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Retreat to the Bear Paw : the story of the Nez Percé

Title
Retreat to the Bear Paw : the story of the Nez Percé / Marion T. Place.
Author
Place, Marian T. (Marian Templeton), 1910-2006.
Publication
New York : Four Winds Press, ©1969.

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Description
190 pages : illustrations, map, portraits; 24 cm
Summary
Discusses the journey of the Nez Percé toward Canada and the U.S. Army's campaign to defeat them in 1877.
Subject
  • 1877
  • Nez Percé Indians > Wars, 1877
  • Nez Percé Indians
  • Nimíipuu (Indigenous people)
Contents
I A Vengeance Raid -- II "Stout likely men, handsom women and verry dressey" -- III A Divided People -- IV "Never sell the bones of your father and mother" -- V The Battle in White Bird Canyon -- VI The Attack on Looking Glass -- VII Plenty Coups -- VIII The Battle of the Clearwater -- IX The Lolo Trail -- X The Battle of the Big Hole -- XI A Night Raid at Camas Meadows -- XII The Escape from Yellowstone National Park -- XIII The Skirmish at Canyon Creek -- XIV The Battle at the Bear Paw Mountains -- XV Surrender -- XVI The Bleak Future.
LCCN
71081700
OCLC
  • ocm00053361
  • 53361
  • SCSB-579247
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library