Record details

• ISBN: 0060513012
• ISBN: 9780060513016
• ISBN: 0061136085
• ISBN: 9780061136085
• Physical Description: xxiii, 419 pages : maps ; 24 cm
• Edition: First edition
• Publisher: New York, N.Y. : HarperSanFrancicso, [2005]
• Copyright: ©2005

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: Searching for Joseph ix -- Part 1 A Time of Hope -- 1 "We Thought They Might Be Descended from Dogs" 3 -- 2 A Harvest for the Lord 13 -- 3 A Child of Two Worlds 26 -- 4 A Tide of Laws and Men 38 -- 5 "We Will Not Give Up the Land" 63 -- 6 "I Am a Man; You Will Not Tell Me What to Do" 77 -- Part 2 A Time of War -- 7 "There Have Been Killings" 87 -- 8 "We Are Living Here Peacefully and Want No Trouble" 105 -- 9 "The Most Terrible Mountains I Ever Beheld" 120 -- 10 "In a Dream Last Night I Saw Myself Killed" 143 -- 11 "Pursue Them to the Death" 162 -- 12 Alone in a Strange Country 183 -- 13 "Our People Are Hungry and Weak" 205 -- 14 "I Think We Will All Be Caught and Killed" 217 -- 15 "Soldiers Are Coming" 231 -- 16 "Colonel Miles Wants to Meet with Chief Joseph" 244 -- 17 "It Is Cold and We Have No Blankets" 262 -- Part 3 A Time of Betrayal and Exile -- 18 "You Will Be Returned to Your Homeland" 277 -- 19 "You Must Move Again" 294 -- 20 "When Will These White Chiefs Begin to Tell the Truth?" 303 -- 21 "Is It Possible That the Noble Red Man Is Not a Myth?" 316 -- 22 "A Good Country to Get Rid of Indians In" 321 -- 23 "I Have Heard Talk and Talk but Nothing Is Done" 343 -- 24 "I Know What Is Good for You Now, Mr. Indian" 355 -- 25 "We Won't Be Responsible for Their Lives 24 Hours After Their Arrival" 373 -- 26 "I Would Be Happy with Very Little" 383 -- Epilogue: "The Noblest Indian of Them All" 397.

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Subject:

Joseph (Nez Percé Chief), 1840-1904.
Nez Percé Indians > History.
Nez Percé Indians > Government relations.
Indians, Treatment of > Oregon > Wallowa County.

Genre:

Biographies.