Pinhook Draw fight
The Pinhook Draw fight took place 15–16 June 1881 near Moab, Utah. The combatants were 30 to 65 Ute and Paiute Native Americans (Indians) and about three dozen white settlers, mostly Anglo cowboys and miners from southwestern Colorado and southeastern Utah. The settlers were attempting to punish the Utes for their depredations in the region and to recover stolen livestock. They were in pursuit of an encampment of Utes when the Utes ambushed them in Pinhook Draw. Ten whites were killed and the bodies of two Utes were found after the battle.
| Pinhook Draw fight | |||||||
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The terrain near the battle site. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Civilian volunteers | Ute Native American Tribe | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| ~35 civilian volunteers | ~30-65 warriors | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 10 killed | probably 2 killed | ||||||
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