Chief Joseph: Guardian of His PeopleAn easy-to-read biography of the nineteenth-century Nez Percé Chief who suffered many wrongs and much humiliation in his attempts to achieve peace and equality for his people. |
Contents
No More Mission School | 7 |
Boyhood in Wallowa | 13 |
The Sacred Vigil | 19 |
Copyright | |
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Appaloosa horses Arenoth army Bear Paw Mountains Big Hole Basin blanket leaped brother camas roots Canada Captain Rawn Chief Joseph Chief Tu-eka-kas Colonel Miles commissioners cried families father fight Finally Joseph fish Governor Stevens guardian spirit guns horses and cattle Howard Hush-hush-cute Idaho Indians camped Joseph and Ollokot Joseph knew Joseph rode Joseph surrendered Joseph's heart ached Joseph's horses killed lake shore Lapwai Lawyer Lawyer's band leaped and waved listened lodge poles Lolo Trail longhouse Looking Glass Missouri River Montana Monteith morning Nez Perce boys Nez Perce chief Nez Perce council Nez Perce reservation nontreaty Indians old chief one-armed OREGON Trail peace President puzzled Joseph returned to Wallowa rifle round up horses sacred vigil settlers shouted Sitting Bull soldiers fired Sound-of-Running-Feet Sousouquee Spalding Springtime tepee thief treaty thirty days Thunder Too-hool-hool-zote tribe Trouble with white truce flag Tu-eka-kas told village Wallowa Valley war bonnet warriors White Bird Canyon young braves