SAM FISHER HERD MARE . M, ,
| Sam Fisher (Yosyóos Tulikecíin) , a grandson of the famous Washani leader Husishusis Kute, lived in Palus well into the 20th century. . He was born around 1853. Sam was one of the five Yosyóos Tulikecíins. This lineage dates back to when the Palouse fought the Bannocks, or "Mountain Shoshones" as they were also known, at the Grande Rhonde. According to the oral history of Gordon Fisher, grandson of Sam Fisher, the Bannocks came more often up to steal horses." He had been one of the first Palouse to claim a homestead under the terms of the Revised Indian Homestead Act of 1884.
Sam's first wife was an Umatilla girl named Lucy . She had two sons, both of whom died young. Sam and Lucy weren't happily married so he brought her back to her people. (W. Fletcher 1994;114)
When Sam had to go to the Colville Reservation, he met the Nez Perce girl Helen. He married her and lived with her in a small hut in Palus until her death in 1940. Sam Fisher had a special gift for breeding horses. His horses were known above all for their hardness, willingness, sociability, sure-footedness and endurance. He bred horses all his life, many of whom were m'amins
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