The Battle of the Big Hole: A History of General Gibbon's Engagement with Nez Percés Indians in the Big Hole Valley, Montana, August 9th, 1877. — John Shaqi
The Battle of the Big Hole: A History of General Gibbon's Engagement with Nez Percés Indians in the Big Hole Valley, Montana, August 9th, 1877.Shields, G. O. (George O.)
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The Battle of the Big Hole: A History of General Gibbon's Engagement with Nez Percés Indians in the Big Hole Valley, Montana, August 9th, 1877.
Shields, G. O. (George O.)
Big Hole, Battle of the, Mont., 1877
The Stealthy Midnight March. Whispered Commands and Cat-like
Movements. Passing Through a Herd of Ponies. Looking Down on the
Hostile Camp. Squaws Keep the Fires While Their Warriors Sleep. The
Barking of Indian Dogs and Howling of Coyotes. Heroic Assault on the
Nez Perce Camp at Day-Break. Temporary Surprise and Subsequent
Rally. Terrific Struggle Among the Teepees. The Fighting Muzzle to
Breast. Driven from Their Tents, the Indians Take Cover Under the
River Banks. The Water Runs Crimson With the Blood of Contending
Forces. Squaws and Children Fight Like Demons. Captain Logan Shot
Down by One of the She Devils. Rallying Cries of White Bird and
Looking Glass. The Soldiers Take Position in the Mouth of "Battle
Gulch". Gallant Conduct of Officers and Men. 42
CHAPTER IV.
Stubborn Resistance of Indians in the Pine Woods. Sharpshooting at
Short Range. The Struggle for the Howitzer. Assaulted by Thirty
Mounted Indians, Four Soldiers Stand by it until All Shot Down. The
Two Survivors, Though Sorely Wounded, Throw the Gun from the
Trunnion and Crawl Away into the Brush. How Gibbon's Sharpshooters
Drove an Indian Marksman from a Pine Tree. The Redskins Fire the
Grass, but a Lucky Turn of the Wind Saves the Soldiers from the
Intended Holocaust. A Supper on Raw Horse. Heroic Conduct of Captain
Browning and Lieutenant Woodbridge in Rescuing the Supply Train and
Bringing it up to the Command. 64
CHAPTER V.
Retreat of the Indians under Cover of Night. Anecdotes of Personal
Heroism. Burying the Dead-List of Soldiers and Citizens Killed and
Wounded. Eighty-nine Dead Indians Found and Buried on the Field!.
Review of the Fight. Importance of its Place in History. Gibbon and
His Men Officially Commended by Generals Sherman, Sheridan, and
Terry. Trees Still Standing on the Battle-Ground, Girdled with
Bullets, Tell the Story of the Struggle. 78
CHAPTER VI.
Testimony of Officers and Men as to the Courage and Fierceness of
Nez Perce Warriors in Battle. All Concede Them to be the Bravest
Fighters in the West. General Gibbon's Military Record. Previous
History of Captain Logan and Lieutenants Bradley and English.
Present Status and Whereabouts of Officers Who Participated in the
Fight and Who Still Live. Names of Those Who Have Gone to Their
Reward Since That Bloody Day. 105
CHAPTER VII.
Description of the Battle Monument. General Howard's Pursuit of the
Nez Perces After the Battle in the Big Hole. Their Final Capture by
General Miles. Chief Joseph's Curious Message to Howard. White
Bird's Flight to Woody Mountain. His Sad Plight on Arrival There. He
Still Lives Within the British Lines. Chief Joseph on the Colville
Reservation. He Wants "No More Fight" With White Soldiers. 115
THE BATTLE OF THE BIG HOLE.
CHAPTER I.
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