The Nez Perce Chief Who Refused To Surrender 40 Miles From Canada — Then Slipped Past The Army And Escaped
The nimíipuu council debated their options after White Bird Canyon.
Some voices favored attempting to make peace from a position of military strength — they had just inflicted a significant defeat on the army, and perhaps the government would be willing to negotiate rather than commit to further fighting.
This hope, however understandable, was not realistic.
The United States Army in 1877 did not respond to a military defeat on American soil by negotiating with the people who had inflicted it.
The more realistic voices understood that Howard’s full column — more than 400 soldiers — was already in the field and that reinforcements would come.
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