http://www.historynet.com/the-battle-of-white-bird-canyon-first-fight-of-the-nez-perce.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Sat, 18 May 2013 07:15:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.historynet.com/the-battle-of-white-bird-canyon-first-fight-of-the-nez-perce.htm#comment-812420 A Little Slice of Heaven | Traveling Basenjis Tue, 17 Jul 2012 21:47:17 +0000 #comment-812420 [...] On Tuesday the guys drove up past Riggins, ID to pick up the neighbors who had been on a rafting trip down the Salmon River.  On the way they visited White Bird, ID which is the site of the Nez Perce Indian Battleground.  At this site they actually defeated the US Calvary, setting off the Nez Perce Indian Wars which subsequently lasted four years.  The Battle of White Bird Canyon was a U.S. military fiasco that Captain David Perry of the 1st Cavalry said was “scarcely exceeded by the magnitude of the Custer Massacre in proportion to the numbers engaged.” On the Army side, 34 men had died; on the Indian side, nobody was killed and only three warriors were wounded.  Perry, to his credit, had kept his troops from being annihilated, but unlike Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer, Perry had to live with his defeat and an Indian war that could have been prevented.  Read more about this battle at: http://www.historynet.com/the-battle-of-white-bird-canyon-first-fight-of-the-nez-perce.htm [...] [...] On Tuesday the guys drove up past Riggins, ID to pick up the neighbors who had been on a rafting trip down the Salmon River.  On the way they visited White Bird, ID which is the site of the Nez Perce Indian Battleground.  At this site they actually defeated the US Calvary, setting off the Nez Perce Indian Wars which subsequently lasted four years.  The Battle of White Bird Canyon was a U.S. military fiasco that Captain David Perry of the 1st Cavalry said was “scarcely exceeded by the magnitude of the Custer Massacre in proportion to the numbers engaged.” On the Army side, 34 men had died; on the Indian side, nobody was killed and only three warriors were wounded.  Perry, to his credit, had kept his troops from being annihilated, but unlike Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer, Perry had to live with his defeat and an Indian war that could have been prevented.  Read more about this battle at: http://www.historynet.com/the-battle-of-white-bird-canyon-first-fight-of-the-nez-perce.htm [...]

]]> http://www.historynet.com/the-battle-of-white-bird-canyon-first-fight-of-the-nez-perce.htm#comment-781481 So, THESE are the guys screaming ‘Class Warfare’? | his vorpal sword Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:04:28 +0000 #comment-781481 [...] predictable practice of the U.S. Army was, for many years, always to attack in the pre-dawn, as in the Battle of White Bird Canyon, for which the Nez Perce made them pay very dearly for in 1877, igniting the "Nez Perce War" and a [...] [...] predictable practice of the U.S. Army was, for many years, always to attack in the pre-dawn, as in the Battle of White Bird Canyon, for which the Nez Perce made them pay very dearly for in 1877, igniting the "Nez Perce War" and a [...]

]]> http://www.historynet.com/the-battle-of-white-bird-canyon-first-fight-of-the-nez-perce.htm#comment-778728 Jackie R Thu, 29 Sep 2011 06:29:44 +0000 #comment-778728 I have only just discovered this site. It is so interesting I have been sitting here for hours reading stories. I love the early history of our country and have always felt bad for what we did to the Indians. It was their land, in essence. They didn't really claim it so much, from what I understand. It seemed they merely wanted what was on the land to use for survival. They couldn't understand people wanting to put down permanent homes and digging in the ground. All of that would disrupt their way of natural life, following the herds, waters and naturally growing harvests in cycles. I could be totally off with all of this; but it is just the idea I'd had that Indians lived much closer to the cycles of earth, in harmony with it than we whites. I think if we had learned from them the secrets they know our land would be much happier now. There is so much we whites could learn from such brilliant, strong, proud people. I deeply admire the "American Indian" No one can blame them for wanting to save their way of life. It is something any parent would do for their family. I may be naive and completely unaware about some facts; but I would very much like to get them right. In a perfect world; we could give the honest, displaced, hardworking Indians a helping hand out of what sounds to be a hell hole. Again, I'm just a nobody, dogooder that likes to help people that I think are being screwed over by the government. Feel Free to email me anytime I have only just discovered this site. It is so interesting I have been sitting here for hours reading stories. I love the early history of our country and have always felt bad for what we did to the Indians. It was their land, in essence. They didn't really claim it so much, from what I understand. It seemed they merely wanted what was on the land to use for survival. They couldn't understand people wanting to put down permanent homes and digging in the ground. All of that would disrupt their way of natural life, following the herds, waters and naturally growing harvests in cycles. I could be totally off with all of this; but it is just the idea I'd had that Indians lived much closer to the cycles of earth, in harmony with it than we whites. I think if we had learned from them the secrets they know our land would be much happier now. There is so much we whites could learn from such brilliant, strong, proud people. I deeply admire the "American Indian" No one can blame them for wanting to save their way of life. It is something any parent would do for their family. I may be naive and completely unaware about some facts; but I would very much like to get them right. In a perfect world; we could give the honest, displaced, hardworking Indians a helping hand out of what sounds to be a hell hole. Again, I'm just a nobody, dogooder that likes to help people that I think are being screwed over by the government. Feel Free to email me anytime

]]> http://www.historynet.com/the-battle-of-white-bird-canyon-first-fight-of-the-nez-perce.htm#comment-153654 Amanda J Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:40:03 +0000 #comment-153654 this is a good site and i like all of the info that i got for my history project thanks. AJ this is a good site and i like all of the info that i got for my history project thanks. AJ

]]> http://www.historynet.com/the-battle-of-white-bird-canyon-first-fight-of-the-nez-perce.htm#comment-60088 Western Perspective » Blog Archive » Clearwater Country, Idaho Sun, 10 May 2009 21:34:38 +0000 #comment-60088 [...] is also Nez Perce country. It was along White Bird Creek that the first shots in the Nez Perce War betwen the natives and the U.S. Army were fired on June 17, 1877. That battle was a route the [...] [...] is also Nez Perce country. It was along White Bird Creek that the first shots in the Nez Perce War betwen the natives and the U.S. Army were fired on June 17, 1877. That battle was a route the [...]

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