Black and white image of the Lake family in Ontario, Canada. Standing in the back, from left to right: Clifford Lake, Claude Lake. Seated, from left to right: Olive Lake, Mary Ellen Lake (mother), Alice Lake, and Robert Elonzo Lake (father). Ernest Lake and Thomas Lake are sitting in front.
Transcribed from photograph, "Washo - 5. Captain Jim, A Washo spokesman. In 1892, he traveled to Washington, D.C. to plead with the U.S. Government to stop destroying the pine nut trees and the hunting and fishing rights of his people. Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada. Courtesy of Nevada Historical Society."