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At age 12 Elijah Nicholas Wilson ran away from his family. Fighting
off the constraints of his Mormon upbringing he found a new home
with a Shoshone Indian tribe. Under their guidance, particularly of
the Great Chief Washakie, he learned how to live and survive in the
wild lands of the far west. When Elijah turned fourteen, to prevent
reprisals against his tribe for his 'abduction, ' he returned to
his white family. He then worked as a Pony Express rider,
stagecoach driver, trapper, translator, hostler, Indian agent, and
whatever else was required to support himself and his family.
Elijah 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. The White Indian Boy is his story.
This is the true story of a pioneer boy who crossed the Great
Plains by ox-team with his parents to a settlement in the Great
Salt Lake basin. Unhappy with his circumstances, 11-year-old Nick
Wilson ran away from home with an Indian who had befriended him.
Nick spent the next two years with the Shoshone learning their
language and culture and developing the skills of a hunter. He
participated in buffalo hunts, fought off grizzly bears, witnessed
Indian wars, and even survived being shot in the head with an arrow
and left to die. Later, he became a trapper, Pony Express rider,
stagecoach driver, army scout, and interpreter. He was often called
to track down and negotiate peace with renegade Indians who had
fled the reservation and threatened war. He found himself in danger
numerous times and participated in many skirmishes with both
Indians and outlaws. Growing up among the Shoshones taught him the
skills he needed to survive the rough and wild west.
At age 12 Elijah Nicholas Wilson ran away from his family. Fighting
off the constraints of his Mormon upbringing he found a new home
with a Shoshone Indian tribe. Under their guidance, particularly of
the Great Chief Washakie, he learned how to live and survive in the
wild lands of the far west. When Elijah turned fourteen, to prevent
reprisals against his tribe for his 'abduction, ' he returned to
his white family. He then worked as a Pony Express rider,
stagecoach driver, trapper, translator, hostler, Indian agent, and
whatever else was required to support himself and his family.
Elijah 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. The White Indian Boy is his story.
This is a true story of a pioneer boy who crossed the plains by
ox-team with his parents to a settlement south of the Great Salt
Lake. Pioneer life in the 1850s was extremely difficult for the
pioneers, food was scarce, work was hard, and marauding Indians
keep everyone on constant alert. With the promise of great
adventure and a better life 11-year-old Nick Wilson ran away from
home with an Indian who had befriended him. The mother of Chief
Washakie, a prominent Shoshone chief, had lost her youngest son in
an avalanche. She readily adopted the white boy as her own. Nick
spent the next two years with the Shoshone learning their language
and culture and developing the skills of a hunter. He participated
in buffalo hunts, fought off grizzly bears, witness large scale
Indian wars, and even survived being shot in the head with an arrow
and left to die. Later he became a trapper, was one of the original
Pony Express riders, worked as an overland stagecoach driver, and
served as an army scout and interpreter. He was often called to
track down and negotiate peace with renegade Indians who had fled
the reservation and threatened war. He found himself in danger
numerous times and participated in many skirmishes with both
Indians and outlaws. Growing up among the Shoshones taught him the
skills he needed to survive the rough and wild west.
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