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**This river played an important role in some of the Navajo chantway myths and functioned as a clear line of demarcation between Navajo and Ute territories.The Mormon colonies of southwestern Utah and the settlers of New Mexico and Arizona reacted against the Navajo by sending military expeditions to halt the threat. the chiefs were red feather and Little Soldier  the impact of there life is cross-beded and the navajo sandstoneonlineutah.com  the money they brot in Carson, a **famous **guide  1818-1894. Born into the Bit'ahni (Folded Arms People) clan near Bear Ears Peak in southeastern Utah about 1818, Manuelito was not well known until he was elected headman after the death of Zarcillas Largas (Long Earrings). He was a noted warrior and married the war chief Narbona's daughter. Later, he took a second wife after a raid on a Mexican settlement. Manuelito is spanish for "Little Manuel". His Navajo names included Hastin Ch'ilhajinii or Childjajin, meaning "The man of the Black Weeds"; Ashkii Dighin, or "Holy Boy", which he was called as a youth; and Haskeh Naabah, or "The Angry Warrior," his war name. At the beginning of the Mexican war in 1846, the United States quickly occupied New Mexico. To punish the Navajo for stealing lifestock, Colonel Alexander W. Doniphan led his Missouri volunteers into the Navajo Homelands. Since each Navajo headman was responsible only for the acts of members of his group and there were no centralized head chiefs, there was much misunderstanding between the Navajos and the whites. Hiding in their rugged terrain, and particularly in the recesses of their sacred place, Canyon de Chelly, the Navajos avoided any major military conflicts with the Americans. In 1846 and 1849, Navajo headmen negotiated treaties with the American government, but they avoided U.S. control. During the 1850's, Navajo leaders such as Manuelito had become wealthy through agricultural pursuits, livestock raising, and raids. But disputes emerged over grazing rights at the mouth of Canyon Bonito near Fort Defiance between the Navajos and the U.S. soldiers. whole story at this site. yahoo answers **