Chief Joseph: Guardian of the People

by Candy Vyvey Moulton

Book Overview

Chief Joseph (1840-1904) became a legend due to his heroic efforts to keep his people in their homeland in Oregon's Wallowa Valley despite a treaty that ordered them onto a reservation in Idaho. In 1877, when the US army forced the Nez Perce away from their lands, Joseph led his tribespeople on a 1,500-mile, four-month flight from western Idaho across Montana, through Yellowstone National Park and Wyoming, toward safety in Canada. During this journey,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765310635
• ISBN13: 9780765310637
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Forge
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 7.8"