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Sacajawea, the celebrated Shoshoni who proved so valuable on the Lewis and Clark expedition, dies of a fever at the age of 25.

From Time Magazine Archive

After graduating from the University of Utah College of Law, he worked as a tribal lawyer for the Shoshoni.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Arapaho came, and the Shoshoni and the Cheyenne.

From Time Magazine Archive

Old Drouillard the hunter had argued with them in the sign language and with a few Shoshoni words that he knew.

From Boys' Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women by Sabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand)

The dreaded Blackfeet, the Crows, the Nez Perce, the Flatheads, the Shoshoni, and others.

From Grand Teton [Wyoming] National Park by Interior, United States Dept. of the