It was named after a subchief of the Ute and involved several clashes between Mormon settlers and Native Americans previously residing in the Tintic and Cedar Valleys.
[3] The conflict began when Native Americans took settlers' cattle due to drought.
The European Americans settled the area, and proceeded to establish mining communities.
[3] The war concluded with the federal government intervening by taking the Utes from their land to the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation.
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