Sagwitch : Shoshone chieftain, Mormon elder, 1822-1887

Sagwitch Shoshone chieftain, Mormon elder, 1822-1887

The Northwestern Shoshone knew as home the northern Great Salt Lake, Bear River, Cache, and Bear Lake valleys-northern Utah. Sagwitch was born at a time when his people traded with the mountain men. In the late 1850s, wagons brought Mormon farmers to settle in Cache Valley, the Northwestern Shoshone...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Christensen, Scott R., author (author), Madsen, Brigham D., writer of foreword (writer of foreword)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Logan, Utah : Utah State University, University Libraries [1999]
Subjects:
Sagwitch, > 1822-1887.
Shoshoni Indians > Biography.
Latter Day Saints > Utah > History > 19th century.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009435034606719
Table of Contents:
  • Illustrations
  • Foreword Brigham D. Madsen
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Newe, "The People"
  • The Shoshone Orator
  • Massacre at Bear River
  • Shoshone Mormons
  • The Corinne Scare
  • Lemuel's Garden
  • Epilogue: Sagwitch's Legacy
  • Notes
  • Index.

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