Pinhook Draw fight

Pinhook Draw fight
The terrain near the battle site.
Date 15-16 June 1881 Location Near Moab, Utah, United States 38°35′31″N 109°18′22″W / 38.592°N 109.306°W / 38.592; -109.306 Result Ute victory
Belligerents
Civilian volunteers	Ute Native American Tribe
Strength
~35 civilian volunteers	~30-65 warriors
Casualties and losses
10 killed	probably 2 killed

The Pinhook Draw fight took place 15–16 June 1881 near Moab, Utah. It was part of a series of clashes between the Ute people and Anglo settlers sometimes termed the Ute Wars. The combatants were 30 to 65 Ute and Paiute people and about three dozen white settlers, mostly Anglo 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.