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Bear Paw Battlefield
Final Engagement of the Nez Perce War of 1877
“Chief Joseph Battleground”
Battlefield
on
Snake Creek
on
Bear Paw Battlefield Interpretive Trail
in
Nez Perce National Historical Park
,
Great Plains
near
Lloyd
,
MT
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The Battle of Bear Paw (also sometimes called Battle of the Bears Paw or Battle of the Bears Paw Mountains) was the final engagement of the Nez Perce War of 1877. Following a 1,200-mile (1,900 km) running fight from western Idaho over the previous four months, the U.S. Army finally managed to corner most of the Nez Perce led by Chief Joseph in early October 1877 in northern Montana Territory, just 42 miles (68 km) south of the border with Canada, where the Nez Perce intended to seek refuge from persecution by the U.S. government. Although some of the Nez Perce were able to escape to Canada, Chief Joseph was forced to surrender the majority of his followers to General Oliver O. Howard and Colonel Nelson A. Miles on October 5. Today, the battlefield is part of the Nez Perce National…
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