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Chief Joseph 1840-1904
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Image above:
Chief Joseph
Edward S. Curtis
Collection / Library of Congress |
Chief Joseph was born
Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt, which means Thunder Rolling Down the
Mountain.
Chief Joseph was a leader of the
Nez Perce, or Nez Percé, tribe. Here are the maps. Look in
the Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington area.
United States - Early Indian Tribes
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Native American
Tribes
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Native Americans 1911
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To avoid the whites who wanted his
people to resettle on a reservation in Idaho, Chief Joseph made an
attempt to escape to Canada.
The group started marching on June 17,
1877. By September 30, 1877, they had covered a distance of about
1,700 miles or 2,735 kilometers.
The whites, led by
General Nelson A.
Miles, were on their heels and on October 5, 1877, Chief Joseph
was forced to deliver his
Surrender Speech.
His people were stopped just 40 miles from the Canadian border.
Chief Joseph
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