Illustration
Chief Kanosh (l. 1821-1884) of the Pahvant band of the Ute Native American nation. Photograph by Charles Roscoe Savage, 1870.
Property of the C. R. Savage collection Brigham Young University, call number PH 500 62 1.
Chief Kanosh and his people were implicated by the Mormons in the Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857 and were only exonerated in 2007 when the Mormons admitted they had orchestrated and carried out the massacre.
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Savage, C. R. (2025, January 20). Chief Kanosh. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19893/chief-kanosh/
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Savage, Charles Roscoe. "Chief Kanosh." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified January 20, 2025. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19893/chief-kanosh/.
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Savage, Charles Roscoe. "Chief Kanosh." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 20 Jan 2025. Web. 22 Feb 2025.
