Wind River VHS Movie based on "White Indian Boy" memoir by Elijah Nicholas Wilson
Entry/Object ID
L9999.999.3791
Description
Wind River VHS Movie based on "White Indian Boy" memoir by Elijah Nicholas Wilson. "White Indian Boy" was the memoir of a Pony Express Rider who lived among the Shoshone Indians for a time as an adolescent, although voluntarily and not as a captive. This movie portrays Wilson as being kidnapped. White men later locate him and he has to decide with which family to reside. In the mean while the Indian wars focusing on Washakie set the background.
1/VHS Tape/Color Movie/98 minutes
Lexicon
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Pony express, Entertainment, Movies
Search Terms
Wilson, Nick, Native American, Shoshone, Western Migration