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  • lamáta (Whitebird Canyon)
  • Landscape; McWhorter, Lucullus Virgil, 1860-1944; Many Wounds; Peo Peo Tholekt; Nez Perce
  • Photo of lamáta (Whitebird Canyon). L to R: L.V. McWhorter, 'iléxni 'éewteesin' (Many Wounds), piyopyóot’alikt (Peo Peo Tholekt) "Whitebird Canyon looking up toward the Caches; L to R: L.V. McWhorter, Many Wounds, Peopeo Tholekt"
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • lamáta (Whitebird Canyon) and Salmon River
  • Landscape; Nez Perce
  • Photo of lamáta (Whitebird Canyon) with Salmon River. "Whitebird Canyon, Looking Toward the Salmon River"
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  • Petk-tlkl and Meltz
  • Flathead Nation; Nez Perce
  • Photo of séelix (Flathead) members Petk-tlkl and Meltz. "Petk-tlkl, on left of two men his finger shot off by Mc Convill's men in Misery Fort fight, only man wounded. (He was a boy, not 20, an unarmed noncombatant.) Meltz, on right chased back...
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  • Looking Down into lamáta (White Bird) (1932)
  • Battlefields--Washington (State)--White Bird Battlefield; Cavalry--United States Army--Washington (State)--Cottonwood; Landscape photography; Military retreats; Passes--Mountain passes; Valleys--Canyons; War--War casualties; Nez Perce
  • Image of lamáta (White Bird Canyon) as it approaches the Salmon River. After Gen. Howard "showed the rifle" and several settlers had been killed. The Nez Perce and their allies sought refuge at lamáta (White Bird Canyon), the ancient Nez Perce...
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  • United States Army axe head
  • Axes; Campaigns & battles; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • Documentation from L.V. McWhorter indicates this axe head from an axe was picked up from the site of the Nez Perce War of 1877 battle The Battle of Canyon Creek. The Battle of Canyon Creek was fought on September 13, 1877 near Canyon Creek,...
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  • Brass bullet mold
  • Bullets; Campaigns & battles; Weapons; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • This bullet mold (1986.2.56) is made of brass and is used to form bullets. Led is poured into the specific "mold" to form individual bullets of the same shape, as needed. This specific bullet mold is 12.7 cm in length and 1.2 cm in width. This...
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  • Entrance to Canyon Creek Canyon
  • Landscape; Nez Perce
  • Site of the entrance to Canyon Creek Canyon.
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • Clearwater River Canyon
  • Clearwater National Forest (Idaho); Historic sites; Clearwater River (Idaho); Historic sites--Idaho; Gunfights; Nez Perce
  • The Nez Perce escaped from the Clearwater píiwapciy'awniwaas (fight) through this canyon. On verso of photograph: "Canyon in which the Nez Perces escaped from Clearwater fight. Clearwater river in foreground."
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  • hímiin maqsmáqs’ (Yellow Wolf's) replica tim’úuni (bow)
  • Bow and arrow; Bow and arrow making; Weapons; Campaigns & battles; Subsistence hunting; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • This specific tim’úuni (bow) is a replica of a tim’úuni (bow) Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) warrior hímiin maqsmáqs (Yellow Wolf) was carrying during the Nez Perce War of 1877 battle lamáta (The Battle of White Bird Canyon). lamáta (The Battle of White...
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  • Flanking lamáta (Canyon of White Bird)
  • Battlefields--Washington (State)--White Bird Battlefield; Cavalry--United States Army--Washington (State)--Cottonwood; Landscape photography; Military retreats; Passes--Mountain passes; Valleys--Canyons; War--War casualties; Nez Perce
  • Canyon flanking south extremity of lamáta (White Bird Battlefield). Butte on the skyline is the one that ’álok’at (Chief Alokat) was seen to ride from behind by hímiin maqsmáqs (Yellow Wolf), and gallop slowly to the right. The bugler was killed...
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  • Obsidian flake scrapers
  • Scrapers (Tools); Tools; Campaigns & battles; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • Flake scrapers were tools primarily used by Native American peoples, including the Nimíipuu (Nez Perce), for working with animal hides, animal fur, or wood. These two flake scrapers were made from obsidian rock, are black in color, and are 3.2 cm...
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  • hímiin maqsmáqs (Yellow Wolf), Thomas Lindsay, First-Red-Feather-on-the-Wing, Crow Blanket, and George Comedown
  • Yellow Wolf; Chief Crow Blanket; Feather-work; Beadwork; Necklaces; Traditional dress; rifles; weapons; war club; horn; studio portrait; group portrait; Nez Perce
  • Studio portrait of (from left to right) hímiin maqsmáqs (Yellow Wolf), Thomas Lindsay, Ha-Wa-No-Ilp-Ilp (First-Red-Feather-on-the-Wing), Crow Blanket, and George Comedown in traditional dress with tim’úuni (rifles). Tipyahlahnah Elassanin (George...
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  • View Across Canyon Creek píiwapciy'awniwaas (Battlefield)
  • Canyons; Rivers; Forests; Nez Perce
  • Writing on the back of the photograph reads "Canyon with Creek, through which Gen. Howards' wagon train was let down held by ropes tethered to trees in Yellowstone Park."
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  • Entering Canyon Creek George
  • Canyons; Landscapes (Representations); Nez Perce
  • Entering Canyon Creek gorge. Here the Nez Perce fought off the troops of Colonel Sturgis, of the Seventh Cavalry. This photograph was likely taken between 1910 and 1937.
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  • Revolver barrel
  • Colt revolver; Campaigns & battles; Weapons; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • This barrel and chamber is from a .36 caliber cap and ball Colt 1851 Navy Revolver. The Colt 1851 Navy Revolver, originally designed by Samuel Colt, could hold six rounds of bullets and was mass produced by Colt's Manufacturing Company from the...
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  • Northernmost Cemetery Butte
  • Battlefields--Washington (State)--White Bird Battlefield; Cavalry--United States Army--Washington (State)--Cottonwood; Landscape photography; Military retreats; Passes--Mountain passes; Valleys--Canyons; War--War casualties; Nez Perce
  • The battle of lamáta (White Bird Canyon) occurred following several Salmon River raids that alerted General Howard, who then dispatched Capt. Perry with ninety-nine men, mounts, camping equipment, and three days rations. Capt. Perry's orders were...
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  • First Clash at lamáta (White Bird)
  • Historic sites--Washington (State); Battlefields; Battlefields--Washington (State)--White Bird Battlefield; United States. Army. Cavalry; Cavalry--United States Army--Washington (State)--Cottonwood; Landscape photography; Military retreats;...
  • This photograph depicts the location of the first significant engagement between the U.S. Army and the Nez Perce at lamáta (White Bird Canyon). On verso of photograph: "The first, fierce clash of Battle occurred on the smooth ground on the right...
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  • lamáta (White Bird Battlefield)
  • Battlefields--Washington (State)--White Bird Battlefield; Cavalry--United States Army--Washington (State)--Cottonwood; Landscape photography; Military retreats; Passes--Mountain passes; Valleys--Canyons; War--War casualties; Nez Perce
  • In the spring of 1877, General O.O. Howard gave an ultimatum to the Nimiipuu, giving them the choice to either relocate to the Nez Perce reservation peacefully or by force. With heavy hearts and little time to gather their horses, cattle, and...
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  • White House
  • Battlefields--Idaho--Clearwater Battlefield; Land--Mountains; Valleys--Canyons; Historic sites--Idaho; Gunfights; Campaigns & battles; White house; Nez Perce
  • hímiin maqsmáqs (Yellow Wolf) helped build a tim’úuni (rifle) pit next to this white house. On verso of photograph: "Showing the "white house" mentioned in Yellow Wolf's description of opening fight battlefield of the Clearwater. Shows country...
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  • hímiin maqsmáqs’ (Yellow Wolf's) sharpened wood point replica arrow
  • Arrows; Bow and arrow; Weapons; Campaigns & battles; Bow and arrow making; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) warrior hímiin maqsmáqs (Yellow Wolf) made four arrows that were replicas of arrows originally used by Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) warriors in the Nez Perce War of 1877. Specifically, the original arrows were used at lamáta (The...
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