The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-12-08
THE WINNEMUCCAS.

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II WINNEMUCCAS.
Old Winnemucca, now about eighty
years of age, lives at Camp McDermot,
and stands aloof both from his own
people and the whites of this section
through fear-he having favored a re-
lentIc>S and interminable war against
the whites. After the tribe got Il taste
Of wal they sickened of it and sued for
peace. At the head of the peace move
ment WAS Young Winnemucca, the
leading and most intrepid warrior o.
the tribe. The old man, however,
would not listen to terms of peace,
when the tribe, to avoid further col
li>ion with the whites, baH!shed
him ..and placed his son at the
head of the nation. The secret of Old
Winnemucca's i~mplacabiEity was
! founded on a dream. He hated the
whites heartily, Yet knew they were
more numerous and powerful than
his own people, and he knew that his
own people had been made painfully
aware of the fact. = he dreamed that
some dav, when the proper time
should arrive, the ground would be
come soft and the whites would mire
down-would stick in the mud-when
he and his warriors could eXterminate
the pale faces at their leisure. He
played this dream IN the Piutes for
some time. until they came to the con-
clusIou that mud, like air, was made
t0 ,.,rjf omen sail. old Winnie
mucca is about eighty years old, and
cross as a bear Whereat the new
Chief and al! the Piutes present laugh
ed heartily.
Young Wiunemucca died at Pyra-
mid Lake about two months ago, of
consumption or hemorrhage OF the
lungs. lie was about fifty years Of
are. and leaves one son. Mike, who is
about TWENTY. The tribe held a con
su]fati0n and decided that Mike. the
heir appareut to the throne, WAS too
YOUNG to a>Suma the reinS Of govern
ment.a and called an election for Fri
day. the 1t day OF December instant.
whereat George Curry was unanimous
" chosen Chief. We asked il Mike
would not lie likely t. buck" when
hn cot = Iittle older. "Rh. no said
Ouarn ..yya ,vparranre to elect him
Ganraiu. which Will place him next in
command 10 GEORGE. and that viii sat
i>fv him."
GEoRGE 0UEEP.
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~uneducated Indian We ever met lie
is 81 wears of age. lives at Walker
u1 ru,ar M r,oor rr
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tehiloNH' having RAISED w pueIe'9 q
wheat, eight tOhs OF potatoes and cut
and sold over 5000 worth OF hay the
past season. He recently returned
from a Francisco where he spent
tWO months unuer edI treatment
for an affection OF the lett eye. tie Is
thorouS'iIH posLt'i on an ii'I.ietS Pea
TX triHa and talks A. fan,iIiarlv a6out I
events Of two thousand years ago as a
"I lHG UNA. y IIlt'l h"'IItV Io"No
a trader on me IIuchee' 9tolt 't"tcP III
1913 ana TOOK MN 10 sacramento
Where he put nm to WORK III a motel
tlueep was then tnifteen years oIu.
night he folded his blankets ana
quietly stole away. lie gives stapiIc
description o. sacramento Guy as ne
>a" II t'i"t n'-ht' az ne ShutNTu "'on5
among tiie Il9nleu ems ne piot-nI
up on the rduch OF r. SMITH, "ntie
was Wen treated ana remained sever,
Years. ne was aIIail II ne s'aItti
'Ich 10 ms iL!pG hl"ohs' M Nlun"P
per- "ou'u MI INN. ~ i''o iioEN'
ana another man Ioopcu d S'|5e pc-
lWeen tocht anu sonora an were
c'u9ht ana H"h!eu.. men Ct'eeP
started Dach, arriving III me Edl4ge VI
the Ifuchee on we MS udS Oh ~>oN
etnhef, I>t'. I'urihs ms iop9 absence
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