He had watched Howard give a thirty-day deadline for an impossible move.

He had watched the army attack a camp that was in the process of complying with that order.

He had watched the soldiers attack with artillery at Big Hole.

He had watched Miles hold Joseph under a truce flag.

The army’s promises, in White Bird’s assessment, were not worth the trust required to act on them.

He would not surrender.

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