Encounters with the people : written and oral accounts of Nez Perce life to 1858 / compiled and edited by Dennis Baird, Diane Mallickan, and W.R. Swagerty.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Baird, Dennis W., editor.

Mallickan, Diane, editor.

Swagerty, William R., editor.

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Series:

Voices from Nez Perce country

Voices from Nez Perce country ; volume one

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nez Percé Indians--History--Sources.

Nez Percé Indians.

History.

Genre:

History.

Sources.

Physical Description:

xxi, 522 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Pullman, Washington : Washington State University Press, [2015]

Contents:

A bibliographic guide to the history and culture of the Nez Perce people / by William Swagerty

Accounts written by Nez Perce men

In the mountains

The earliest written accounts

Lewis and Clark among the Nez Perce people, 1805-1806

David Thompson and Alexander Henry, 1809-1812

Donald MacKenzie and the Astorians, 1811-1813

The Hudson's Bay Company and the fur trade in Nez Perce country, 1821-55

Botanist David Douglas visits the Clearwater in 1826

Encounters outside the heartland

The Nez Perce visit in the east, 1831-32

Captain Benjamin Bonneville among the Nez Perce, 1832-34

Protestant missions in the Clearwater region

Early Catholic accounts of the Nez Perce people

The Nez Perce in the Cayuse War, 1847-1850

The start of the Indian Agency in the Clearwater Valley

The Nez Perce people in Oregon Territory, 1850-1854

1855, the year of the treaty

The Nez perce People in the wars of 1855-58.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

087422330X

9780874223309

OCLC:

899228699

Publisher Number:

99964871627