Editor’s Note: For those following these previously unpublished letters between Nathan Meeker and officials in Washington, D.C., it’s worth pointing out that the letters below were written just a few months before the uprising of the White River Utes and Meeker’s death.
White River Agency, Colorado
July 2, 1879
Sir: I have received complaint from Governor Pitkin, Denver, to the effect that the Utes of this agency are in North Park warning the settlers to…