THE FLIGHT OF THE NEZ PERCE : A HISTORY OF THE NEZ PERCE WAR
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1967. Hardcover. Octavo, 9.4 in. x 6.4 in., pp. 480. Illustrated with seven maps. Black boards with stamped title in blind to front; gilt title to spine. Publisher's yellow topstain. Very light rubbing to edges of dustjacket. Price clipped. Protected in mylar. Very Good Plus / Very Good Plus. Item #86043
The Nez Perce War was an armed conflict in 1877 in the Western United States that pitted several bands of the Nez Perce tribe of Native Americans and their allies, a small band of the Palouse tribe led by Red Echo (Hahtalekin) and Bald Head (Husishusis Kute), against the United States Army. Fought between June and October, the conflict stemmed from the refusal of several bands of the Nez Perce, dubbed "non-treaty Indians," to give up their ancestral lands in the Pacific Northwest and move to an Indian reservation in Idaho Territory. This forced removal was in violation of the 1855 Treaty of Walla Walla, which granted the tribe 7.5 million acres of their ancestral lands and the right to hunt and fish on lands ceded to the U.S. government.
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