Among the Shoshones and Utes, twins were sometimes looked upon as a sign of impending bad luck. |
By mid-July, despite nearly daily references to sore feet and the corps' general exhaustion, Clark determined to push upriver and take the lead overland to find the Shoshones. |
Neither the source of the Missouri River nor the Shoshones had been found. |
Five years prior to the corps' arrival, the Hidatsas had captured Sacagawea from the Shoshones near the Three Forks. |
Carson's antipathy toward the Blackfeet was common among mountain men and contrasted with his friendship with the Flatheads, Nez Perces, and Shoshones. |
Traditional Western Shoshones like Carrie Dann have been fighting to get their land back throughout most of this century. |