Nez Perce Summer 1877 : The U. S. Army and Nee-Me-Poo Crisis

by Jerome A. Greene

• ISBN13: 9780917298684
• ISBN10: 0917298683
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2000-10-01
• Publisher: Montana Historical Society Press

Summary

Nez Perce Summer 1877 tells the story of a peoples epic struggle to survive in the face of unrelenting military force Written by a noted frontier military historian and reviewed by members of the Nez Perce tribe this is the most definitive treatment o

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	viii
List of Maps	x
Foreword	xi
Alvin M. Josephy, Jr.
Introduction and Acknowledgments	xiii
Reasons	1	(24)
Eruption and White Bird Canyon	25	(24)
Looking Glass's Camp and Cottonwood	49	(24)
Clearwater	73	(24)
Kamiah, Weippe, and Fort Fizzle	97	(20)
Bitterroot and the Big Hole	117	(24)
Camas Meadows	141	(24)
The National Park	165	(38)
Canyon Creek	203	(28)
Cow Island and Cow Creek Canyon	231	(14)
Yellowstone Command	245	(26)
Bear's Paw: Attack and Defense	271	(22)
Bear's Paw: Siege and Surrender	293	(32)
Consequences	325	(28)
Epilogue: Later Lives	353	(6)
Appendix A: U.S. Army Casualties, Nez Perce War, 1877	359	(13)
Appendix B: Known Nez Perce Casualties, 1877	372	(5)
Notes	377	(126)
Bibliography	503	(36)
Index	539