Chief Walker
Walker (Walkara, Wakara) (unk.-1855) was a leader of the Ute Indians in Utah Co., Utah Territory. He attempted to forge peace with the Mormon settlers but later instigated the Walker War between the Utes and the Saints at the time Wilford Woodruff was serving in the Utah Territorial Legislature. He died in 1855 in Meadow, Millard Co., Utah Territory.
Chief Walker, Wilford Woodruff Papers (https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/subjects/chief-walker, accessed 28 Feb. 2022). Wakara, aka Walkara and Walker, The Journal of George Q. Cannon (https://www.churchhistorianspress.org/george-q-cannon/people/wakara-also-known-as-walkara-and-walker?letter=W&lang=eng, accessed 17 Jan. 2022).
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