Mary Jo Estep
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Mary Josephine Estep (1909 or 1910 — 19 December 1992) was a Shoshone[1] child survivor of the Battle of Kelley Creek, "the last massacre" of Native Americans in the United States, in 1911.[2]
Mary Josephine Estep was born in 1909 or 1910, to Wenega Daggett. Her grandfather was Mike Daggett, also known as "Shoshone Mike" after his death.[3]
She was a little more than a year old when her mother was killed near Winnemucca, Nevada. In February 1911 Mike Daggett and band killed four White stockmen at Little High Rock Canyon in northern Washoe County. A posse responded by confronting the twelve members of the Daggett band at Kelley Creek. Four children, including Estep, survived the subsequent shootout, and were taken to the jail in Reno for protection. Only Estep was still alive by 1913.[2] (The other three had died of diseases.)