Nez Perce Summer, 1877

Cover

Contents

Foreword

Introduction

Reasons

Eruption and White Bird Canyon

Looking Glass's Camp and Cottonwood

Clearwater

Kamiah, Weippe, and Fort Fizzle

Bitterroot and the Big Hole

Camas Meadows

The National Park

Canyon Creek

Cow Island and Cow Creek Canyon

Yellowstone Command

Bear's Paw: Attack and Defense

Bear's Paw: Siege and Surrender

Consequences

Epilogue

Appendix A

Appendix B

Bibliography

Nez Perce Summer, 1877 Appendix B: Known Nez Perce Casualties, 1877

Appendix B:
Known Nez Perce Casualties, 1877

(Sources: McWhorter, Hear Me, pp. 253-54, 267-71, 292, 323, 328 n. 7, 336-39, 374, 424-25, 486; McWhorter, Yellow Wolf, 60, 76-77, 186 n. 5, 290; MacDonald, "Nez Perces," 243-44; "Nez Perce Warriors, 1877"; Haines, An Elusive Victory, 167-69; and Otis Halfmoon, telephone communication with author, May 2, 1996.)

I. White Bird Canyon, June 17, 1877.

NONE KILLED

WOUNDED

Chellooyeen (Bow and Arrow Case)—wounded, right side waist.
Espowyes (Heavy Weapon)—shot in side of abdomen, not serious.

II. Looking Glass's Camp, July 1, 1877.

KILLED

Nennin Chekoostin (Black Raven)—died of wounds.
Unidentified woman—drowned.
Unidentified infant—drowned.

WOUNDED

Temme Ilppilp (Red Heart)—gunshot wound in right thigh.
Tahkoopen (Shot Leg)—flesh wound in leg.
Peopeo Tholekt (Bird Alighting)—gunshot wound in right leg.

IIIa. Rains's Encounter, Cottonwood, July 3, 1877.

NONE KILLED OR WOUNDED

IIIb. Cottonwood Skirmish, July 4, 1877.

NONE KILLED OR WOUNDED

IIIc. Volunteers' Fight, Cottonwood, July 5, 1877.

KILLED

Weesculatat, or Mimpow Owyeen (Open Mouth)—died of wounds.

WOUNDED

Two unidentified warriors

IV. Clearwater, July 11-12, 1877.

KILLED

Wayakat (Going Across)
Yoomtis Kunin (Grizzly Bear Blanket)—died of wounds.
Heinmot Ilppilp (Red Thunder)
Lelooskin (Whittling)

WOUNDED

Howwallits (Mean Man)—injured by howitzer fire in village.
Kipkip Owyeen (Wounded Breast)—wound, serious.
Pahkatos Owyeen (Five Wounds)—wounded in right hand.
Old Yellow Wolf—head wounds.
Heinmot Hihhih (Yellow Wolf)—gunshot wound, left arm near wrist; under left eye.
Elaskolatat (Animal Entering a Hole)—leg wound.

V. Kamiah, July 13, 1877.

NONE KILLED OR WOUNDED

VI. Weippe Prairie, July 17, 1877.

NONE KILLED OR WOUNDED

VII. Big Hole, August 9-10, 1877.

KILLED

(In addition to these individuals, at least nine other Indian men, women, and children of undetermined identities died at the Big Hole, with total fatalities perhaps numbering between sixty and ninety killed.)

WOUNDED

(Certainly many more Nee-Me-Poo were wounded in the fighting at the Big Hole.)

VIII. Camas Meadows, August 20, 1877.

KILLED

Unknown, but possibly six warriors killed in Norwood's encounter.

WOUNDED

Exact number unknown. One was Peopeo Tholekt—twounded in head.

IX. Canyon Creek, September 13, 1877.

KILLED

Tookleiks (Fish Trap)—possibly killed on September 14, 1877.

WOUNDED

Silooyelam—left ankle.
Eeahlokoon—right leg.
Elaskolatat (Animal Entering a Hole)—left hip and thigh.

X. Cow Island, September 23, 1877.

KILLED

None

WOUNDED

Husis Owyeen (Wounded Head)—grazed by wood splintered by bullet

XI. Cow Creek Canyon, September 25, 1877.

Casualties unknown.

XII. Bear's Paw, September 30-October 5, 1877.

KILLED

(At least eleven other people died during the fighting at Bear's Paw, most of them killed during the first day's combat.)

WOUNDED

(Estimates of the number of wounded in the six days of fighting at Bear's Paw range between forty and sixty.)

XIII. Killed by enemy tribesmen during the course of the war.

XIV. Killed, but with place and circumstances unknown.

Imnawahna

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