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The Flight of the Nez Perce
Mark Herbert Brown
出版U of Nebraska Press, 1982-01-01
主題History / Native AmericanHistory / GeneralHistory / United States / 19th Century
ISBN97808032606960803260695
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=8z19xUq0UYMC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋In the centuries of war between Indians and whites one episode is surely epical: the flight of the Nez Perce. Provoked by bad treaties and bitter memories, in 1877 a few Nez Perce raided homesteads in Idaho and killed their inhabitants. The raid quickly escalated into a series of skirmishes, and at last involved Chief Joseph and the ablest Nez Perce warriors in a prolonged chase by the army for over a thousand miles through Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. The band of Nez Perce astonished military experts by their tactical ingenuity, swift maneuvers, daring, and endurance. By the time the chase concluded, barely forty miles from the Canadian border, the Nez Perce had left behind a record of heroic sacrifices, spectacular escapes, and incredible courage.