The chronicles of the Yellowstone : an accurate, comprehensive history of the country drained by the Yellowstone River--its Indian inhabitants--its first explorers--the early fur traders and trappers--the coming and trials of the emigrants : a full account of all expeditions, military and civil--the discovery of the geysers and wonders of the national park--fights with Sioux by wolfers, trappers and goldseekers--the Sioux War of 1876-77, in which General Custer was killed--Nez Perce War of 1877--the advent of the Northern Pacific and building of towns--the mineral and agricultural wealth--and
The chronicles of the Yellowstone : an accurate, comprehensive history of the country drained by the Yellowstone River--its Indian inhabitants--its first explorers--the early fur traders and trappers--the coming and trials of the emigrants : a full account of all expeditions, military and civil--the discovery of the geysers and wonders of the national park--fights with Sioux by wolfers, trappers and goldseekers--the Sioux War of 1876-77, in which General Custer was killed--Nez Perce War of 1877--the advent of the Northern Pacific and building of towns--the mineral and agricultural wealth--and future of the country . is deaththe tribe weakened, and but for Joseph would have surren-dered then; but that chief held out till nearly all of thewarriors had deserted him, and he was then forced to suc-cumb. Looking Glass was both feared and loved by hiswarriors. He was feared for the swiftness with which hepunished disobedience (he had killed one man with a pistolshot and had cut another down with a saber, on the march),and loved for his valor, wisdom and perfect sense of justice. The prisoners taken by Miles, though pleading hard, werenot allowed to go back to Idaho, but were sent instead tothe Indian territory. From being the most cheerful Indians FATE OF THE NEZ PERCES. 229 in the west, they became marked, in their new home, fortheir melancholy, and many of them died slowly and with-out apparent cause. Some of those that went across the British line, went backto Idaho and are with the Nez Perces that remained friendly;others surrendered, with Sitting Bull, in 1881, and were sentto the Indian CHAPTER LII. TOWNS OF THE YELLOWSTONE —BANNOCK INSUR-RECTION. I^ARLY in the winter of 1877, the McAdow brothers of_v Bozeman saw that (all danger from hostile Sioux beingpast) the large and fertile stretch of land known as ClarkesFork bottom would soon become settled; so they located alarge amount of land in the lower end of the bottom andbuilt a store. Other locators ca
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