Pinhook Draw fight

The Pinhook Draw fight took place June 15–16, 1881, near Moab, Utah. It was part of a series of clashes between the Ute people and Anglo-American settlers sometimes termed the Ute Wars. The combatants were 30 to 65 Ute and Paiute people and about three dozen white settlers, mostly cowboys and miners from southwestern Colorado and southeastern Utah. The settlers sought revenge against the Utes for other conflicts in the region and to recover stolen livestock. The white men were in pursuit of an encampment of Utes when the Utes ambushed them in Pinhook Draw. Ten whites were killed and the bodies of two Utes were found after the battle.