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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...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • Place Where Tah-tah-koh-lih-kin was Wounded
  • Battlefields--Montana--Bear Paw Battlefield; Cavalry--United States Army--Washington (state)--Bear Paw; Land--Mountains; Land--Rock formations; Landscape photographs; Military retreats; Mountains (Montana); Passes--Mountain passes; Peace; Peace...
  • Behind this boulder, a Nez Perce warrior lay sniping Miles' men at c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw Mountain). Left: Ed Fredlund, right: Raymond R. Noyes, of Chinook. Photo Nov 24th 1932 by Emil Kopac Oshkosh Neb. "Ed Fredlund, county surveyor, and...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • húusus 'ewyíin' (Wounded Head's) drinking cup
  • Drinking vessels; Handicraft; Campaigns & battles; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • This drinking cup was owned and constructed by Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) warrior húusus 'ewyíin (Wounded Head). Though drinking cups served everyday, practical uses, this particular drinking cup maintains important significance in Nimíipuu (Nez Perce)...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • White Feather
  • White Feather; Nez Perce
  • Sitting Nez Perce woman; This Nez Perce Girl represents the tragic side of war as well as the tradition to have different successive names within the Nez Perce tribe. She lost her family during the ‘ickum’kiléelixpe (Battle of the Big Hole) in...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • hinmatóowyalahtq̓it' (Chief Joseph's) wahiloskó's (quirt)
  • Riding whips; Handicraft; Leather goods; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • wahiloskó’s (quirts or horse whips) have served a variety of important functions throughout Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) culture. In terms of everyday use, wahiloskó’s (quirts) were used to control horses, but they have also served symbolic or ceremonial...
  • 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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  • piyopyóot’alikt' (Chief Peo Peo Tholekt's) drinking cup
  • Drinking vessels; Handicraft; Campaigns & battles; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • This drinking cup was owned by and constructed by Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) chief piyopyóot’alikt (Peo Peo Tholekt). These drinking cups were used regularly by Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) warriors as they traveled. Since the drinking cup was attached to a...
  • 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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  • hinmatóowyalahtq̓it' (Chief Joseph's) ceremonial pipe bag
  • Ceremonial objects; Handicraft; Tobacco pipes; Pouches (Containers); Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • This pipe bag belonged to Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) chief hinmatóowyalahtq̓it (Joseph). The unique aspect of this particular pipe bag is that it was used to carry the tobacco pipe's stem as opposed to most traditional pipe bags that were used to carry...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • Close Up of Point of Rocks at c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw Battlefield)
  • Bear Paw, Battle of, Mont., 1877; Battlefields--Montana--Bear Paw Battlefield; United States--Army--Cavalry; Land--Mountains; Land--Rock formations; Landscape photography; Mountains--Montana; Mountain passes--Montana; Peace negotiations;...
  • The "Point of Rocks" with a haystack in the distant background. This is the location where hinmatóoyalahtq’it (Chief Joseph's) Nez Perce warriors ambushed Miles's men. On verso of the photograph: The "'Point of Rocks' with a haystack in the d at...
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  • Location Where piyopyóot’alikt (Peo Peo Tholekt) and a ceeptitím’nin (Cheyenne) Warrior had a Duel
  • Battlefields--Montana--Bear Paw Battlefield; Cavalry--United States Army--Washington (state)--Bear Paw; Land--Mountains; Land--Rock formations; Landscape photographs; Military retreats; Mountains (Montana); Passes--Mountain passes; Peace; Peace...
  • Scene where piyopyóot’alikt (Peo Peo Tholekt) and a ceeptitím’nin (Cheyenne) warrior had a duel, c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw Mountain battle), September 30, 1877. The smaller stone heap is where piyopyóot’alikt (Peo Peo Tholekt) stood...
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  • Bullet-Scarred Boulder at c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw Mountain Battlefield)
  • Bear Paw, Battle of, Mont., 1877; Battlefields--Montana--Bear Paw Battlefield; United States--Army--Cavalry; Land--Mountains; Land--Rock formations; Landscape photography; Mountains--Montana; Mountain passes--Montana; Peace negotiations;...
  • A boulder scarred by bullets from the c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Battle of Bear Paw Mountain), which occurred between September 30 and October 5, 1877. It was here that the Nez Perce made their last stand before surrendering to Colonel Nelson Miles....
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  • Gravestone of Bernard A. Brooks at qém’es (Camas) Meadows Battlefield
  • Campaigns, Military; Battlefields across America; Historic sites; Camas Prairie (Idaho); Sepulchral monuments--West (U.S.); Nez Perce
  • A detail of the gravestone of Bernard A. Brooks, a bugler who died at the Battle of qém’es (Camas) Creek. In an interview with L. V. McWhorter, piyopyóot’alikt (Peo-Peo Tholekt) mentioned that he (piyopyóot’alikt (Peo-Peo Tholekt)) shot Brooks....
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • Gravestone of Bernard A. Brooks at qém’es (Camas) Meadows Battlefield
  • Campaigns, Military; Battlefields across America; Historic sites; Camas Prairie (Idaho); Sepulchral monuments--West (U.S.); Nez Perce
  • A photograph of the gravestone of Bernard A. Brooks, a bugler who died at the Battle of qém’es (Camas) Creek. In an interview with L. V. McWhorter, piyopyóot’alikt (Peo-Peo Tholekt) mentioned that he (piyopyóot’alikt (Peo-Peo Tholekt)) shot...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • hímiin maqsmáqs' (Yellow Wolf's) tim’úuni (Rifle)
  • Rifle; Nez Perce
  • Photo of Nez Perce hímiin maqsmáqs' (Yellow Wolf's) tim’úuni (rifle) and arrows.
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection

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