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Source Description
America Transformed: This military map records the Nez Perce War in 1877, one of the final campaigns of the U.S. Army against the tribal nations of the Pacific Northwest. Gen. Oliver Otis Howard, a Union Civil War leader, Commissioner of the Freedmen’s Bureau, and a founder of Howard University, led U.S. troops. They pursued several bands of Nimiipuu (Nez Perce) who refused to surrender their ancestral lands and move to a smaller reservation in Idaho. Threatened with forced removal, they embarked on a northward trek to find sanctuary in Canada. After a fighting retreat of 1,170 miles and 18 skirmishes and battles, they surrendered just south of the Canadian border.
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Document identity
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1257bc34g
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Map of the Nez Perce Indian campaign Brig. Gen. O. O. Howard commanding
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obj
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map
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1
Source metadata
id
1257bc34g
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Map of the Nez Perce Indian campaign Brig. Gen. O. O. Howard commanding
description
America Transformed: This military map records the Nez Perce War in 1877, one of the final campaigns of the U.S. Army against the tribal nations of the Pacific Northwest. Gen. Oliver Otis Howard, a Union Civil War leader, Commissioner of the Freedmen’s Bureau, and a founder of Howard University, led U.S. troops. They pursued several bands of Nimiipuu (Nez Perce) who refused to surrender their ancestral lands and move to a smaller reservation in Idaho. Threatened with forced removal, they embarked on a northward trek to find sanctuary in Canada. After a fighting retreat of 1,170 miles and 18 skirmishes and battles, they surrendered just south of the Canadian border.
date
["[1877]"]
year
1877
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_014287
creators
United States. Army. Dept. of the Columbia
Fletcher, Robert H.
Howard, O. O.
United States. War Dept
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Indians of North America--Wars--1866-1895--Maps
Nez Percé Indians--History--Maps
Nez Percé Indians--Wars, 1877--Maps
Northwestern States--Maps
subjectsGeographic
North and Central America
Northwestern United States
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
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largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
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import
pubPlace
[Washington]
publisher
Dept. of Columbia
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
extent
1 map ; 54 x 116 cm.
notes
Conservation of this piece was funded by Ron Grim in honor of Gayl B. and Paul D. McDermott.
Relief shown by hachures.
Key events of campaign illustrated on perimeter.
Removed from U.S. War Dept. Report, 1877, v.1.
Inset: Scene of the outbreak.
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no
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1257bc34g
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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ec559bd3c0642855