Washakie
Eastern Shoshone chief · Artists · Lived 1800 to 1900 · aged 100
Washakie was a prominent leader of the Shoshone people during the mid-19th century. He was first mentioned in 1840 in the written record of the American fur trapper, Osborne Russell. In 1851, at the urging of trapper Jim Bridger, Washakie led a band of Shoshones to the council meetings of the Treaty of Fort Laramie.
Washakie is read about 58 times a day, in 9 languages.
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Washakie holding a pipe
A picture of young "Reuben Van Ornum" seated in the middle: his uncle Zachias is to his left
24-foot statue of Washakie on the University of Wyoming campus in Laramie
Chief Washakie 1914 bronze sculpture by Cyrus Dallin at the Cyrus Dallin Art Museum
"Shoshone at Ft. Washakie, Wyoming Native American reservation. Chief Washakie (at left) extends his right arm." Some of the Shoshones are dancing as the soldiers look on, 1892
His memorial stone in Ft. WashakieAbout this person
Essentially from that time until his death, he was considered the head of the Eastern Shoshones by the representatives of the United States government. In 1979, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.
