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  • Col. Gibbon's Cannon
  • Cannon; Gibbon, John, 1827-1896; Nez Perce
  • Photo of Colonel Gibbon's cannon in a forest. "Colonel Gibbon's Ill-Fated Howitzer"
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • Cylindrical or cannon bone awl
  • Awls; Tools; Sewing; Stitches (sewing); Leatherwork; Handicraft; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • An awl is a tool regularly used for stitching, creating holes for sewing, or sewing thick materials, including leather and canvas. While many awls have a bone base with a sharpened point, such as a steel needle, attached to the end, these two awls...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • Old Cannon
  • Cannons; Artillery (Weaponry); Nez Perce
  • Old cannon which was captured by the Nez Perce from the soldiers. This photograph was likely taken between 1880 and 1920.
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw) combat / Capture of cannon at ‘ickum’kiléelixpe (Big Hole) [1877], ca. 1927
  • Battlefields--Montana--Big Hole Battlefield; Bear Paw, Battle of, Mont., 1877; Nez Perce National Historical Parks, 1866-1895; Tholekt, Peo Peo; Nez Perce
  • Original hand-drawn color document, 56 x 43 cm. At the top is a combat between piyopyóot’alikt (Peo-Peo Tholekt) and a ceeptitím’nin (Cheyenne) at the c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw Battle). At the bottom is the capture of a cannon from U.S....
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • Splinter bone awl
  • Awls; Tools; Sewing; Stitches (sewing); Leatherwork; Handicraft; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • An awl is a tool regularly used for stitching, creating holes for sewing, or sewing thick materials, including leather and canvas. While many awls have a bone base with a sharpened point, such as a steel needle, attached to the end, these two awls...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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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...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection

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