The Nez Perce Chief Who Refused To Surrender 40 Miles From Canada — Then Slipped Past The Army And Escaped
The 1877 crisis did not have one resolution.
The nimíipuu did not have one fate.
Some died at Big Hole and at Bear Paw and in the cold of a Canadian winter.
Some spent years in Indian Territory before returning, altered, to the Northwest.
Some returned from Canada across the Medicine Line and were caught and some were not.
Some reached Lapwai and spent decades trying to rebuild something from what remained.
White Bird reached Canada and died there.
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