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Elijah Nicholas Wilson

American writer (1842-1915) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 73

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.

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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".

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Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1842 to 1915 · aged 73