“Washakie, leader of the Eastern Shoshone tribe for over fifty year was an innovative, strict and compassionate leader who navigated his tribe through the massive emigrant migration of the mid 1800’s with visionary skill.  He rose to prominence as a fearless warrior, but when he assumed the role of chief, he increasingly chose peace over violence.  Chief Washakie dealt with the white man on equal terms of respect and friendship which proved invaluable when negotiating a vast reservation for his people in their ancestral home along the base of the Wind River Mountain range in Wyoming.” 

— Peter M. Fillerup