July 14th, 2011
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/14/2011
Stereoview entitled “Shoshone Indians,” at Ten Mile canyon, from the series of western photographs sold by Watkin’s Pacific Railroad. Nice image of several Indians and two horses, resting near a water hole. Fine condition. The Shoshone arose out of various cultures of indigenous peoples who had been in the territory for thousands of years. The Shoshone language is one of the Uto-Aztecan languages spoken by numerous peoples ranging from the Great Basin to coastal Southern California in present-day United States, and down through central, western and southern Mexico; into Central America and South America. The most famous member of the Shoshone tribe may have been Sacagawea, a member of the Lemhi Shoshone band of Northern Shoshone. She accompanied the Corps of Discovery (Lewis and Clark Expedition) with Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in their exploration of the Western United States.
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