Lieutenant Rains Last Stand
Rating
Title
Lieutenant Rains Last Stand
Date Original
1905-04-15
Description
Where Native Americans say Lieutenant Rains and companions made last stand , Nez Perce War , 1877 . This picture was identified as the spot where the last of the Lieutenant Rains company was annihilated as stated in Bennet's narrative . The rock formation was identified by hímiin maqsmáqs (Yellow Wolf) as the actual spot where Lieutenant Rains and his companions were killed . A squad of ten men , under Lieutenant Sevier M . Rains , along with Foster and another guide , rode out in search of a comrade named Blewett . Red Spy had, of course , raised the alarm at the Nez Perce camp , and a party of warriors set out from there to confront Lt . Rains . They reached the top of the ridge to the north here, saw the military camp at Cottonwood , and fanned out in the two ravines above to attack . Lieutenant Rains had been told to keep to the high ground , but apparently became careless and came up toward this area in search of Blewett's body , leading to an inevitable confrontation . ’elelímyeté’qenin’ (Young Looking Glass) , páaxataas 'ewyíin ' (Five Wounds) , wacámyos (Rainbow) , and lepít híisemtuks (Two Moons) with several others wiped all 11 men out .
Creator
Bennett , Frank
Subject
War--War casualties ; Battlefields--Washington (State)--Lieutenant Rains last stand ; Cavalry--United States Army--Washington (state)--Cottonwood ; Landscape photographs ; Military defeats ; Nez Perce
Type
Image
Medium
Photographs
Language
eng, nai
Identifier
pc085b01f01_246-19b.jpg
Rights Notes
In copyright. Item is in copyright until 95 years after publication date.
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Date Digitized
2008
Source
Is found in PC 85 , Lucullus Virgil McWhorter Photographs https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/finders/pc85.htm at Washington State University Libraries ' Manuscripts , Archives , and Special Collections (MASC) https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc
Contributors
Roberts , Nathan
Relation
ark:/80444/xv20180
Digitization
Original photographic prints were scanned at 24 bit color, with 3000 pixels by the long side, for master TIFF files on an Epson Expression 10,000 XL scanner. Prints were then scanned at 24 bit, with 600 pixels by the long side, as jpeg files. These JPEGs were then added to the CONTENTdm database at WSU Libraries.
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