| Description |
xxix, 397 p. : ill., maps, plans ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Pivotal moments in American history |
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Pivotal moments in American history.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-380) and index. |
| Contents |
Real people -- Marks of friendship -- The place of the butterflies -- "God named this land to us" -- Gold, prophecy, and the Steal Treaty -- "Conquering by kindness" -- "It will have to be war!" -- Maneuvering and scrapping -- Ways of life, ways of war -- Leaving home -- Big hole -- Toward Buffalo country -- War in Wonderland -- "The best skirmishers in the world" -- Toward the medicine line -- Under the bear's paw -- Going to hell -- Eeikish Pan and return. |
| Summary |
"The Nez Perce War of 1877 was the final great Indian conflict in American history." |
| Subject |
Nez Perce Indians -- Wars, 1877.
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Nez Perce Indians -- History -- 19th century.
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Joseph, Nez Perce Chief, 1840-1904.
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Big Hole, Battle of the, Mont., 1877.
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| ISBN |
9780199769186 (pbk.) |
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0199769184 (pbk.) |
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9780195136753 (acid-free paper) |
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0195136756 (acid-free paper) |
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