02720nam 2200637Ia 450 991045397920332120200520144314.01-281-99840-097866119984000-19-972273-0(CKB)1000000000725048(EBL)431369(OCoLC)654775803(SSID)ssj0000189401(PQKBManifestationID)11156668(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000189401(PQKBWorkID)10173835(PQKB)10073023(MiAaPQ)EBC431369(Au-PeEL)EBL431369(CaPaEBR)ebr10288345(CaONFJC)MIL199840(EXLCZ)99100000000072504820081209d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe last Indian war[electronic resource] the Nez Perce story /Elliott WestOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20091 online resource (428 p.)Pivotal moments in American historyDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-976918-4 0-19-513675-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-380) and index.Contents; List of Illustrations and Maps; Editor's Note; Preface; Timeline; PART I; PART II; PART III; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; A Note on Sources; Notes; IndexThis newest volume in Oxford's acclaimed Pivotal Moments series offers an unforgettable portrait of the Nez Perce War of 1877, the last great Indian conflict in American history. It was, as Elliott West shows, a tale of courage and ingenuity, of desperate struggle and shattered hope, of short-sighted government action and a doomed flight to freedom. To tell the story, West begins with the early history of the Nez Perce and their years of friendly relations with white settlers. In an initial treaty, the Nez Perce were promised a large part of their ancestral homeland, but the discovery of gold Pivotal moments in American history.Nez Percé IndiansWars, 1877Nez Percé IndiansHistory19th centuryBig Hole, Battle of the, Mont., 1877Electronic books.Nez Percé IndiansWars, 1877.Nez Percé IndiansHistoryBig Hole, Battle of the, Mont., 1877.973.8/3West Elliott1945-970433MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453979203321The last Indian war2205670UNINA