Lucky Jim 1 FirehairChapter 14 Colorado
Feb 21, 1859 [Author’s note: I use the term “Colorado” when referring to the area that eventually became the state of Colorado. In February 1859, it was still part of the Kansas and Nebraska Territories. Shortly before it officially became the state of Colorado, the residents named it the Jefferson Territory.] Summoned to the Sioux lodge where the chiefs met periodically, I was surprised to learn that a group of Sioux hunters had returned with nearly three hundred Cheyenne, Ute, and Arapaho...