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Chief Joseph. / 48.168528°N 118.97722°W / 48.168528; -118.97722. Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt (or hinmatóowyalahtq̓it in Americanist orthography; March 3, 1840 – September 21, 1904), popularly known as Chief Joseph, Young Joseph, or Joseph the Younger, was a leader of the wal-lam-wat-kain (Wallowa) band of Nez Perce, a Native American ...
Nez Perce Ford is the location of Chief Joseph's crossing of the Yellowstone River on August 25, 1877. First named by superintendent Philetus Norris in 1880, the ford has also been known as Chief Joseph's Crossing and Buffalo Ford (1946). [ 24] Joseph Peak el. 10,420 feet (3,180 m) 44°57′31″N 110°53′05″W.
Nez Perce War. The Nez Perce War was an armed conflict in 1877 in the Western United States that pitted several bands of the Nez Perce tribe of Native Americans and their allies, a small band of the Palouse tribe led by Red Echo ( Hahtalekin) and Bald Head ( Husishusis Kute ), against the United States Army. Fought between June and October, the ...
The Battle of Bear Paw (also sometimes called Battle of the Bears Paw or Battle of the Bears Paw Mountains) was the final engagement of the Nez Perce War of 1877. Following a 1,200-mile (1,900 km) running fight from north central Idaho Territory over the previous four months, the U.S. Army managed to corner most of the Nez Perce led by Chief Joseph in early October 1877 in northern Montana ...
Odawa chief who resisted British settlement of the Great Lakes region during the Pontiac's Rebellion . Rain-in-the-Face. c. 1835–1905. 1860s–1870s. Hunkpapa Lakota. A war chief of the Lakota, he took part in Red Cloud's War and Black Hills War . Red Cloud. 1822–1909. 1860s–1890s.
Nimrod Jarret Smith (1837–1893) was 4th Principal Chief of the Eastern Band and a Confederate Army veteran of the Thomas Legion of Cherokee Indians and Highlanders. The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is made up of descendants of Cherokee primarily from along the Oconaluftee River in Western North Carolina, in today's Cherokee County.
Looking Glass ( Allalimya Takanin c. 1832–1877) was a principal Nez Perce architect of many of the military strategies employed by the Nez Perce during the Nez Perce War of 1877. He, along with Chief Joseph, directed the 1877 retreat from eastern Oregon into Montana and onward toward the Canada–US border during the Nez Perce War. [1]
Original – Chief Joseph (Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt) of the Nez Perce in 1903 Reason A high-quality photogravure which I think has vastly improved his page. Articles in which this image appears Chief Joseph FP category for this image Given the Nez Perce War, probably Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Military? Could also argue for political or ...