Chief Washakie outside his cabin on the Wind River Reservation, ca. 1895

Handwritten caption on the photograph: "Chief Washakie - the cabin he built, in which he died." Washakie had to walk a delicate tightrope of trying to adhere to new demands placed on his people and him to become “civilized” while at the same time maintaining traditional Shoshonean ways. One example is that he moved from living in a hide teepee to a log house.