washooh

Updated: June 13, 2025

A berry-eyed old Indian woman with the complexion of dried salmon; her daughter, also with berry eyes, and with a face that seemed wholly made of a moist laugh; 'Yellow Bob, a Digger 'buck, so called from the prevailing ochre markings of his cheek, and 'Washooh, an ex-chief; a nondescript in a blanket, looking like a cheap and dirty doll whose fibrous hair was badly nailed on his carved wooden head, composed the Culpepper household.

Bret Harte - The Heritage of Dedlow Marsh and Other Tales