Colorow (Ute chief)

[1] His name is spelled with a 'w' at the end, which is a reflection of english language speakers who would have heard the Spanish pronunciation of his name, "Colorao", which is a regional accent in Colorado and New Mexico Spanish where the 'd' in an 'ado' ending word is often softened or dropped, thus, Colorado would be spoken as Colorao, which to a non-Spanish speaker would sound like Colorow.

[5] In the 1840s he thought to surprise Black Kettle and his band he found camped at a spring where the Golden Mill stands today (1012 Ford Street) in the valley, but was thwarted when Black Kettle made an overnight tactical withdrawal to the top of North Table Mountain to be found the next morning upon the rim with his men shaking their blankets at Colorow in defiance.

[1] The Ute and Colorow had friendly relations with the Rooney family as they kept their word to them and the other tribes on letting them continue to use Iron Spring, and at Mt.

Vernon when friend and mainstay resident William Matthews brought his new wife Frances from far away England on April 20, 1871 the band turned out to see her in what remains a largest recorded wedding reception in Jefferson County history, seen en route through Golden dressed in "rich attire.

"[8] Colorow and the Ute also had friendly and productive relations with Golden, Colorado, visiting the town seasonally around May and late summer,[9] trading with its merchants,[10] having wrestling and gambling contests with the townspeople including Golden Globe editor Edgar Watson Howe,[11] with Colorow himself dining multiple times with Jefferson County Sheriff W.L.

[15] Colorow also spent part of each summer with his band in the Roaring Fork Valley between Aspen and Gunnison, Colorado.

He was involved in treaty negotiations with the United States government and met with President Ulysses S. Grant at a reception in Denver in 1873.

[1] In 1887, some minor incidents occurred near Meeker, Colorado, which caused a Rio Blanco County sheriff to establish a posse and hunt down Utes.

His first wife, Recha, gave birth to three of his children Uncompahgre Colorow, Patchoorowits "Gus", and a girl named Topollywack.