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The last stand of the Nez Perce : destruction of a people

Title
The last stand of the Nez Perce : destruction of a people / by Harvey Chalmers.
Author
Chalmers, Harvey, 1890-1971
Publication
New York : Twayne Publishers, ©1962.

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Additional Authors
Yellow Wolf, 1855-1935.
Description
288 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
Summary
Contains, in alternating chapters, an account of the events leading up to the outbreak of the war, based on historical records by the author and an account of the same events as told by Yellow Wolf (through an interpreter) to L.V. McWhorter.
Subject
  • Joseph (Nez Percé Chief), 1840-1904
  • 1877
  • Nez Percé Indians > Wars, 1877
  • Nez Percé Indians
  • Nimíipuu (Indigenous people)
Note
  • Contains, in alternating chapters, an account of the events leading up to the outbreak of the war, based on historical records, by the author and an account of the same events as told by Yellow Wolf (through an interpreter) to L. V. McWhorter.
Contents
The council -- The conflict -- The flight -- The Battle of the Big Hole -- Night attack -- The Flight through the Yellowstone Park -- Chief Joseph's escape -- The flight from the Big Snowy Mountains to the Bearpaws -- The surrender -- Punishment in Eeikish Pah (Hell).
LCCN
62019356
OCLC
  • ocm00420114
  • 420114
  • SCSB-221411
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library