The Nez Perce Chief Who Refused To Surrender 40 Miles From Canada — Then Slipped Past The Army And Escaped
They had won decisively.
They had demonstrated that they could fight.
And now what?
They were still in the middle of Idaho Territory, the army was still coming, and the killings of settlers on the Salmon River had foreclosed any possibility that the U.S. government would simply accept a military defeat and negotiate.
The question of what to do now was one the council would debate and the answer they chose — to keep moving, to try to find safety somewhere — would determine the trajectory of the next 1,170 miles.
The Decision To Keep Moving
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