The Nez Perce Chief Who Refused To Surrender 40 Miles From Canada — Then Slipped Past The Army And Escaped
The 126 Days: A Reckoning
The 1877 flight lasted approximately 126 days, from the outbreak of violence in Idaho in June to the Bear Paw surrender in October.
The distance traveled was approximately 1,170 miles.
These numbers convey something about the scale of what happened.
They do not convey what it felt like to be in it.
One hundred and twenty-six days is four months and a few days.
It is the length of a full baseball season, longer than a standard school semester.
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