Story of the Polk and Posey Indian War in San Juan County, Utah, 1946, February 16.

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Story of the Polk and Posey Indian War in San Juan County, Utah, 1946, February 16.

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Transcript of Hector Lee's interview with Joseph A. Hunt in which Hunt gives an eyewitness account of the incident known as the "Posey War" in San Juan County, Utah, in 1923. Hunt's description of events begins with the murder of Mexican sheepherder Juan Chacon, allegedly by a Ute Indian named Tse-Ne-Gat, and the subsequent pursuit of Tse-Ne-Gat by bounty hunters led by US Marshall Aquila Nebeker. Hunt describes how the search led to a confrontation between the settlers and the Indian chiefs William Posey, a Piute, and Poke (Polk), an Avikan Ute. The incident involved several deaths before the Indians were subdued by the arrival of General Hugh L. Scott. Posey, Poke, and Tse-Ne-Gat were all arrested and taken to Denver, where Tse-Ne-Gat was aquitted of the original murder charge. Also inlcuded is limited commentary on the incident by Mrs. Hunt.

Interview transcript, 5 pages.

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Posey, William, approximately 1863-1923

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Scott, Hugh Lenox, 1853-1934

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Hugh Lenox Scott (b. Sept. 22, 1853, Danville, Ky.-d. Apr. 30, 1934, Washington, D.C.), Major General in the U.S. Army, graduated from West Point in 1876 and for the next 20 years served on the frontier, chiefly with the 7th Cavalry. He fought in campaigns against Indians of the Plains and became an expert in their languages. He was commander of Troop L of the 7th Cavalry, the last Indian troop in the Army. He also served during the Spanish-American War, as military governor in the Philippines, ...

Hunt, Joseph A.

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Lee, Hector,

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