, 1870-06-16
Miss sarah WInMcmuce@s

from NE Uotat lily ttG1ho} AseIcd.
alIusion to Sarah Winnemucca, the interesting
daughter Of Mr. Winaemucca, Chief of the Pi-
utes, whose gallant exploits in stealing horses
and cutting the tongues out Of defenc eless
emjgrants will long be remembered by the peo-
pie Of Nevada snd Southern Idaho with feel
ings Of just pride and admiration. Now this
noble abongine daughter, sarah-no 1ess-is
to come in for = Share OF tho honors which
h.ve been lavished go unsparingly in ds5s
gone BY upon har illustrious kire, the old gen
tleman Winnemucca- Miss Sarah, says Hdr-
per's Weekly, "has written(l very ssgscioua
IN which she his eloquently portrayed the
wrongs Of her race" What Internal noodles
some OF those Eastern people are II we arc
not very much mistaken We had the pleasure
OF seeing, some yaa1s ago, Miss Sarah 1t Camp
McDermott. Nevada. Sho and few other in
teresting relics OF the s'noble rod man we're
the spring campaign against Idaho eaigrsnts.
The emigration having stopped for the aes-
son, Hthere were no other worlds to con-
que1," 20 Sarah md her tribe we're about to
fare badly, y the supply Of dried scalps, grass
hoppets and lice had been exhausted Their
sam's boys At tho fort, 80 they were taken in
and cared for until spring, when they resumed
their flvorite pastime Of stealing and murder
ing. But it is our recollections Of Miss Sarah
We propose to reclte- Sarah WA st that time
about sweet 16 or 20-it would be difficult to
judge of her exact age from her appearance,
owing to careless habit she hsd acquired Of
never washing her beautifully chiselled fea-
tures. But "a We had been taught to fudge
the age Of COW by the wrinkles On her horns,
or the age Of 3 tree by the belts Of growth on
its trunk. go ne made 3 elather at Miss SsfAh'a
age by the number OF scales Of greasy dirt
which naturally accumulated On the fdgeof her
ccmely countenance during the lapse OF years.
She waB about four or hve feet high-how is
that for o?"-and not quite Is broad as
she was nAr1ow. Her raven treeses. which
had been permitted to COY with the eportIve
breeKe, unbound, unwashe6, and uucombed,
frCm her earliest childhood, stood out in ele-
CANT and awTy confusion from he, c1assicalty
shaped eobese, which contributed to her con-
tour an air OF romantic splendor. Her style Of
that wo1n by her more fashionable aisters in
Paris and other big touns. It Vas the fashion
Of the day, slightly exAgga11ted, con
sistiDg Of IN elegant scarf, about =
foot wide, cut from an ancient horse ntanxeI
which was gracefully girded round her oeuca.e
waist,-tbe circumference Of which, o"lng %
tho scarcity OF clover and fresh cI1ckets ~ tnas
season. hxd materially ditnln,sheo,-oVer
winch hung beautiful set Of skeleton hoops;
T1,as, eon1n1eted the toggery Of this sweet and
..;neata J.nrhter Of nature. Her feet were en-
nasad cs IN moccasins, aud ehowed evident indi-
c.t;ons of hard service and long walks over
tSa rocv bills and sage-brush plains,
the mud Ct her native heath, crisp and
5rv. clipcing tenaciously to her toes. And We
sre alsd to be able to announce that this d.
Tnity was treated during her brief aoiourn
smong the white sayages with the respect due
her exalted rank and birthz'sht-as the only