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Dead Indian Summit Overlook

Scenic View and Nez Perce War Historical Place

Observation Point on Nez Perce Trail in Shoshone NF, Rocky Mountains near Clark, WY

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Nez Perce War

Dead Indian Hill Summit Historical Marker

Dead Indian Hill Named For:

Nez Perce 1877 War version:

Accounts tell us that the Nez Perce left a wounded warrior on this mountain. He was discovered and killed by Army scouts. Thus this site became known as “Dead Indian Pass.”

— Shoshone National Forest Informational Sign atop Dead Indian Pass

Bannock 1878 War version:

Another version is that the name comes from an 1878 skirmish between General Miles and a group of Bannock Indians, where one Bannock was killed and buried here by Mile’s Crow Indian scouts .

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