We had a great many horses of which we gave them what they needed, and they gave us guns and tobacco in return. All the Nez Perce made friends ... Chester Anders Fee, Chief Joseph: The Biography ...
The battle in White Bird Canyon was the first armed conflict of the Nez Perce War. I helped bury ... July 11 and 12, 1877. Then Chief Joseph's retreat through the Lolo Pass began, only to end ...