The Nez Perce Chief Who Refused To Surrender 40 Miles From Canada — Then Slipped Past The Army And Escaped
The nimíipuu exist.
The story continues.
The Lolo Trail And What It Demanded
When the non-treaty bands made the decision to cross into Montana after White Bird Canyon, the route they chose was the Lolo Trail — a path through the Bitterroot Mountains that the nimíipuu had used for generations.
This path was not a road or a track in any Euro-American sense.
It was a route through high, rugged, heavily timbered mountain country that the nimíipuu knew from long experience and that few non-nimíipuu had traveled.
Lewis and Clark had crossed it in 1805, guided by nimíipuu people, and had found it among the most grueling portions of their entire journey.
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