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Original Nez Perce territory (green) and the reduced reservation of 1863 (brown) Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt (or hinmatóowyalahtqĚ“it in Americanist orthography; March 3, 1840 – September 21, 1904), popularly known as Chief Joseph, Young Joseph, or Joseph the Younger, was a leader of the wal-lam-wat-kain (Wallowa) band of Nez Perce, a Native American tribe of the interior Pacific Northwest ...
Joseph LaFlesche, also called E-sta-mah-za (Iron Eye), was the son of Joseph LaFlesche, a French-Canadian fur trader, [1] and Waoowinchtcha, his Ponca wife. (An 1889 account said she was related to Big Elk, chief of the Omaha. [1]) From the age of 10, the younger LaFlesche accompanied his father on trading trips.
The other Nez Perce leaders, including Chief Joseph, considered military resistance to be futile; they agreed to the move and reported as ordered to Fort Lapwai, Idaho Territory. [19] By June 14, 1877, about 600 Nez Perce from Joseph's and White Bird's bands had gathered on the Camas Prairie, six miles (10 km) west of present-day Grangeville. [20]
Old Chief Joseph Gravesite of Old Joseph, a National Historic Landmark. Tuekakas, (also tiwi-teqis, meaning "senior warrior" [1]) commonly known as Old Chief Joseph or Joseph the Elder (c. 1785–1871), was a Native American leader of the Wallowa Band of the Nez Perce. Old Joseph was one of the first Nez Percé converts to Christianity and a ...
Joseph was the son of the French fur trader Joseph La Flesche, a wealthy immigrant from France, [3] and his Ponca wife, Waoowinchtcha, reportedly a relative of the Omaha chief Big Elk. [4] After some years of trading with the Omaha while working with Peter Sarpy, the younger La Flesche was adopted as a son by the chief Big Elk. He named him ...
Here are 10 fabulous facts about the classic candy. #10 --The world's largest lollipop was made in 2012. The confectioner behind the job was See's Candies of California, and their creation weighed ...
The Battle of Bear Paw (also sometimes called Battle of the Bears Paw or Battle of the Bears Paw Mountains) was the final engagement of the Nez Perce War of 1877. Following a 1,200-mile (1,900 km) running fight from north central Idaho Territory over the previous four months, the U.S. Army managed to corner most of the Nez Perce led by Chief Joseph in early October 1877 in northern Montana ...
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Judge Reinhold, Bronson Pinchot, Eddie Murphy, John Ashton, Kevin Bacon and Paul Reiser and guests attend premiere of Netflix's 'Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F' at Wallis ...