The close of the White River War,…

The close of the White River War, also known as the Ute War, or the Ute Campaign, sees the relegation of the Utes to reservations in southwestern Colorado and eastern Utah.

The official ceding of Ute land occurs after negotiations that had begun in November 1879 with a Peace Commission at the Los Pinos Agency.

After this commission fails to produce results, Congress summons the participants to Washington in 1880.

A treaty is agreed upon where the White River Utes agree to be removed to Uintah Reservation in Utah, and the Uncompahgre Utes, who had not participated in the uprising, are to remain in Colorado, but on a smaller parcel of land.

Later this plan is changed, and the Uncompahgre Utes too are removed to Utah.

The Southern Ute are also to be moved, although it proves difficult to find them land in neighboring states.

Ultimately they remain on a reservation along the border of Colorado and New Mexico.