tamrock
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Yesterday, after I finished up my work in Ouray a town that sits below the Uncompahgre Peak in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. I had a little time in the later afternoon to visit the Ute Indian Museum and the burial place of Chief Ouray and his 2nd wife Chipeta in Montrose, Colorado. It isn't a very big museum, but they do have some very wonderful old bead work artifacts on display... The land the museum sits on was once his homestead. I believe Ouray was a very intelligent, wise and fascinating individual from what I've read of him.
Ouray was born in what is now New Mexico. According to oral history, he was born on a clear night of November 13, 1833, during the Leonid meteor showers, which was taken as an omen. In Ute, ouray means “the arrow,” drawn from the meteor shower that occurred at the time of his birth. His father, Guera Murah, was a Jicarilla Apache adopted into the Ute, and his mother was an Uncompahgre Ute. He learned Spanish, English, and later both the Ute and Apache languages, which he found helpful in negotiating treaties.
Ouray was born in what is now New Mexico. According to oral history, he was born on a clear night of November 13, 1833, during the Leonid meteor showers, which was taken as an omen. In Ute, ouray means “the arrow,” drawn from the meteor shower that occurred at the time of his birth. His father, Guera Murah, was a Jicarilla Apache adopted into the Ute, and his mother was an Uncompahgre Ute. He learned Spanish, English, and later both the Ute and Apache languages, which he found helpful in negotiating treaties.
