USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Chief Joseph, Native American name In-mut-too-yah-lat-lat, (born c. 1840, Wallowa Valley, Oregon Territory-died September 21, 1904, Colville Reservation, Washington, U.S.), Nez Percé chief who, faced with settlement by whites of tribal lands in Oregon, led his followers in a dramatic effort to escape to Canada.

Detailed explanation-2: -White Bird, of the Lamátta band of Nez Perce, managed to elude the Army after the battle and escape with an undetermined number of his band to Sitting Bull’s camp in Canada.

Detailed explanation-3: -Chief Joseph (1840-1904) was a leader of the Wallowa band of the Nez Perce Tribe, who became famous in 1877 for leading his people on an epic flight across the Rocky Mountains. He was born in 1840 and he was called Joseph by Reverend Henry H.

Detailed explanation-4: -Following a failed attempt by the Lakota chief to unite the Sioux, Nez Perces, and Crows of Montana into a coalition to fight American soldiers, the remaining Nez Perces grew tired of their association with the Lakotas and wanted to go home. Small parties continued to trickle across the border.

Detailed explanation-5: -Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce peoples surrenders to U.S. General Nelson A. Miles in the Bear Paw mountains of Montana, declaring, “Hear me, my chiefs: My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever.”