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10/19/2006
Daniel picked the Paiute for the topic of this essay because Chief Winnemucca was a recurring character on the videos of Bonanza that he likes to watch. |
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Paiute By Daniel Gehlke 6th grade
This essay is about chief Winnemucca, the Paiute nation, the Paiute war, and the Paiute treaty. Enjoy! This paragraph is about the first chief Winnemucca of the Paiutes. Winnemucca was a peace loving chief and a kind chief. Winnemucca taught different lessons then other chiefs such as. One, never steal. Two, love and make it constant. Three, be kind to elders. Four, be kind. Five, respect women especially you mother. Six, tell the truth. Winnemucca also made sure his people had plenty of food, nice furs, and good strong tepees. This paragraph is about the Paiute war. The Paiute war started in 1860 between the North Paiutes, the Shoshone, the Bannock, and the white settlers. One incident is the Williams Station Incident. The Paiutes attacked the station because settlers kidnapped two Paiute girls and raped them. There were two battles at Pyramid Lake. Not many Paiutes died from the battles but from starvation because the war stopped them from fishing and gathering food. This paragraph is about the Paiute nation. Most Paiutes lived in southwest Utah and Nevada. The Paiutes were normally peaceful but in the early 1860 they fought more because the whites provoked them. In addition to being peaceful the Paiutes were also moral, industrious, strong, active, and healthy people. Many of them were employed as laborers on white men’s farms. They mostly ate fish, jackrabbits, small game, pinon nuts, and other seeds. They lived in small round huts called wikiups. This paragraph is about the Paiute treaty. The treaty was in 1865 but had not been ratified by the Senate. In the 1950 the government ratified it. So then the government had to pay for the land that they took from the Paiute nation. They were not paid till the 1970’s. That’s my essay. I hoped you enjoyed it. I worked really, really, really, really, really hard. |
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