The Long Journey of the Nez Perce A Battle History from Cottonwood to Bear Paw by Kevin Carson
Brand: Westholme Publishing
Product Description
Chiefs Joseph Looking Glass White Bird and Their People Against the United States In 1877 the U.S. Government opened the Nez Perce lands in Oregon to settlers and ordered the tribe to move to a reservation in Idaho Territory. Although reluctant to leave their homeland the Nez Perce began the long trek eastward. A small band of young warriors vented their frustration however in two days of deadly attacks on settlements along the Salmon River. Realizing that the U.S. response would be overwhelmingparticularly in light of Custers defeat the year beforethe Nez Perce leaders including Chiefs Joseph Looking Glass and White Bird prepared their people for war. A U.S. Army battalion led by Civil War general Oliver O. Howard along with several other coordinated army units began pursuit in an effort to subdue the Nez Perce and forceably move them to the reservation. The Nez Perce resolved to escape to freedom in Canada. Using their intimate knowledge of the land and their native Appaloosa horses skillfully the Nez Perce were able to successfully check and elude the much larger American force for more than three months as they wound their way across the Rocky Mountains through the newly established Yellowstone National Park and into Montana. The war finally ended when the exhausted Indiansmen women and childrenwere surrounded in the Bear Paw Mountains. Looking Glass was shot dead and at this point Chief Joseph relinquished and gave his famous address of surrender to General Howard. While most of the Nez Perce ended up on a reservation the band led by White Bird was able to make their way to Canada and freedom. The Nez Perce War is one of the most important and emotional campaigns of the Indian Wars. It essentially closed an era in American history and the amount of time money and troops required to subdue the Nez Perce brought the plight of American Indians and the reservation system to the front pages of newspapers around the world. In The Long Journey of the Nez Perce A Battle History from Cottonwood to Bear Paw former U.S. Army engineering officer Kevin Carson brings his intimate knowledge of the territory crossed by the Nez Perce along with his skill as a cartographer to reconstruct in detail the battles and skirmishes along the entire route of the conflict. show more
Condition : New
Author : Kevin Carson
Weight : NA
Publisher : Westholme Publishing
Language : English
EAN : 9781594163760
ISBN10 : 1594163766
Format : Paperback
Date of Publication : 20210827
Place of Publication : NA
Pagination : NA
Dimensions : 152 X 229 X 25mm