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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...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • Valley of the ' ickum'kiléelixpe (Big Hole)
  • Battlefields--Montana--Big Hole Battlefield; Land--Mountains; Valleys--Canyons; Historic sites--Montana; Gunfights; Bannack Yellowstone Park; Clark's Fork; Joseph, Gibbons; Nez Perce
  • Scenic view of the valley in which the 'ickum'kiléelixpe (Bighole Battle) took place. On September 9th, hinmatóoyalahtq’it (Chief Joseph) led his warriors against General Gibbon's army, who attacked the Nez Perce and drove them from their village....
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • ‘ickum’kiléelixpe (Big Hole) camp
  • Big Hole, Battle of the, Mont., 1877; Big Hole National Battlefield (Mont.); Battlefields--Montana; Land--Mountains; Valleys--Montana; Canyons--Montana; Historic sites--Montana; Chief Joseph; Gibbons; Nez Perce
  • Nez Perce camp ground at the ‘ickum’kiléelixpe (Big Hole Battlefield). On verso of photograph: "Looking into the valley of the Big Hole where Chief Joseph's Nez Perces was encamped on Sept 9th when he was attacked by the command of General Gibbons...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • Wagon Train destruction at Cow Creek
  • Landscapes (Representations); Nez Perce
  • Looking at Cow Creek where, according the writing in the back of the picture, was the "scene of wagon train destruction". It is here on September 23, 1877 the Nez Perce attacked an army entrenchment and broke into the freight storage and took what...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • Landscape with forest
  • Landscape; Nez Perce
  • This was the site of hinmatóoyalahtq’it' (Chief Joseph's) camp that was attacked by General Gibbon's soldiers on August 9th 1877 during ‘ickum’kiléelixpe (The Battle of the Big Hole).
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • Site of Tourist Attack
  • Landscape; Nez Perce
  • Site where tourists from Helena, Montana were attacked by Nez Perce.
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection

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