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He danced his last dance in Yerington on September 20, 1932. He was 74 and had suffered from poor eyesight and hearing for some time. His wife of 50 years had died the month before. According to his son-in-law he never said that he would literally never die, only that his spirit would go on forever. He was interred in the Paiute cemetery in the town of Schurz, Nevada (see Figure 2.5). At least for this one Numu his wandering was over.
ssss1 Wovoka. Schurz, Nevada Paiute Indian Cemetery.
Photo by W. Dirk Raat, July, 2018.
Commentary: The Military and the Boarding School
The purpose now is never to relax the application of force with a people that can no more be trusted that you can trust the wolves that run through the mountains. To gather them together little by little onto a Reservation away from the haunts and hills and hiding places of their country and … teach their children how to read and write: teach them the art of peace: teach them the truth of christianity … the old Indians will die off and carry with them all latent longings for murdering and robbing: the young ones will take their places without these longings: and thus, little by little, they will become a happy and a contented people.