Among the Shoshones

by Elijah Nicholas Wilson

1995 M & M Books trade paperback,reprint, Elijah Nicholas Wilson (The White Indian and its sequel The Return of the White Indian Boy). AN uncle shares his stories of growing up as a white boy among the Shoshones Indians

247 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1995

About the author

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 (unlawful cohabitation), carpenter/cabinet maker, fiddler, trader, trapper, and "frontier doctor" (diphtheria and smallpox).

Reviews

[Caleb · Rating 4 out of 5]

Entertaining autobiography. A cross between Dances with Wolves and The Hateful Eight with a child of Mormon settlers as the main character.