On October 5, 1877, Nez Perce leader Chief Joseph formally surrendered his forces to General Nelson A. Miles and General Oliver Otis Howard at Bear Paw Mountain, Montana Territory. This ...

Tribal leaders signed treaties in 1855 and ... Instead, at the Battle of White Bird Canyon, the Nez Perce won, but they were on the run. It was the first of 18 engagements, among them four ...

But the transformative saga of the Nez Perce ... leaders urging their followers to fight, and the war whoop in answer which boded us no good.” Indeed, accounts survive of chiefs White Bird ...

The first battle took place at White Bird Canyon in Idaho territory in June. Following this battle, the Nez Perce fled ...