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  • lepít híisemtuks (Two Moons)
  • Warriors; Nez Perce--Wars, 1877; Two Moons; Nez Perce
  • Photograph of lepít híisemtuks (Two Moons), a Nez Perce Warrior, who fought in the Nez Perce Wars of 1877. "Two Moons," or " lepít híisemtuks," described many of his stories about tribal warfare to McWhorter. Although he had a small stature, lepít...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • lepít híisemtuks (Two Moons) and his wife Lets-koho-kates-wenien (Hat on side of Head)
  • Two Moons; Nez Perce
  • Older Nez Perce couple standing in front of teepee. lepít híisemtuks (Two Moons) was a Nez Perce warrior in tribal wars and the war of 1877. His wife helped in battle by unbuckling the cartridge belts of dead and wounded soldiers to provide...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • Highest Point At lamáta (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
  • As Capt. Perry's forces descended into this draw, six Nez Perce approached Lieutenant Edward Theller with a white flag. The Lieutenant then had his accompanying bugler inform Capt. Perry of the sighting. Theller's scout, Ad Chapman, fired twice at...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • Lieutenant Rains Last Stand
  • War--War casualties; Battlefields--Washington (State)--Lieutenant Rains last stand; Cavalry--United States Army--Washington (state)--Cottonwood; Landscape photographs; Military defeats; Nez Perce
  • Where Native Americans say Lieutenant Rains and companions made last stand, Nez Perce War, 1877. This picture was identified as the spot where the last of the Lieutenant Rains company was annihilated as stated in Bennet's narrative. The rock...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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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
  • Scenic view of the lamáta (White Bird Battlefield). Following the Charge of Two Moons and the flight of the line, the Nez Perce trapped 19 men, including Lieutenant Theller, against the butte and killed all of them.
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • Penahwenonmi's (Helping Another's) calendar string
  • Calendars; Beads; Handicraft; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • Penahwenonmi (Helping Another) made this "calendar string" to act as a daily calendar and record personal events in her life. This string itself was made by hand from wild hemp and wrapped with a buckskin strap to keep the calendar bundle...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection

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