Chief Joseph and White Bird are joined…

July 1877 CE

Chief Joseph and White Bird are joined by Looking Glass's band and, after several battles and skirmishes in Idaho during the next month, approximately two hundred and fifty Nez Perce warriors, and five hundred women and children, along with more than two thousand head of horses and other livestock, begin a remarkable eleven hundred and seventy mile fighting retreat by the Nez Perce that becomes known as the Nez Perce War.

Locations
Grangeville Idaho Idaho United States View →

People
Chief Joseph View → Nelson A. Miles View → Oliver Otis Howard View → Sitting Bull View →

Groups
Palus, or Palouse (Amerind tribe) View → Lakota, aka Teton Sioux (Amerind tribe) View → Nez Perce (Amerind tribe) View → United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Oregon, State of (U.S.A.) View → Idaho, Territory of (U.S.A.) View → Montana, Territory of (U.S.A.) View →

Topics
Indian Wars in Upper North America View → America's “Gilded Age;” 1876 through 1887 View → Nez Perce War View → White Bird Canyon, Battle of View →

Commodities
Domestic animals View → Strategic metals View → Land View →

Subjects
Conflict View → Mayhem View → Government View → Movements View →

Regions

Subregions

Related Events

Active Filters
People: Spytihněv II
Location: Fengxiang Shaanxi (Shensi) China
Refine Results

No related events match the current filters.