[DOWNLOAD] Among the Shoshones (1910) by Elijah Nicholas Wilson ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free

"Tales from Wilson's youth living among the Shoshones, riding for the Pony Express, driving a stagecoach, scouting for the army against...Gosiute Indians." -Devil's Gate (2012)"When he was about 12 years old, Wilson ran off with a group of Shoshones." -Gifts from the Thunder Beings (2014)"Thrilling adventure as a rider in Utah's west desert; Wilson always wore a hat to cover a scar inflicted by an Indian arrow." -Pony Express in Utah (2015)"Lived as a Shoshone, learning to hunt buffalo, to use a bow and arrow...a favorite of Chief Washakie." -Moon Handbooks: Wyoming (2006)Known as "Yagaiki" when among the Shoshones, Elijah Nicholas Wilson (1842 - 1915), was a Mormon American pioneer, childhood runaway, 'adopted' brother of Shoshone Chief Washakie, Pony Express rider for the Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company, stagecoach driver for Ben Holloday's Overland Stage, blacksmith, prison guard, farmer, Mormon bishop, prison inmate (unlawful cohabitation), carpenter/cabinet maker, fiddler, trader, trapper, and 'frontier doctor' (diphtheria and smallpox).It is the typical pioneer story. Born in Illinois in 1842. the narrator crossed the plains by ox team in 1850 and spent the remaining years of his life in Utah. where his parents settled. At the age of twelve he ran away from home to join the Indians, with whom he spent two years. This part of the story is full of fresh interest for it throws light on Indian life and character. Later he became a rider for the pony express, then a driver on the overland stage route. To the end of his days he remained a friend to the Indian and was rewarded with friendliness in return.Wilson is remembered today primarily due to a) i) the publication of derivative works based upon, and ii) later-day republications of his 1910 autobiography entitled Among the Shoshones such as: The White Indian Boy: The Story of Uncle Nick Among the Shoshones (a volume of the World Book Company's In Pioneer Life Series), and The White Indian Boy ; and its Sequel, The Return of the White Indian, b) his founding of Wilson, Wyoming, and c) the 1997 movie entitled Wind River.Table of ContentsMy Little Indian Brother Off With the Indians The Great Encampment Village Life My Mother The Crows A Long Journey A Fierce Battle Lively Times Old Morogonai The Big Council Homeward Bound Year of the Move The Pony Express Johnston Punishes the Indians The Overland Stage A Terrible Journey