Identifier: columbiariver00lyma (find matches)
Title: The Columbia River
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Lyman, William Denison, 1852- (from old catalog)
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Publisher: New York and London, G. P. Putnam's sons
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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-ington. There the restless heart of the Nez PerceBonaparte was eaten out by bitter yearnings for hisloved Wallowa. He had an occasional proud and interesting hour.At the time of General Grants obsequies at NewYork, Joseph was in Washington to see the GreatFather about his reservation. General Miles, whogreatly admired the hero of the Lolo trail, asked himto ride with himself at the head of the funeral pro-cession. Mounted on a magnificent charger, Josephrode solemnly through the streets of the metropolisby the side of the conqueror of Bear Paw Mountain,and there were not wanting those who said that theIndian was the finer horseman and the finer-lookingman. But Joseph died at his camp on the Nespilemwithout ever seeing Wallowa. His last request wasthat he be buried there. He remained an Indian tothe last, not ordinarily living in a house or wearingcivilised costume or even speaking English, thoughperfectly able to do so. His life might have beenhappier had he never been known to fame.
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a > K* ^ di o oj •^ ^ O CO (U X 4-^ c (-• o o H ^ d. ^ (U t/3 H O 1 1 >-. ^ M-l _(U 6 ISo o M-l ew o a e ClJ o The Times of Tomahawk and Fire-Brand 233 In case of Joseph as of civilized heroes of similartype there is by no means an unanimity of opinion.A considerable section of old-timers maintain that theability manifested by the Nez Perces should be creditedto the chiefs White Bird and Looking Glass. Mr. LewWilmot of Idaho, well-known to old-timers in theNorth-west, is a special exponent of this view. Headds, however, that the early successes of the Indianswere mainly due to gross incompetence by the com-manders of both the U. S. Regulars and the Volunteers.The next j^ear after the Joseph War, or in 1878,occurred the Bannock War, the scene of which wasmainly Umatilla County in Oregon and other partsadjoining the River. Though at first, as has hap-pened so many times, the Indians met with successes,the end was their inevitable defeat. With the close of the Bannock War it ma

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