Chief Joseph
Cover Photograph of Summer Pond by S . F . Roberts
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The Battle of the Big Hole was fought in Montana , August 9 – 10 , 1877 , between the U . S . Army and the Nez Perce tribe during the Nez Perce War . Both sides suffered heavy casualties . The Nez Perce withdrew in good order from the battlefield and continued their long fighting retreat that would result in their attempt to get to Canada and asylum . The battlefield is preserved in the Big Hole National Battlefield Unit of the Nez Perce National Historical Park . 6
To the right is a map of Battle of the Big Hole
Chief Joseph
Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt , Nez Perce for " Thunder Rolling Down the Mountain , or alternatively " Thunder traveling to higher areas ," became known to the world as Chief Joseph .
He succeeded his father Tuekakas ( Chief Joseph the Elder ) as the leader of the Wal-lam-wat-kain ( Wallowa ) band of Nez Perce , a tribe indigenous to the Wallowa
Valley in northeastern Oregon .
He was the chief of the band during their forced removal from their ancestral lands . Joseph ' s band resisted removal allying themselves with the Palouse tribe before taking flight to political asylum with Sioux chief Sitting Bull in Canada .
The Nez Perce were pursued by the U . S . Army in an epic 1,170- mile retreat in 1877 which became known as the Nez Perce War . Coverage of the war in United States newspapers led to widespread recognition of Joseph and the Nez Perce , as humanitarians and peacemakers . 8
Cover Photograph of Summer Pond by S . F . Roberts
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