The Nez Perce Chief Who Refused To Surrender 40 Miles From Canada — Then Slipped Past The Army And Escaped
Not all at once, not by everyone, not without suffering.
But people got through.
When Superintendent Walsh counted the refugees in October, he counted nearly 300.
They had come through.
The Soldiers Who Followed
One aspect of the Canada story that deserves mention: the U.S.
Army did not simply accept White Bird’s escape and move on.
Some soldiers and scouts were used to track individuals or small parties who crossed back south from Canada, and the army recruited Assiniboine and Gros Ventre warriors to find and kill nimíipuu who attempted to return to the United States.
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