Newe

Newe is a name used by the Shoshone people of the Great Basin. In central Nevada their country includes the long valleys and high ranges of the interior, among them the Toiyabe and Toquima mountains. Pine nuts, roots and game supported families who used both uplands and basin floors. In 1827 the American trapper Jedediah Smith crossed the southern end of Big Smoky Valley, between the two ranges, during his journey east from California.