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Battle of the Big Hole retold by Bitter Root veteran
Amos Buck recounts the 1877 Nez Perce fight through Fort Owen to Fort Missoula, praising Captain Catlin and his volunteers for firing the first shots and enduring three days of siege. The author argues Gibbons underreported Catlin’s men while noting high hardships, heroism, and the war’s bitter toll in the Bitter Root valley.
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the Big Hole
Amos Buck
Butte
Stevensville
Indiana
Agi Im
Saturn
John K. Catlin
Mount Idaho
Jue
Bitter Root Valley
Joseph, Whitebird
Looging Glass
Lo le Trail
Fort Owen
Joseph
Lo Lo Hot Springs
Potts
la la
Helena
Deer Lodge
Mignoula
Bitter Root
Rowan
Fort Missoula
United States
Lo Lo
Jovernor Potts
Helen
Woodman Flats
Captain Rowan
Looking Glass
Chief Joseph
Lapwat
Ue Yellowstone
Rvery
India
Cantal
le Lo
Carleton
Missoula
Lighte
Lo Lotral
Hilly Edwards
General Gibbons
Chscenes
Catha
Dave Marrow
Sam Chaffin
Chaffin
Lockwood
Myron M. Lockwood
Alex Mitchell
Oscar Clark
Amos Bucis
Anthony Chaffin
V. Burch
San Dun
Riley Cooper
Lind C. Ellat
Fred Heidt
John Armstrong
Jacob Haker
Campbell Mitchell
Barnett Wren
Bunch" Sherrill
Thomas Rievtl
Bly Edwards
Joly Zhinn
Charles Hy Hart
Eugene Lent
Joe Hull
Billy Ryan
Jerry
Trail Creek
Hig Hole Valley
Tke Nex Perces
Hors’ Hole
Gibbons
Cam
Captan Catlin
Anthony Chaitin
Joe Hail
Eugene
Marces
Bradley
Apton Catin
Gibbon
Ruby Creek
Tle
Genereal Gibbons
Mr. Bostwick
Genoa
Dave Morrow
Captain Catlin
Gibons
Wil
Whitebird
Amlfring
Buret
Hureh
Borkee
Bureh
Towan
Catlin
Dervel Telesraith
Edwards
Rdwards
Wilby
Hugh Kirkendali
Kirkendall
Linda Elliott
al, Lockwood
Myron Lockwood
Jacob Backer
Fred Holdt
Otto Leifer
Leifer
Fort Ellis
War Department
Deer Lodge Hospital
Howard
Robbins
Rick
Carlos
Neg Perces
Yellowstone
Miles
Cain
New Perce
Gibbong
Gene Gibone
Hugh Kirkendall