The Nez Perce Chief Who Refused To Surrender 40 Miles From Canada — Then Slipped Past The Army And Escaped
White Bird’s choice at Bear Paw was the choice of a man who had spent his life watching what American power did with the people who trusted its promises.
He looked at the terms offered by Miles and Howard and calculated that the cost of trusting them was higher than the cost of trying to reach Canada.
He was not wrong about what happened to those who surrendered.
He was also not surviving freely in Canada.
There was no good option.
There had not been a good option since the army attacked the peace party in White Bird Canyon in June 1877.
The flight did not have one ending.
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