THE INDIAN HISTORY
WI-NE-MA.
(The Woman of the Brave Heart.)
A Modoc woman, and a full cousin to Captain Jack. Her fidelity and her heroism in the Lava Beds, in 1873, won for her a place in history which can never be disputed. After warning the Commission of the impending danger, unavailingly, she went to the ill-fated Council as interpreter; and when the attack was made, she sprang to her feet, and by almost superhuman efforts saved my life
A. B. Meacham,
Chairman of the late Peace Commission to the Modoc Indians.
This photo was taken in Washington, D. C., 1875.
From the Smithsonian collection.
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