The Nez Perce Indians and the Opening of the Northwest

The Nez Perce Indians and the Opening of the Northwest
ISBN-10
0395850118
ISBN-13
9780395850114
Category
History
Pages
705
Language
English
Published
1997
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Author
Alvin M. Josephy

Description

This is the story of the so-called Inland Empire of teh Northwest, that rugged and majestic region bounded east and west by the Cascades and the Rockies, from the time of the great exploration of Lewis and Clark to the tragic defeat of Chief Joseph in 1877. Explorers, fur traders, miner, settlers, missionaries, ranchers and above all a unique succession of Indian chiefs and their tribespeople bring into focus one of the permanently instructive chapters in the history of the American West.

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