Last Indian Summer: The Bloody Milk Creek Siege

On Monday, September 29, 1879, the Northern Utes simultaneously massacred all the white male inhabitants of the White River Agency, captured three women and two children and ambushed a hundred-man US cavalry detachment under the command of Major T.T. Thornburgh. A five day siege ensued ultimately resulting in a Ute defeat, the women's rescue and the forced displacement of the Utes from Colorado. This novel tells the compelling story of that historic siege and the larger than life characters who saw it happen.