[or-roots] Nez Perce War

[Carylon Viuhkola]

Dale,
I would love to see the post card, I had family in the Nez Perce Co.
Thank you
Carylon
viuhkola at clatskanie.com

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Harguess, Dale 
  To: or-roots at www.sos.state.or.us 
  Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 10:52 AM
  Subject: RE: [or-roots] Nez Perce War


  When I was visiting my mother this weekend I was going through an old box of mementos and found an old postcard that my grandmother had collected.  The price of the postage was 1c so I think it was pretty old.  It was published by some drugstore in Stikes Idaho and had a photo of a bunch of cowboys in front of a barn or some sort of building.  The caption said that the mountain behind the building was where the last battle of the Nez Perce Indians was held with Chief Joseph leading the attack.  I scanned it if anyone would like to see what it looked like.  It was pretty interesting to find.  I found 3 or four others that had old photos on them but no explanation of what or who the photos were of.  My grandmother's aunt lived in Idaho so I think she collected them when she visited her sometime around 1910.

  Dale





  A "must have" book on the subject of the Nez Perce is "The Nez Perce Indians and the Opening of the Northwest" by Alvin M. Josephy, Jr. original copyright 1965, my copy is 1997. Publisher credits listed as, A mariner Book, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, New York. Be sure it says "complete and unabridged" on the cover.  It is in paperback $19.00.

  It is an exhaustive work covering from the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery in Nez Perce country through the war of 1877.  It contains considerable detail of persons and events over those years.  Lots (tons) of references, good maps, etc.

  Glen,
  I gather from your e-mail address you must be a Ham operator.  K7FGN here. 

  

  glenkc7mbm at comcast.net wrote: 

  Judy

  Can you give more info on the books, such as publisher and date published, etc.

  Supposedly Chief Joseph was my Great Great Uncle and I do trace my family back to Chief James Moses of the Lapwai Band.

  Glen Jones Portland, Or.



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  Glen A. Jones



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    From: JudyRobertson39 at aol.com 



    If anyone is researching ancestors who may have been involved on either side of the Nez Perce war I recently read CRIES FROM THE EARTH,  and LAY THE MOUNTAINS LOW both written by Terry C Johnston.  They appear to be very well documented and contain factual information concerning that conflict and the individuals involved.  The 3rd book in the trilogy is TURN THE STARS UPSIDE DOWN. Since Chief Joseph's original stomping grounds were in Oregon I thought perhaps there would be some interest.

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