Chief Joseph Country: Land of the Nez PerceFrom their meeting with Lewis and Clark in 1805 to the death of Chief Joseph in 1904, the story of the Nez Perce Indians is epic drama. No setting could be more spectacular than the rugged, beautiful homeland of this tribe. The Nez Perce friendship with white newcomers ended in the tragically bitter Nez Perce War. The participants in the developing drama tell the story in their own words, through excerpts from diaries, letters and contemporary accounts. |
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... tribe . However , the first white man to visit the tribe did see at least one brave so adorned . Being French he named the tribe " Nez Percé " or " Pierced Nose . " So long as the French - Canadian influence remained strong in the ...
... tribe . However , the first white man to visit the tribe did see at least one brave so adorned . Being French he named the tribe " Nez Percé " or " Pierced Nose . " So long as the French - Canadian influence remained strong in the ...
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... tribe long distinguished as standing at the head of the great Indian family . The earliest travellers in Canada first discovered this tribe while ascending the St. Lawrence , at Montreal . They were subsequently driven by the Iroquois ...
... tribe long distinguished as standing at the head of the great Indian family . The earliest travellers in Canada first discovered this tribe while ascending the St. Lawrence , at Montreal . They were subsequently driven by the Iroquois ...
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... tribe , it is in reality nothing more than the agreement of Lawyer and his band , numbering in the aggregate not a third part of the Nez Perce tribe . " 7 So one - third of the tribe signed away seven- eighths of the reservation as its ...
... tribe , it is in reality nothing more than the agreement of Lawyer and his band , numbering in the aggregate not a third part of the Nez Perce tribe . " 7 So one - third of the tribe signed away seven- eighths of the reservation as its ...
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