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Language Samples
- Basic Colors
- Red aeng-guh-veet
Blue ae'fee-veet
Green boo'hoo'gaet
Yellow oe-huh-peet
Black doo-hoo'-veet
White doe-so-veet
Brown oh'-de'gaet
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Fort Washakie
Historical District
The Wind River Indian Reservation was established for the Eastern Shoshone Indians
in 1868. Camp Auger, a military post with troops was established at the present
site of Lander on June 28, 1869. In 1870 the name was changed to Camp Brown and
in 1871 the post was moved to the current site of Fort Washakie . The nickname was
changes to honor The Shoshone chief in 1878 and continued to serve as a military
post until its abandonment in 1909.
Reverend John Roberts came to the reservation in 1883 and started an Episcopal Mission
near Fort Washakie. He later constructed a school for the Shoshone girls and remained
to minister to the people for 60 years until his death in 1949.
Sacajawea, the wife of Charbonneau, who helped guide the Lewis and Clark Expedition
to the Pacific in 1803-06, is believed to have returned to her people, the Shoshones,
after many years of being away sometime in the 1850's. She lived with the band where
her son Baptiste and nephew Basil were sub-chiefs and came to the reservation with
them in 1871. She was known as Porivo or Lost Woman. She died at nearly 100 years
of age in 1884 and was buried in what is now called Sacajawea Cemetery near Fort
Washakie.
Several buildings from the fort remain, including stone cavalry barns, a block house
dating 1869 and several other early structures. Chief Washakie died in 1900 and
was given a military funeral and buried at the post cemetery near the fort.
A government school and hospital functioned for many years east of Fort Washakie
and children were sent here to board during the school year. St. Michael's at Ethete
was constructed in 1917-20.
Arapahoe was originally established as a sub-agency to distribute rations to the
Arapahoes and at one time had a large trading post conducted by John Burnett.
In 1906 a portion of the reservation was ceded to white settlement and Riverton
evolved on some of this land.
Lands were allotted in the 1800's to the various families and names were anglicized.
Irrigation was brought in to develop farming and ranching and a flour mill constructed
near Fort Washakie .
The Eastern Shoshone have a rich culture to teach their children the history, language
and values of their ancestors.
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Language Samples
- Basic Numbers
- One Si-muh
Two wat-hat-tu
Three ba-yte
Four wat-zu-whit
Five mie-re-geet
Six naa-fa-yte
Seven dot-so-wit
Eight nie-wut-su-wite
Nine si-woe-woo-me-hund
Ten si-woed
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