More than 200 horse riders are retracing a portion of the route Nez Perce Chief Joseph took as he fled the U.S. Army in 1877.
The riders began in Stites, Idaho, on Sunday. They will travel 100 miles to the Bear Paw Battlefield in eastern Montana where the Army caught up to the Nez Perce.
Chief Joseph and his band refused to be confined to a reservation that was much smaller than the land promised by a treaty with the U.S. The entire route from Oregon to the battlefield site covers 1,300 miles.
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Riders retrace route of Nez Perce flight
(AP 7/21)
Relevant Links:
Nez Perce National Historic Park - http://www.nps.gov/nepe
Nez
Perce Tribe - http://www.nezperce.org
Bear Paw Battlefield - http://www.chinookmontana.com/battlefield.html
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Riders retrace route of Nez Perce Chief Joseph
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