Washakie, Chief of the Shoshones

by Grace Raymond Hebard

Book Overview

Washakie was chief of the eastern band of the Shoshone Indians for almost sixty years, until his death in 1900. A strong leader of his own people, he saw the wisdom of befriending the whites. Grace Raymond Hebard offers an engaging view of Washakie's long life and the early history of Shoshone-occupied land-embracing present-day Wyoming and parts of Montana, Idaho, and Utah. Washakie is seen signing historic treaties, aiding overland emigrants in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803272782
• ISBN13: 9780803272781
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 325 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"