Pasoats was only 4 years old when she survived the Bear River Massacre in 1863. Federal troops killed over 400 Shoshone men, women and children, including her entire family, and for the rest of her life, she bore six scars from injuries from the massacre. She was found after the event by William Hull, who adopted her into his family, renaming her Jannie, and was raised as his own daughter. Pasoats later married, had gave birth to TEN children, and lived her life in Hooper as a beloved friend, mother, and famously good cook.