Copied from Tullidge’s Histories, Volume II, 1889, pg 344.

SNOWVILLE. One of the small settlements of the county, is twenty miles north-east of Kelton, on the old emigration road. Plymouth, notwithstanding its important name, is one of the smallest towns and at present of but little business consequence. There is an Indian settlement in this county that possesses quite a unique interest. The settlement bears the name of Washakie, and is composed of between thirty to forty Indian families who have renounced their tribal condition and become citizens of the United States. They have some three thousand acres of land under fence, six hundred of which are under excellent cultivation. These Indians are members of the Mormon Church and are presided over by a young white man as bishop. They have their elders, priests, teachers and deacons, the same as any other branch of the church. They hold regular meetings, sing, pray, preach, administer the sacrament, and indeed perform all the religious exercises of the church, with an intelligent understanding and a solemnity worthy to be an example to our white congregations. They have also their week day and Sunday schools, and the young Indians take extraordinary delight in their school exercises.