Chief Ouray
Photograph -- Black-and-White Photograph
Identifier:
2006.123.4563Description
OurayBorn: 1833
Died: August 24, 1980
Served as chief of the Unconpahagee Utes from 1860-1880
5' 7" stocky-frame
Spoke English, Spanish, Ute Apache, and some of the Pueblo
Signed the Brunot Treaty in 1873 after the gold and silver rush started in the San Juan Mountains. But the treaty eventually moved to a reservation in Utah and Colorado.