|
Chief Joseph: Guardian of the People (American Heroes)
|
| Price: |
Product Description
During this journey, the Army attacked the Indians several times; in one battle alone, at the Big Hole in western Montana, ninety Indian men, women, and children were killed. The Nez Percés' flight ended at the Bear's Paw mountains in northern Montana, just forty miles from the safety of the Canadian border. There the Army surrounded the Nez Percé, captured their horses, killed all but two of their primary chiefs, and forced their capitulation.
When Chief Joseph surrendered to military leaders he told them, "From where the sun now stands I will fight no more forever."
Promised by military commanders that they would be returned to Idaho, the Nez Percés were instead relocated to Indian Territory in Oklahoma where many died of fever and disease. Chief Joseph began a new fight-for better conditions for his people and the right to return to their home country. His diplomacy and eloquence won public support and ultimately resulted in the Nez Percé's return to Idaho and Washington.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1891719 in Books
- Published on: 2005-03-01
- Released on: 2005-02-10
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 240 pages
Editorial Reviews
From Booklist
Moulton has written extensively on western expansion. Here, she focuses on Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce tribe, who, after trying for years to accommodate encroaching white men on his tribal lands, gave up and attempted, in the fall of 1877, to lead his people to safety in Canada. Born in 1840, Joseph was present at the signing of the 1855 treaty, which allowed the tribe to hold on to a 5,000-square-mile region in Idaho and Oregon, including their beloved Wallowa Valley. By 1877, a year after the Battle of Little Bighorn, word came from Washington that they had to move to a small reservation instead. Joseph, now chief, decides to take his people through Yellowstone and Montana, hoping to join Sitting Bull and his followers 300 miles north in Saskatchewan. They are caught by U.S. army troops just 40 miles short of their goal, in the Battle of the Bear's Paw. Moving and well documented, this is a superb addition to the American Heroes series. Deborah Donovan
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Review
"Hear me, my chiefs. From where the sun now stands, I will fight not more forever." -- Chief Joseph Surrender Message, October 5, 1877, Montana Territory
"Hear me, my chiefs. From where the sun now stands, I will fight not more forever." --Chief Joseph Surrender Message, October 5, 1877, Montana Territory
Review
"Our written history goes from the 700 page history by Alvin Josephy to other shorter works but none is more comprehensive than Chief Joseph: Guardian of the People for American Heroes. I appreciate Candy Moulton including details about our stay in and return from Oklahoma Territory."
--Charlie Moses, Jr. Chief Joseph Band, Nez Perce
Colville Reservation, Nespelem, Washington Treasurer, Nez Perce National Historical Trail Foundation
"Moulton writes with exquisite passion about one of America's greatest freedom fighters. Impeccably researched, Chief Joseph: Guardian of the People, will stand for generations as a testament to one man's heroic struggle to find a sanctuary for his people."
--W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear, authors of People of the Raven
" Candy Moulton has crafted a moving account of a major player in an epic chapter of American Indian history." (Jerome A. Greene, author of Nez Perce Summer, 1877 )
"Our written history goes from the 700 page history by Alvin Josephy to other shorter works but none is more comprehensive than Chief Joseph." (Charlie Moses, Jr. Chief Joseph Band, Nez Perce )
"Impeccably researched...will stand for generations as a testament to one man's heroic struggle to find a sanctuary for his people." (W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear )
