USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Initially they had hoped to take refuge with the Crow Nation in the Montana Territory, but when the Crow refused to grant them aid, the Nez Perce went north in an attempt to obtain asylum with the Lakota band led by Sitting Bull, who had fled to Canada following the Great Sioux War in 1876.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -For more than three months, Chief Joseph led fewer than 300 Nez Perce Indians toward the Canadian border, covering a distance of more than 1, 000 miles as the Nez Perce outmaneuvered and battled more than 2, 000 pursuing U.S. soldiers.

Detailed explanation-4: -Fearing U.S. Army retaliation, the chief began a retreat. With 2, 000 soldiers in pursuit, Chief Joseph led a band of about 700 Nez Percé Indians-fewer than 200 of whom were warriors, towards freedom-nearly reaching the Canadian border.

Detailed explanation-5: -Chief Joseph (c 1840-1904). Chief Joseph was a headman of one of the Nez Perce Wallowa bands that were forcibly removed from their homeland in 1877. Known as Joseph the younger, his father had been baptized by Rev. Henry Harmon Spalding in 1838.