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| Historical Highway Marker near Chinook, Montana |
On October 5, 1877, the Battle of the Bear's Paw ended five days after it began. The non-treaty Nez Perce Indians trying to reach Canada and their freedom, made it to within forty miles of the Canadian border but the harsh weather and their fatigue wore them down and the Seventh Cavalry prevailed. It was on that date that Chief Joseph made his famous speech that ended, "From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever."
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| Chief Joseph |
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| Rolling hills in Blaine County Montana, site of the Battle of the Bear's Paw |
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| Chief Joseph in 1903, about a year before his death. |
Recommended reading:
Nez Perce summer, 1877 : the U.S. Army and the Nee-Me-Poo crisis / by Greene, Jerome A. published in 2000 by the Montana Historical Society Press; and The flight of the Nez Perce by Brown, Mark Herbert, published by Putnam in 1967
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