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Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce Hero of a Great Flight
Elmo Scott Watson salutes Chief Joseph as a military genius equal to Lee for leading the Nez Perce in a daring 1877 retreat from Idaho to Canada. The piece recounts the Wallowa valley, the bear paw struggle, and the later exile to Indian Territory before return to the Northwest.
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Elmo Scott Watson Peak
Robert E. Lee
America
Lee
Joseph
Nez Perce
Batie
Oregon
Napoleon
Chester
New World
Isaac I. Stevens
Washington
Northwest
Old Joseph
Wallowa Valley
Young Joseph
Nez Perces
C. O. Howard
Military Department of
Canada
White Bird
Wal-lait-us
Wal Lait
Wal Lait-Iis
Salmon River
Richard Divine
Divine
Wal-lait Itsle
White Bird Canyon
Howard
Perry
Sturgis
Seventh Cavalry
Miles
Bear Paw Mountains
Montana
Sears
Avedae the
Idaho
Fort Leavenworth
Indian Territory
Colville