¹     Although she did not even know when she was born, Sarah Winnemucca came into this world somewhere around 1844. She was given the name Thocmetony by her tribe, which means "shell flower." Most of the girls in her Northern Paiute tribe were named after flowers. The ones who had flower names would dance together during their celebrations.
 
²     When Sarah was six years old, she went to California with some white people at the suggestion of her grandfather. Although she really did not want to go, she did enjoy things like chairs and beds. She was not used to having this type of furniture. Several years later, when Sarah was thirteen, she went to live with a soldier and his family in Nevada. It was not long before Sarah had learned five languages. She knew three different Indian languages, and she had learned English and Spanish.
 
³     Sarah's grandfather liked the white people, while her father, Chief Winnemucca, did not trust them. This was during a time when groups of white people would take over Indian land and force the Indians to live on reservations. In fact, many of the Northern Paiute were forced to live on the Pyramid Lake Reservation in Nevada, as well as reservations in Oregon and Washington.

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