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  • Brass bullet mold
  • Bullets; Campaigns & battles; Weapons; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • This bullet mold (1986.2.56) is made of brass and is used to form bullets. Led is poured into the specific "mold" to form individual bullets of the same shape, as needed. This specific bullet mold is 12.7 cm in length and 1.2 cm in width. This...
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  • Bullet Holes
  • Pines; Bullet holes; Knives; Nez Perce
  • Bullet holes in a lodge pole pine tree. Taken at the ‘ickum’kiléelixpe (Big Hole Battlefield). The bullets have been removed by visitors to the scene. This photograph was likely taken between 1910 and 1940.
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  • Bullet-marked rock at c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw)
  • Rock; Nez Perce
  • Nez Perce at c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw Mountain) with a rock at foot of north bluff, still bearing marks of bullets.
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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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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  • Bullet-scarred tree, ‘ickum’kiléelixpe (Big Hole Battlefield)
  • Forest; Nez Perce
  • Bullet-scarred tree on the northside. Taken at the ‘ickum’kiléelixpe (Big Hole Battlefield). The bullets have been removed by visitors to the scene.
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  • c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw Battlefield) viewed from the bluff
  • 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;...
  • Landscape view of the c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw Mountain Battlefield) looking down from the bluff. It was here that Nez Perce warriors dug in and fired upon Colonel Miles' men during the last battle of the Nez Perce War of 1877. This was the...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • Fragments from c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw Battlefield)
  • Bullets; Bones; Hair; Horns; Campaigns & battles; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (The Battle of Bear Paw) was the final battle of the Nez Perce in the War of 1877 and was fought near c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw, Montana) from September 30 - October 5, 1877. At c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (The Battle of Bear...
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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...
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  • Revolver barrel
  • Colt revolver; Campaigns & battles; Weapons; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • This barrel and chamber is from a .36 caliber cap and ball Colt 1851 Navy Revolver. The Colt 1851 Navy Revolver, originally designed by Samuel Colt, could hold six rounds of bullets and was mass produced by Colt's Manufacturing Company from the...
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  • Trees with Bullet Holes
  • Battle; Nez Perce
  • Photo of bullet holes in trees - bullets dug out by souvenir hunters. ' ickum'kiléelixpe (Big Hole Battleground). Beaverhead.
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