Chief Washakie What event in history made him memorable Chief Washakie earned his Reputation by being a fierce Warrior, diplomat, skilled politician, a great leader of the Shoshone people, he loved to go to war, and he had a ton of determination, and he was a friend to the white man. At first Chief, Washakie was not very famous. But he ended up becoming very memorable because he was a brave and good leader.(johnson3) He was born in 1804, or somewhere in that time no one knew (Washakie means shoots straight or shoots on the Fly) his father was a flathead and Indian it's where they put a board against your forehead, and they made it flat. When Chief Washakie was little, he …show more content…
He Finally went to live with the Shoney people, and after he got there some Blackfeet raided and took some horses, Washakie went after them he caught up to them after six hundred miles. He killed all the black feet and cut their scalps to show that he took their lives. That explains the determination. That one thing he has made everyone see something in him. So later when the old chief died, he was elected to be a leader, and he was the leader of the shone people. Then the white man came to Wyoming and started the organ trail, and other tribes came up and killed the white man, but chief Washakie said nor did not kill the white man he made a treaty to protect the white man if they gave him something for his duties. Once a freezing white man came into Washakie camp. his feet were freezing, chief Washakie saw this told him to stay where he was. When he came back he had one of his wives, and he said to him to put his feet on her belly and tomorrow he would be able to walk, and the next day the man could walk. "The white man kills our game, captures our furs, and sometimes feeds his herds upon our meadows. And your great and mighty government-oh sir, I hesitate, for I cannot tell the half! It does not protect our rights…I say again; the government does not keep its