His account of Bear Paw, the siege, the deaths of leaders, the discussions about surrender, and the movements of people who did not surrender is one of the most detailed nimíipuu-perspective records of those events.

He himself left the camp before the formal surrender and eventually crossed the Canadian border.

The McWhorter collection of nimíipuu accounts — which also includes “Hear Me, My Chiefs!” (1952), a broader account of the 1877 events built from multiple interviews — preserved a body of nimíipuu memory that might otherwise have been lost entirely.

The passage of decades between 1877 and the recording of these accounts meant that memory was being filtered through the specific experiences and perspectives of survivors who had lived with the events for years.

But the core details of what happened — particularly the specifics of battles and movements — align well enough with documentary sources to be considered valuable historical evidence.