The Nez Perce Chief Who Refused To Surrender 40 Miles From Canada — Then Slipped Past The Army And Escaped
White Bird lived longer than most of them.
He reached Canada.
He told his story to Superintendent Walsh in October 1877 — the story of what the nimíipuu had endured, from the relocation order to White Bird Canyon to Big Hole to Bear Paw and beyond.
Walsh listened.
He wrote it down.
The story has been told in pieces since then, and the telling is still incomplete, and the telling belongs most importantly to the people for whom it is not history but heritage.
The Nez Perce Tribe exists.
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