. Bulletin. Ethnology. 66 NEZ p?:rces [B. a. £. The Nez Perces, ur Sahaptiu of later writers, the ChopunniHh (c(irrui>ted from Tsiitpeli) of Lewis and Clark, their dis- coverers, were found in 1805 occupying a large area in what is now w. Idaho, n. e. Oregon, and s. e. Washington, on lower Snake r. and its tributaries. They roamed between the Blue mts. in Oregon and the Bitter Root nits, in Idaho, and according. to J.,ewis and Clark sometimes crossed the range to the headwaters of the Mis- souri. By certain writers they have been classed under two geographic divi- sions, Uiiper Nez Perces a
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 66 NEZ p?:rces [B. a. £. The Nez Perces, ur Sahaptiu of later writers, the ChopunniHh (c(irrui>ted from Tsiitpeli) of Lewis and Clark, their dis- coverers, were found in 1805 occupying a large area in what is now w. Idaho, n. e. Oregon, and s. e. Washington, on lower Snake r. and its tributaries. They roamed between the Blue mts. in Oregon and the Bitter Root nits, in Idaho, and according. to J.,ewis and Clark sometimes crossed the range to the headwaters of the Mis- souri. By certain writers they have been classed under two geographic divi- sions, Uiiper Nez Perces and Lower Nez Perces. The latter were found by Bonne- ville in 1834 to the n. and w. of the Blue. mts. on several of the branches of Snake r., where they were neighbors of the Cayuse and VVallawalla. The Upper Nez Perces held the Salmon r. country in Idaho in 1834, and proljably also at the same time the Grande Ronde valley in e. Oregon, but by treaty of 1855 they cedid a large part of this territory to the United States. The reservation in wdiich they were confined at that time included the Wal- lowa valley in Oregon, as well as a large district in Idaho. With the discovery of gold and the consequent influx of miners and settlers the Oregon districts were in demand, and a new treaty was made by which the tribe was contined to the reser- vation at Lapwai, Idaho. The occupants I if Wallowa valley refused to recognize the treaty, and finally, under their chief, Joseph (q. V.), took active measures of re- sistance, and the Nez Perce war of 1877 resulted. Several severe defeats were in- flicted on the United States troops who were sent against the Indians, and finally, when forced to give way, Joseph con- ducted a masterly retreat across the Bit- ter Root mts. and into Montana in an attempt to reach Canadian territory, but lu" and his band were surrounded and captured when within a few miles of the l)()undary. Joseph and his followers to the number of 450 were removed to In- d
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