Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-12-29
TRADITIONS OF
EARLY INDIANS


which; ~az brought about b. II
Blackfret and Crows. there wa
small tribe located In tho vicinity 0
salmon Faiis. ia the HasermaA Val
ley. This band consisted Of abou
si4 hundred men. women and chh
dren. There were. Ia this tribe. abou
two hundred and nfty Warriors. o
men eho Wcr9 able 70 so on the VA
path. This band seems 20 have suf
resed loss than some ~ the others
on account ~ having been sway from
camp visiting tribe 81 the &el
Perces. whom one Of the ineurslons OF
tho Hmekfeet occurred, thereby saw
ing many horses and other valuable
property. For this reason. this band
waa Among thc first 20 recover from
the effects 81 the Blackfeet and Crow
raids. and 70 this band belonged most
81 me people who composed the
hunflns party who encountered the
Arapahnes on the eastern slope Of
the Rocky mountains. This hand was
presided over bY chief named PAN
she-ass sp wio had not accompanied
tho hnnuns party.
When this party returned from
their conflict with the ArapanoeA east
% ihe Rockies. and reported what
had happened. there was great con-
sternaion in the tribe. They began
20 make preparation Tor war They
sent mcaseugers 90 different bands 90
consult with them and 20 induce their
warriors 10 conEregate at The city OF
Rocks situated IN the foot hills south
Of Camas Prairie. north u what Is
now gocdins. which vas agreed up.
on. buf before they were fully con,
csntfatod. the Ampaaoss we're upon
them and bloody fisht took place. I
IN which plh she aaa-up vas killed /
The ahoah0nies now returned to the /
mouth a. pD Greek. ~ point Just /
north 80 Cooling on Zig Wood Silver. I
where they we're overtaken hy the I
Agapahaes ara another slaughter oe
CURED The remaining shoshonlos
retfeated to th. Mouth of the Malnd,
where they we're arsiu oycrtakcn AMI 4
entirety wiped ont OF existence. only /
two small children escaping alive.
These tWo children q boy and giri .
about ste er aix years old-escaped I
by cenccaling themselves In ;he
brush. To this Old Indian woman,
who ~as one OF these escaped chill
drrn owe much OF the Information
the downfall OF the sho-
shonr Nation. first met her In
1850. she was then nvins with her
great grandson Zig Eye Tom who
was then an old man. and grand
father % several little Shoshonics.
The old squaw died abou, ten years
ago Her age must have been some
thing over one hundred years,
The hoy who eluded the Arapahoes
was rescued BY some nannocks hap
pening along soon after the massa.
rfe. Who took him and raised him 10
ard be was later among the
indiana On the Lemhl reservation
when IL was consolidated with the
Fort ilti reservation about twenty
lears ago remember him a. an old
Indian who made annual trips 70 the
atlieueids - his ancestors
10 thr war isss. ai the request Of
= Governor McConncl. I took tho
.cnsas ~ the descendants % tho tribe
4 ran she .s~s-up, at that time they I
,emiertd sixtY four an told. forty
wo Of lhom wefc direct descendants ,
4 fae niile glrl who hid herself In I
DC brush while her people were be-
ng kiHod
Thsre eFe now no Indians in the vi
Drifts Of s7inpu Fans Mast OF the
ieer ones have died and the younx d
r ones htee some GO the reservations q
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