Early days on the western slope of Colorado and campfire chats with Otto Mears, the pathfinder, from 1870 to 1883, inclusive
By: By Sidney Jocknick
Series: Western Americana, 1550-1900 -- reel 289, no. 2887
Publisher: The Carson-Harper Co.
Published: 1913
Place of publication: Denver, Colo
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 384
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life; Ute Indians; Description and travel
Notes: References: Eberstadt no. IV-184.

References: Howes, U.S.IANA, no. J.115.

Includes bibliographical references.

Flake, C.J. Mormon bibliography, 1830-1930, 4418

Howes, W. U.S.iana, 1650-1950 (1962 edition), J115
Table of contents: title: Early days on the Western Slope of Colorado; title: Employed by the government; title: Becomes an all-round sport and bronco buster; title: Starving prospectors; title: Alfred Packer; departure of our guests; title: Removal of the agency to the Uncompahgre River; title: Names of "Bronchos"; Otto Mears "Jugs" a Mexican; title: Bad men among the Utes and Chief Ouray's summary method of disposing of them; title: Thanksgiving day and the first grave on the Uncompahgre; title: True Western conditions; evolution of an Indian scare; title: Mossbacks posed as the Fathers of Ouray, but got lost in the shuffle; title: The golden San Juan; title: Bad roads to travel in 1877 and 1878; title: Fort Crawford becomes a regimental post; title: 1879 The Meeker Massacre; title: Third treaty with the Utes; demanded by the people of Colorado as an atonement for the Meeker Massacre; title: Congress ratifies the treaty and General Mac-Kenzie removes the Utes; title: Ouray's last trip to Washington; title: Otto Mears, the pathfinder of the San Juan; title: Gold city and Rico; title: George Howard a smooth highwayman.