Old Chief Joseph Gravesite

The odyssey of Chief Joseph and his 600 adherents is maybe the most natural story of the last days of flexibility of the North American Indians. Having driven his band more than 1,000 miles all through the late spring from their territories in Idaho, from which they were persuasively expelled by the U.S. government which had "renegotiated" an underlying bargain, basically lessening the Nez Percé's property by 90 percent, Joseph and the ragtag, depleted Nez Percé, thinking the mounted force more remote south and Canada nearer north than either truly was, stayed outdoors and rest close Chinook, Montana, in 1877.

The U.S. Armed force, close behind, sent ahead a 400-man unexpected, which surveyed the clan and stayed outdoors 12 miles toward the southeast on September 28. The Nez Percé stirred to assault on September 30. The Army, hoping to win based on astound, rather met furious protection, and a five-day attack resulted.