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Chief Joseph country : land of the Nez Perce by Bill Gulick is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Chief Joseph country : land of the Nez Perce about?
The relationship between Westering Americans and the Nez Perce Indians covers a time-span of one hundred years, from the meeting of the Lewis and Clark party with the Indians in 1805 to the death of Chief Joseph in 1904. It is epic drama, taking place on a vast stage during a critical period in the development of the United States. Certainly no setting could be more spectacular than the rugged, beautiful homeland of this tribe. No story can equal in historical importance the long-standing friendship given by the Nez Perces to the white newcomers in their country. And no event is more poignant, bitter, and tragic than the Nez Perce War. Before acquiring the horse around 1730, the Nez Perces occupied approximately 27,000 square miles of what is now north-central Idaho, northeastern Oregon, and southeastern Washington. After becoming a mounted people, they ranged over a much larger area, traveling east to the buffalo country claimed by Blackfeet, Crow, and Sioux, west to the great fishing and trading station on the lower Columbia, Celilo Falls. Uniquely situated as they were between the Plains and Coastal Indian cultures, they would play a key role in the struggle between Great Britai
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Bill Gulick
- Publisher
- Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Printers
- Published
- 1981
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780870042751
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Humanities
- Rating
- 4.7 / 5 (13 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14