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colorow in
the denver post
In '88, the year before he died:
`The Whites have asked for Colorow's removal
And the latter persists in staying on the ground.
He is by nature ugly and mean-tempered
And cannot be scared off or bluff ed away.
This, coupled with his notion that he owns
The land, which has become a passion with him,
Has made it very unpleasant, and at times
Dangerous for the settlers.'
his small joke in a ute council
...The old man said to the whites:
All right, we give you some land
For your presents, only
You must take it away with you.
We do not want your land
Lying around over our country.
his ancestry
His father was
a Comanche, his mother
a Jicarilla Apache.