Paiute War
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The Paiute War, also known as the Pyramid Lake War, Washoe Indian War and the Pah Ute War, was an armed conflict between Northern Paiutes allied with the Shoshone and the Bannock against settlers from
Numaga, war chief of the Paiute
William Ormsby
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William Matthew Ormsby was an American military leader and an early settler of the state of Nevada. He was instrumental in the establishment of Carson City and the Nevada Territory. Major Ormsby was k
Paiute War
…told William Weatherlow, a local militia captain, that Numaga and the Native Americans were extorting two cattle a week from them. In 1857, Major William Ormsby (who later died in the First Battle of Pyramid Lake) and a man known as "Smith" were agents for the overland stagecoach. On October 5, 1857, Ormsby…
Major william ormsby