books.google.com - This is the story of the so-called Inland Empire of the Northwest, that rugged and majestic region bounded east and west by the Cascades and the Rockies, from the time of the great exploration of Lewis and Clark to the tragic defeat of Chief Joseph in 1877. And at the center of this history - perhaps...http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Nez_Perce_Indians_and_the_Opening_of.html?id=D1Ffhzz0UOkC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Nez Perce Indians and the Opening of the Northwest