The Nez Perce Chief Who Refused To Surrender 40 Miles From Canada — Then Slipped Past The Army And Escaped
The immediate crisis seemed to be behind them.
People and horses needed rest.
The army had not given up.
The People Who Did Not Go: Treaty-Band nimíipuu And The Weight Of Division
One aspect of the 1877 crisis that tends to be understated in popular accounts is the position of the treaty-band nimíipuu — the people from bands that had signed the 1863 treaty and were living on the Lapwai Reservation.
These were not neutral parties.