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==Second marriage== In 1881, General [[Oliver O. Howard]] hired Winnemucca to teach Shoshone prisoners held at [[Vancouver Barracks]]. While there, she met and became close to Lieutenant Lewis H. Hopkins, an Indian Department employee. They married that year in San Francisco.<ref name="omer"/> Winnemucca's husband had contributed to his wife's efforts by gathering material for the book at the [[Library of Congress]].{{sfn|Canfield|1988|p=211}} But, he ran through Winnemucca's money. Her husband died of [[tuberculosis]] on October 18, 1887, and was buried in [[Lovelock, Nevada|Lovelock]] at the Lone Mountain Cemetery.{{sfn|Canfield|1988|pp=252β253}} Despite a bequest from Mary Peabody Mann and efforts to turn the school into a technical training center, Winnemucca was struggling financially by the time of her husband's death in 1887.{{sfn|Canfield|1988|pp=248-253}}
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