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Before closing her door for the last time in the summer of 1889, Sarah made appeals for financial support from both her Boston friends and the US government. Although the government had created “contract” schools with missionaries on and off the reservation, it was unwilling to fund any school “for Indians run by Indians.” The “model school” idea died, and Paiute children would have to wait another 38 years before they could enter the public schools.31
After her school closed Sarah eventually went to Henry’s Lake in Idaho to live with her younger sister Elma, or as the locals called her, “Pokey.” Elma was nicknamed “Pokey” because she was married to John Smith, the name of the white man who befriended Pocahontas during the founding of Virginia. The nickname was for some a term of endearment, but for most Idaho whites it was a reminder for Elma of her “Indianness,” that is her inferiority. In any case, Sarah, who appeared in good health, suddenly died on October 16, 1891, at the approximate age of 47. Although a common understanding is that she died of tuberculosis, it is more likely she died from stomach poisoning, either accidental or as a result of homicide. If not accidental the likely perpetrator was her sister Elma who apparently was jealous of her older sister. Elma died in 1922. The two were buried in unmarked graves; after all they were only “housekeeper” squaws unworthy of Christian burials (see Figure 2.7). 32