later. All during the summer of 1879, Agent Meeker had urged military intervention to enforce his ideals of a Ute society sustained only by farming on the White River. He had sent letters to Governor Pitkin, post commanders, General Pope, Indian Affairs Commissioner, Front Range…