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Hidden in the shadow cast by the great western expeditions of Lewis and Clark lies another journey every bit as poignant, every bit as dramatic, and every bit as essential to an understanding of who we are as a nation -- the 1,800-mile journey made by Chief Joseph and eight hundred Nez Perce men, women, and children from their homelands in what is now eastern Oregon through the most difficult, mountainous country in western America to the high, wintry plains of Montana. There, only forty miles from the Canadian border and freedom, Chief Joseph, convinced that the wounded and elders could go no farther, walked across the snowy battlefield, handed his rifle to the U.S. military commander who had been pursuing them, and spoke his now-famous words, "From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever."
The story has been told many times, but never before in its entirety or with such narrative richness. Drawing on four years of research, interviews, and 20,000 miles of travel, Nerburn takes us beyond the surrender to the captives' unlikely welcome in Bismarck, North Dakota, their tragic eight-year exile in Indian Territory, and their ultimate return to the Northwest. Nerburn reveals the true, complex character of Joseph, showing how the man was transformed into a myth by a public hungry for an image of the noble Indian and how Joseph exploited the myth in order to achieve his single goal of returning his people to their homeland.
Chief Joseph & the Flight of the Nez Perce is far more than the story of a man and a people. It is a grand saga of a pivotal time in our nation's history. Its pages are alive with the presence of Lewis and Clark, General William Tecumseh Sherman, General George Armstrong Custer, and Sitting Bull. Its events brush against the California Gold Rush, the Civil War, the great western pioneer migration, and the building of the telegraph and the transcontinental railroad. Once you have read this groundbreaking work, you will never look at Chief Joseph, the American Indian, or our nation's westward journey in the same way again.
“Crisp, energetic account... reads like fictionalized history in the tradition of Mari Sandoz’s Crazy Horse.”
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Beverly Dan
reviewed Chief Joseph and the Flight of the Nez Perce: The Untold Story of an American Tragedy on December 25, 2011
Chief Joseph and the Flight of the Nez Perce: The Untold Story of an American Tragedy
I like Western Stuff. I like Roy Roger's cowboy films and the Calico mine ride at Knott's Berry Farm. I like listening to 1960's country music and the bronze sculptures of Frederic Remington. In other words I like the fake West, the Wild West of movies and romantic nostalgia. Kent Nerburn's chronicle of the disenfranchisement of the Nez Perce and the subsequent ethnic cleansing of this indigenous people group from their traditional tribal lands was a very difficult read. I had heard of Chief Joseph and associated him with his "I will fight no more forever" speech, but that was about it. I had never heard of the Nez Perce before and had no idea that Chief Joseph was a member of that tribe. In reading Nerburn's "Chief Joseph & the Flight of the Nez Perce" I was able to learn about this resilient people group from their first contact with Lewis & Clarke, to the missionary period, through the escalating conflicts with European American settlers and gold miners. In finishing the book, I had the same feeling of sadness I had when I read Dee Brown's "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee." Sometimes it is good to be reminded of the true history of our country and mourn the injustice done in the name of "progress."
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