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Description: Elijah Nicholas Wilson (April 8, 1842 - December 26, 1915), known as "Yagaiki" when among the Shoshones, and in his later years as "Uncle Nick" when entertaining young children with his adventurous exploits, was a: Mormon American pioneer, childhood runaway, 'adopted' brother of Shoshone Chief Washakie, Pony Express rider for the Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company, stagecoach driver for Ben Holloday's Overland Stage, blacksmith, prison guard, farmer, Mormon bishop, prison inmate (unlawful cohabitation), carpenter/cabinet maker, fiddler, trader, trapper, and 'frontier doctor' (diphtheria and smallpox).
Title: Elijah Nicholas Wilson portrait
Credit: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=28786017&PIpi=64535466
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