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Battle of Camas Prairie and Nez Perce War Eyewitness Tale
Long narrative retells the Camas Creek encounter of 1877 during the Nez Perce flight led by Chief Joseph. It details volunteer Montana companies under Colonel Callaway, General Howard, and Captain Norwood, the ambush at Camas Creek, loss of horses, a two hour close fight, notable heroics, and the mixed public memory of Howard's role.
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Camas Prairie
Nez Perces
Montana
Sladen
Dry Creek
Dept. Columbia
Camas Creek
Idaho
Rocky Mountains
Nez Perce
Joseph
Lewiston
Howard
Yellowstone National Park
Miles
Bearpaw Mountains
Whitebird
Canada
Looking Glass
Missoula
United States
Bitter Root
Fort Fizzle
The
Big Hole
Bitter Root Valley
Gibbon
Bannack
Yellowstone Park
Civilization
Deer Lodge
Butte
W. A. Clark
Virginia City
James E. Callaway
21St Minors Veteran Volunteer Infantry
Grant
Thomas J. Farrell
Callaway
Tom Farrell
O. B. Varney
VF Horse
Farrell
Madison County
F. J. Kelleher
Virginia
Fred F. Kohls
Gen. Howard
Samuel Ward
Simeon R. Buford
Tom Baker
John Baker
Helena
E. T. Yager
I. C. Smith
Fort Leavenworth
United States Army
Fort Ellis
Battle of the Big Hole
Randolph Norwood
Bozeman
Ellis
Norwood
Big Hill
Sweetwater
Black Tail Deer
Salt Lake Road
Black Tail Deer Creek
Gen
Bacon
Old Bally
Will
Charley Morris
Boyville
W. W. Morris
Bally
Smith
Hugh McCafferty
McCafferty
Congress
Nelson A. Miles
Camas Praire