USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Finally, only 40 miles short of his Canadian goal, Chief Joseph was cornered by the U.S. Army, and his people were forcibly relocated to a barren reservation in Indian Territory.

Detailed explanation-2: -Chief Joseph led his band of Nez Perce during the most tumultuous period in their history, when they were forcibly removed by the United States federal government from their ancestral lands in the Wallowa Valley of northeastern Oregon onto a significantly reduced reservation in the Idaho Territory.

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: -Chief Joseph got rid of his bible and and American flag because he wanted to get rid of the white way of life. The Nez Perce were moving east and started having skirmishes with the whites, so they heard that Sitting Bull and his followers were given sanctuary there.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Nez Perce had already surrendered part of their land to the Government in a signed treaty in 1855. In 1863, gold was discovered upon the already ceded land, therefore, the Government requested more of the Nez Perce’s land. Part of the tribe agreed to move to a reservation while the others steadfast.