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  • Native Americans who negotiated the ineffective Treaty of 1863
  • Group portraits; Nez Perce
  • Seated: Tamootssu, Lawyer, and Jason. The standing white men are unidentified. These Nez Perces, together with Utsinmalikhin, who died under mysterious circumstances in Washington, D.C. before this picture was taken, negotiated the treaty of 1863,...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • Ash Hollow Battlefield on Blue Creek
  • Battlefields--Washington (State)--White Bird Battlefield; Camps--Indian encampments; Cavalry--United States Army--Washington (State)--Cottonwood; Landscape photography; Military retreats; Passes--Mountain passes; Valleys--Canyons; War--War...
  • This battle was the defining engagement of a short war between the U.S. and the Sioux sparked by disputes over violations of the Treaty of Fort Laramie (1851). 600 U.S. soldiers engaged 250 Sioux, which resulted in 86 war casualties. Consequently,...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection

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