The White Indian Boy [Illustration: Shoshone Falls of the Snake River, Idaho; one of the wonder scenes in the land of Washakie’s tribe. _Myers, Boise, Idaho_] _Pioneer Life Series_ The White Indian Boy The Story of Uncle Nick Among the Shoshones by _E. N. Wilson_ Revised and Edited by _Howard R. Driggs_ Professor of English, School of Education University of Utah Illustrated with drawings by _F. N. Wilson_ [Illustration: Printer’s Mark] Yonkers-on-Hudson, New York _World Book Company_ 1922 WORLD BOOK COMPANY THE HOUSE OF APPLIED KNOWLEDGE Established, 1905, by Caspar W. Hodgson YONKERS-ON-HUDSON, NEW YORK 2126 PRAIRIE AVENUE, CHICAGO The number of men and women who played a part in the conquest and settlement of the Great West grows smaller year by year, and the passing of these plainsmen and mountaineers marks the close of an era in our national life. To put into permanent form, as has been done in this book, a pioneer’s recollections of his early days, with their trials and adventures, is to make a certain contribution to history. Such a record shows us the courage, perseverance, and hardihood with which the foundations of the nation were laid, and to read it is to watch a state in the making. As a story of the days when Indian tribes still roamed the plains, this book will have for boys and girls all the interest of a tale of adventure. It is hoped that it will also give them a realization of the hardships and dangers so manfully faced by the settlers of the West and will implant in them a desire to prove themselves worthy successors to those builders of the nation. Other volumes of the Pioneer Life Series will follow _The White Indian Boy_ PLS:WDWIB-3 Copyright, 1919, by World Book Company Copyright in Great Britain _All rights reserved_ PRINTED IN U. S. A. AN INTRODUCTION TO UNCLE NICK