# Elijah Nicholas Wilson

> Elijah Nicholas Wilson was known as "Yagaiki" when among the Shoshones, and in his later years as "Uncle Nick" when entertaining young children with his adventurous exploits. He 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, carpenter/cabinet maker, fiddler, trader, trapper, and "frontier doctor".

*American writer (1842-1915)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1842-04-08
- **Died:** 1915-12-26
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Elijah Nicholas Wilson was known as "Yagaiki" when among the Shoshones, and in his later years as "Uncle Nick" when entertaining young children with his adventurous exploits. He 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, carpenter/cabinet maker, fiddler, trader, trapper, and "frontier doctor".

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 37.1

## Sources
- [Elijah Nicholas Wilson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah_Nicholas_Wilson)
- [إليجاه نيكولاس ويلسون](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%87_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86)
- [ایلیا نکولس ولسن](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D9%86%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B3_%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%86)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5360977)

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