Nez Perce NHP: Nez Perce Summer, 1877 (Table of Contents)

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ISBN 0-917298-82-9

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Greene, Jerome A.
Nez Perce summer, 1877 : the U.S. Army and the Nee-Me-Poo crisis / by Jerome A. Greene.
p.cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-917298-68-3 (cloth ; alk. paper)
ISBN 0-917298-82-9 (sc ; alk. paper)
1. Nez Percé Indians Wars, 1877. 2. Big Hole, Battle of the, 18773. Nez Percé Indians History 19th century. 4. Nez Percé Indians Government relations. I. Title.

In memory of T,
Erwin N. Thompson, 1926-1998, colleague and friend

List of Illustrations

1 Commanding Officer and Staff, Department of the Columbia, ca. 1877-78

2 Joseph, in a formal studio portrait, late October 1877

3 "Scene of Perry's Battle on Whitebird Creek, June 27th [17] 1877"

4 Looking Glass, 1871

5 Nez Perce encampment, 1871

6 Peopeo Tholekt (Bird Alighting), 1900

7 "Cottonwood House—two days fight—Whipple and Perry—July 5th"

8 "Battle of Clearwater. Howard, July 11-12"

9 "The Idaho Indian War—Return from the Battle of July 12, 1877"

10 "Pack train encamped at Cottonwood during 1877 war."

11 Chuslum Moxmox (Yellow Bull), ca. 1878

12 "Big Hole Battle—Gibbons [sic]—Aug. 9"

13 "Fight at Camas Meadows—Sanford—Aug. 20"

14 Trumpeter Bernard A. Brooks, ca. 1876

15a 15b George and Emma Cowan, in 1901, at the site in Yellowstone National Park where George Cowan was left for dead

16 Radersburg refugees and others at Bottler's Ranch, August 30, 1877

17 "Fight at Cañon Creek, Sturgis. Sep. 13th"

18 Scout Fisher's "Plan of the Battle Ground" of Canyon Creek, September 13, 1877

19 Engraving of the Canyon Creek engagement

20 Gallery of U.S. Military Participants

21 Hotchkiss 1.65-inch breechloading mountain gun

22 Engraving of the Bear's Paw battlefield

23 1857 bronze twelve-pounder Napoleon cannon

24 Heinmot Tooyalakekt, or Chief Joseph, October 23, 1877

25 "Gen. Miles and Command crossing the Yellowstone with Joseph."

26 Two unidentified Nez Perce youths

List of Maps

1 Area of the Nez Perce Outbreak and War, June-October 1877

2 Nez Perces' Route from Oregon to Canada, 1877

3 Opening Phase of the Nez Perce War, June-July 1877

4 The Battle of White Bird Canyon, June 17, 1877

5 The Attack on Looking Glass's Camp, July 1, 1877

6 The Cottonwood Encounters, July 3-5, 1877

7 The Battle of the Clearwater: First Day, July 11, 1877

8 The Battle of the Clearwater: Second Day, July 12, 1877

9 The Battle of the Big Hole, August 9-10, 1877

10 Camas Meadows: Nez Perce Attack on Howard's Camp, August 20, 1877

11 Camas Meadows: Norwood's Encounter, August 20, 1877

12 Routes of the Nez Perces and the Army in the National Park, August-September 1877

13 The Battle of Canyon Creek, September 13, 1877

14 The Battle of the Bear's Paw Mountains: The Army Attack, Morning of September 30, 1877

15 The Battle of the Bear's Paw Mountains: The Army Attack, Afternoon of September 30, 1877

16 The Battle of the Bear's Paw Mountains: The Siege from Evening, September 30, to the Surrender on October 6, 1877

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