ed police, happened to be in Sitting
Bull's camp at the time, and describes White Bird and his people as
being the toughest looking party of Indians he had ever seen. Their
horses were mere skin and bone; some of them scarcely able to walk. The
Indians, men, women, and children, were half naked, some of them with
hands and feet frozen, and they had not a pound of food of any kind
with them.
Too-hul-hul-sote and Looking Glass were both killed in the fight with
Miles.
White Bird is still living near Fort MacLeod, in the Northwest
Territory, with his family and a few followers.
After the surrender, Joseph and a few of his retainers were sent to
Fort Leavenworth, where they were imprisoned until July 21, 1878, at
which time they were placed in charge of the Indian Bureau and located
in the Indian Territory. In June, 1885, they were removed to the
Colville Reservation, in Washington Territory, where they now live
unrestrained. Joseph is hale, hearty, and cheerful, and has accumulated
considerable wealth in the way of cattle and horses. He says he will
never again go on the war path; that he has had enough of fighting
pale-face soldiers; that their bravery is more than a match for the
cunning and prowess of the red man.
And to Gibbon's command, more than to any and all others who pursued
and fought Joseph and his men, belongs the honor of having broken the
proud spirits of these dusky warriors; of having killed their best men;
of having defeated them on their chosen field. To Gibbon and his brave
men, in short, belong the laurels of the Nez Perce war of 1877.
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