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Title: Indian history for young folks
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Drake, Francis S. (Francis Samuel), 1828-1885 Dowd, Francis Joseph, 1876-
Subjects: Indians of North America Indians of North America -- Wars
Publisher: New York London : Harper & Brothers
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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were killed, a larger number wounded, and some prisoners weretaken. His loss was thirteen killed, and two officers and twenty menwounded. Joseph now began his famous retreat eastward, towards the buffalocountry, with Howard in close pursuit, taking what is called the Lolo trail, through a pass of the Bitter Root Mountains, into Idaho. TheJuly IT. ..... j i ⢠long pursuit continued across plains, over mountains, and through forests, much of the way being a desolate and exceedingly diffi-cult country for one thousand three hundred miles, and it lasted seventy-five days. The Indians were accompanied by their women and children.They took with them a large herd of ponies, which supplied them withremounts whenever they were hard pressed. Colonel Gibbons, who, with one hundred and fifty men, attacked the Indians on Wisdom River, Montana, was greatly outmatched, and was placed upon the defensive, losing twenty-nine officers and men killed and wounded. His entire force would have been killed
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INDIAN WARS (1862-1877). 467 or captured but for Howards approach. At Camas Prairie, the Indiansturned upon Howard, and succeeded in stampeding and run- 1 . August 20. ning off his pack-train. Colonel Sturgis had a fight with September 13. them on the Yellowstone, below the mouth of Clarks Fork. The Indians had reached the Missouri River, near Cow Island, on Sep-tember 22. They would, perhaps, have accomplished their purpose ofjoining Sitting Bull in the British Dominions had not Colonel Miles, withhis comparatively fresh troops, been so situated that by moving promptlyhe could easily pursue and intercept them. That officer, marching acrossthe country from Tongue River, crossed the Missouri, and on September30th overtook the Nez Perces at Bear Paw Mountain, near the mouth ofEagle Creek, when a severe engagement took place, in which the Indianslost six of their leading chiefs and twenty-five warriors, besides forty-sixwounded. Miles lost two officers and twenty men killed; four n-» â

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