Chief Joseph: Trail Of Glory & Sorrow

This great Chief's Indian name, Heinmot'tooyalakekt, meant "Thunder Traveling to High Places Then Returning". Joseph, as he became known to settlers and historians, led his people in a revolt against mandatory resettlement in 1877. Joseph and three allied chiefs led their people on a five month trek that exceeded 1500 miles through what are now the States of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana. At every step, with less than 200 warriors, he defeated and humiliated Washington's great Army of the Northwest until finally, with safety in Canada a mere 45 miles away his people, hungry and without adequate supplies, could resist no longer. Although more than 300 of the refugees escaped to Canada, Joseph and the remainder sued for peace. He made an honorable agreement with the two generals involved but that pact was torn up by their political masters in Washington.

• | Author: Ted Meyers
• | Publisher: Hancock House Publishers
• | Publication Date: Aug 15, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 722 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0888397437
• | ISBN-13: 9780888397430