BEAR PAW BATTLEFIELD Bear Paw Battlefield, a national historic landmark, is about 16 miles south of Chinook, Montana, along Cleveland Road (County Highway 240). This battlefield is the site of the attack upon, siege, and eventual surrender of the nontreaty Nez Perce at the end of their 1877 flight. The White Bird Band succeeded in escaping to Canada, but after Chief Joseph's surrender, the rest of the Nez Perce were exiled first to Kansas and later to Oklahoma. The locations of events that occurred during the 1877 attack, siege, and surrender form the primary historical resources of the site, as well as a landscape that remains relatively undeveloped. A self-guiding trail guide is available that has text keyed to numbered stops along the trail. An NPS ranger and a seasonal interpreter are assigned to the site. Ranger guided walks are available in summer. The Blaine County Museum in Chinook, Montana, has devoted one of its exhibit rooms to the Bear Paw Battle. A sophisticated 20-minute audiovisual presentation on the war of 1877 is also available in the museum's auditorium. Tell General Howard I know his heart. What he told me before I have in my heart. I am tired of fighting. Our chiefs are killed. Looking Glass is dead. Toohoolhoolzote is dead. The old men are all killed. It is the young men who say yes or no. He who led the young men is dead. It is cold and we have no blankets. The little children are freezing to death. My people, some of them, have run away to the hills, and have no blankets, no food; no one knows where they are -- perhaps freezing to death. I want time to look for my children and see how many of them I can find. Maybe I shall find them among the dead. Hear me, my chiefs. I am tired; my heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever. Chief Joseph, October 5, 1877

	State: Montana Unit: Montana