Humboldt County NV Archives Obituaries.....Winnemucca, Chief October 20, 1882
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Reno Evening Gazette October 25, 1882
Death of Chief Winnemucca
Old Winnemucca, chief of the Piutes, died near Coppersmith ranch Surprise
valley, last Friday.  After the burial of the old chief a mob of women went to
the camp and stoned to death his young wife and her 3 year-old child.  It is
said that the wife and child had been kept close prisoners for two months
awaiting the result of the old man’s illness.  The whites were kept in ignorance
of what was going on until the woman and child were murdered.


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