Shoshoni

a tribe of Western Indians. They are known also as Snake and as Digger Indians. As compared with the Sioux they were a degraded lot, living on berries, roots, reptiles, and insects, and, in part, by hunting and fishing. The Bannocks, Utes, and Comanches were related to the Shoshoni and are included in the term Shoshonean. The name is preserved in the Shoshone Falls of the Snake River. These falls are 1,000 feet wide and 210 feet high.