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SHOSHONE

The Shoshone or Snake Indians, were various bands of American Indians, chief among which were the Buffalo Baters on Wind River, and the Tookarika on the Salmon. Some of the bands near Humboldt River and Great Salt Lake began hostilities in 1849. In 1862 California volunteers nearly exterminated the Hokandikah. Treaties with various bands followed in 1863, 1864 and 1865. Hostilities were afterward renewed for a period. The Government attempted to collect the whole nation, and they were assigned various reservations.
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