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Gibbon Attacks
On August 9th, the dawn’s silence was shattered when...
Crossing the Continental Divide
Colonel Gibbon dispatched Lieutenant Bradley and Cap...
Nez Perce Reach Big Hole
The steep trail over the Continental Divide was fami...
Gibbon at Ross Hole
Camp at Ross Hole
On August 5, the Nez Perce traveled up Spring Gulch,...
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Gibbon Attacks
On August 9th, the dawn’s silence was shattered when Colonel Gibbon’s 7th Infantry and Captain John Catlin’s Bitterroot volunteers attacked the unsuspecting, sleeping Nez Perce at their camp beside the North Fork Big Hole River. Today this is part of ...
Crossing the Continental Divide
Colonel Gibbon dispatched Lieutenant Bradley and Captain Catlin with some of their men and a couple volunteers to locate the Nez Perce. Early on August 8, Gibbon and his men started over the Continental Divide. It required many laborious hours ...
Nez Perce Reach Big Hole
The steep trail over the Continental Divide was familiar but difficult. After the climb, and one night at Trail Creek, the Nez Perce made camp on the banks of a clear, cool stream where the forested mountains meet the green ...
Gibbon at Ross Hole
All right, Looking Glass, you are one of the chiefs! I have no wife, no children ...
Camp at Ross Hole
On August 5, the Nez Perce traveled up Spring Gulch, across Low Saddle on the north side of Sula Peak, dropped down into Ross Hole and camped near present-day Indian Trees Campground before crossing the Continental Divide.
Over the Continental Divide
Through the Valley: Stevensville to Skalkaho
Gibbon Enters the Bitterroot Valley
The Bitterroot Valley
During the first half of the 19th century, trappers, traders and missionaries came to the Bitterroot Valley. St. Mary’s Mission, built by Jesuits at Stevensville in 1841, was the first Roman Catholic mission in ...
Through the Valley: Carlton Creek to Stevensville
The Nez Perces were by far the finest looking tribe of Indians I have ever seen
– Henry Buck, Stevensville shopkeeper
The Nez Perce moved up the Bitterroot Valley in western ...
Through the Bitterroot Valley: Lolo Creek to Carlton Creek
Lolo Creek to Carlton Creek
After avoiding a major conflict on the Lolo Trail, the Nez Perce followed Lolo Creek to the Bitterroot River. Here they were joined by Poker Joe and several others increasing their numbers by twelve lodges. ...
