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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>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 </span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>Idaho</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> 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 </span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Idaho</span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> so I think she collected them when she visited her sometime around
1910.</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Dale</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color="#6666cc"
face=Courier><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Courier'>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.<br>
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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.<br>
<br>
Glen,<br>
I gather from your e-mail address you must be a Ham operator. K7FGN here.</span></font>
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<a href="mailto:glenkc7mbm@comcast.net">glenkc7mbm@comcast.net</a> wrote: </span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Can you give more info on
the books, such as publisher and date published, etc.</span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Supposedly Chief Joseph
was my Great Great Uncle and I do trace my family back to Chief James Moses of
the Lapwai Band.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color="#6666cc"
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Glen Jones Portland, Or.</span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>--<br>
Glen A. Jones</span></font></p>
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From: <a href="mailto:JudyRobertson39@aol.com">JudyRobertson39@aol.com</a> <br>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>If
anyone is researching ancestors who may have been involved on either side of
the Nez Perce war I recently read <strong><b><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'>CRIES FROM THE EARTH, and LAY THE MOUNTAINS LOW
</span></font></b></strong>both written by </span></font><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Terry</span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> 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 <strong><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>TURN THE STARS
UPSIDE DOWN. </span></font></b></strong>Since Chief Joseph's original stomping
grounds were in Oregon I thought perhaps there would be some interest.</span></font></p>
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