The Nez Perce Chief Who Refused To Surrender 40 Miles From Canada — Then Slipped Past The Army And Escaped
They were still at Tolo Lake, within the thirty-day deadline Howard had set, still technically in the process of complying.
They sent word to Howard’s representatives about what had happened.
They waited, hoping for some possibility of a negotiated outcome.
The army did not negotiate.
Captain David Perry at Fort Lapwai received orders from Howard: go get them.
“You must not get whipped.”
Perry gathered 106 soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and eleven civilian volunteers and rode for White Bird Canyon, where the nimíipuu had moved from Tolo Lake.
They rode through the night, pushing hard for more than seventy miles.
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