Onetime Comanche foe

Usage examples of ute.

So far as he knew, no other white man had ever taken a Ute woman for his wife simply because the Utes either drove off or killed any whites they found in their territory.

Concentrating on the Ute, he fired, then jumped to safety as the warrior crashed to the ground.

In seconds there was no sign of a single Ute, they were so well hidden.

Winona and gone into the remote country to the northwest of their cabin, not to the southwest into Ute land.

Gulping down his mouthful of meat, he opened his eyes and swiveled around to find a lone Ute stalking toward him with an arrow already trained on his back.

Hawken propped against the nearby tree, perhaps five feet away, so near, yet not near enough to grab before the Ute let the arrow fly.

He started to rise, his left hand falling to the pistol, when the Ute barked a single word.

Evidently the Ute intended to take him alive, which might buy him time to turn the tables.

Using two fingers and exaggerated, slow movements so the Ute could see he was not about to do anything rash, Nate pulled the pistol out and gently placed it on the ground.

He did likewise with his butcher knife and the tomahawk, then stepped back when the Ute indicated he should do so, and kept on stepping until the Ute signified he should stop.

He expected the warrior to either give a yell to attract the rest of the band or else force him to turn and kneel so the Ute could bind him, although what the man would use he had no idea since the only other article the warrior had was a knife.

He was recalling how Two Owls had helped him save Shakespeare McNair and another man from a war party of Blackfeet that had penetrated deep into Ute territory.

He picked up the stick he had dropped when the Ute appeared and brushed bits of grass off the pieces of rabbit, then heated them again.

Hawken tucked under his left arm, he followed the Ute to where the sturdy roan waited.

He looked at Flying Hawk, expecting the warrior to begin climbing at any moment, and was startled when he saw the Ute give a barely perceptible shudder.