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Hazardous Nez Perce chapter in Montana Indian warfare history
J H Jones of Philipsburg recalls Nez Perce escape from General Miles, trail back to Idaho via Cadet Pass, Bear gulch and Rock creek in July 1878, with killings of Hays and miners, thefts, and a dawn raid on Jones Jory and Amos Elliott as Indians pressure Philipsburg area families.
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Jones
Montana
J. H
Idaho
Lemhi
Cadet Pass
Blackfoot River
Deep Creek
Bear Gulch
Deer Lodge River
Deer Lodge
Willow Creek
North Willow
South Willow
South Willow Creek
Sam Spence
X. Bennett
Spence
Bennett
Canada
Rock Creek
Quartz Gulch
West Fork
Dunc Campbell
Hays
John Hays
Diggin
McKay Gulch
Amos Elliott
Billy Jory
Philipsburg
Amos
Jory
Henry Tabador
Big Hole
Willows
Beaver Creek
Halkoed
Beaver
al Haley
F. D. Brown
Cogswell Gulch
H. E. Herman
Schuh Ranch
Elliott
Schuh
Jerome Matthews
Dr. Bowie
John McLean
Hale