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Nez Perces Leader Chief Joseph Remembered On Battle Anniversary
A reflection on Chief Joseph and the Nez Perces, their war of 1877, and the half century since the Battle of the Big Hole. The piece commends Joseph as a leader and discusses treaties, broken promises, and the 1877 retreat to Bear Paw.
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Big Hole
Joseph III
Wallowa
Idaho
Nez Perces
Northwest
Nelson A. Miles
Nez Perce
Grant
Sherman
United States
North
Chief Joseph
The
Miles
Joseph
Bear Paws
Montana
United
Lewis and Clark
Oregon Trail
D T and
Valli
Garfield
Tians
Charlot
Isaac N. Stevens
Washington Territory
Washington
Oregon
Imnaha
Joseph I
Too-Hul-Hul-Sote
Too-hulhul-sote
O. O. Howard
Taecer
White Bird
Salmon River
Howard
Gibbon
Sturgis
Bear Paw Mountains
Joseph II
Old West
Cooper
Tongue River
Rocky Mountain
Lake River
Bitter Root
Aghout
Govd
Vic
Dakotas
Sitting Bull
Middle West
South
the Big Hole
Little Round Top
Gettysburg
Round Top
Little Big Horn
Jose
Morocce
Senator West
Martin Maginnis
Victor
Wallowa Valley
Lolo Pans