| Description |
1 online resource (365 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Contents |
pt. 1. The war and the warrior. Youth of the warrior -- General Howard "Shows the rifle" -- Battle of the White Bird Canyon -- Annihilation of Rains's scouting party -- Fight with Captain Randall's volunteers and its sequel -- Battle of the Clearwater -- Indian withdrawal from the Clearwater -- Across the Lolo Trail and into Montana -- At the Big Hole: Surprise attack -- At the Big Hole: Savagery of the whites -- Closing scenes at the Big Hole -- From the Big Hole to Camas Meadows -- Into Yellowstone National Park -- The Canyon Creek fight -- Northward across the Missouri -- Forty-eight hours from freedom -- The last stand: Bear's Paw Battlefield -- The last day: The surrender -- pt. 2. The fugitive. Flight to the Sioux -- Turning back to the old home -- A sanguinary trail -- Soldiers against Indians -- A voluntary surrender -- Eeikish Pah: The hot place -- Appendices. Wyakin powers -- Yellow Wolf's war club and war whistle -- Henry Tabador -- Report of Captain William Falck -- Chief Red Heart's Band |
| Summary |
Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton PressThe Nez Perce campaign is among the most famous in the brief and bloody history of the Indian wars of the West. Yellow Wolf was a contemporary of Chief Joseph and a leader among his own men. His story is one that had never been told and will never be told again. A first person account, through author L.V. McWhorter of the Nez Perce's ill-fated battle for land and freedom |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-315) and index |
| Notes |
Glossary of Nez Perce terms: p. 317-321 |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Yellow Wolf, 1855-1935.
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| SUBJECT |
Yellow Wolf, 1855-1935 fast |
| Subject |
Nez Percé Indians -- Wars, 1877 -- Personal narratives
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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Nez Percé Indians
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| Genre/Form |
Personal narratives
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
McWhorter, Lucullus Virgil, 1860-1944.
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| ISBN |
9780870044915 |
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0870044915 |
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