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Shoshone people were related to the Utes, and spoke very similar languages. The Shoshone lived in Wyoming, Utah and Nevada and traveled throughout the mountain and western plains areas.
Chester F Slaugh’s father, Chief Agricultural Agent on the Wind River Reservation, commissioned Charlie Washakie to paint the hide in 1932. Charlie’s mother was a Crow girl taken prisoner at the age of ten or twelve after the battle of Crowheart Buttes. Washakie married her in 1872, after the death of his Shoshone wife. Charlie attended the government boarding school until he was nineteen. He played the role of his famous father in the historical Indian pageant “Gift of Waters” in Thermopolis, Wyoming. He died at the age of eighty in an automobile accident. Dick was Chief Washakie’s son by his Shoshone wife. Dick participated in several battles with his father, including the one at Rosebud in 1876. He succeeded his father as Chief of the Shoshones and contributed to his father’s biography. Dick also painted scenes on the skins, a skill he and Charlie learned from their father. back to top Read/see more - Click on one of the links to go to the photo and hover your mouse over the photo - a zoom will appear Left Washakie Panel - Center Washakie Panel - Right Washakie Panel - Full Washakie Panel
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