Show TALF S by OT OF THE EL editha CHIEFS L watson Oat soft JOSEPH chief joseph of the vez Nez nezperce Perce tribe haa bu been famed ns as 0 one e of the most remarkable indians indiana in the united states lie ho was balij tall straight as the arrow airow and as impressive as aa he ha was handsome N lie ile was wag a great leader and a successful warrior when fortune was with him but hla his retreat toward the A 0 a n a dl di a n border worthy to be joseph joceph bared with that of Xeno phona ten thou mand anil la Is always recalled when josephs name Is spoken ile he was born in oregon about 1840 and was a hereditary chief of the nez nia ills natural gift for oratory was ot of considerable use lu his dealings with the white men and though it Is IB said that ho he never spoke in english his bla translated speeches are werthy of notice and have been quoted many times ills father joseph the elder was careful to teach him not to sign treaties nor to sell the land of hla his people this principle was faithfully adhered to 0 by tho the chief and it was the cause of the war between his people and the white men Accor according dlag to josephs own story a nez verce called lawyer assumed rights which lie he did sot not possess and sold the billowa wallowa country belonging to josephs band b and with till all the rest of the nez perce land outside the reservation to the whites the elder joseph and ills his son eon who did not want to part with the land had bad no share in this treaty and folt felt that they were wronged then the old calci died awl and dav halm in the beautiful valley where ho he had lived and this was one more tie binding joseph to his country 11 1 I love that land more than all the rest of the world A man who would not love his bis fathers grave Is worse than a wild animal W more 0 re and more sternly the white roen men demanded that the nez perces forces should leave the valley and go eo on their reservation vach each almo the indians reiterated that they had not sold the land nd and continued to live there hoping for an adjustment in their favor fator the white men moved ever closer and took more land the ne indians complained but wore were told old topo togo on the reservation finally earner came to a climax both sides were guilty of attacks and depredations war was declared the whites sulT suffered ered severe losses at first as josephs generalship generals bip and use of tactics were brilliant it later became necessary for the indians indiana to retreat and this movement is one oi of the most mosi famous in the history of 0 indian warfare with about warriors their wives and children the band started for Ci canada inada hoping to join sitting bull behind them was general howard and colonel sturgis and hla his indian scouts were on their flack colonel miles allies that adept in the art of indian warfare was rapidly marching lne in to intercept them before they could reach the border almost 2000 miles through enemy territory the remarkable leader bi ought brought his people their few warriors were opposed by nearly seven timen as many soldiers their conduct was praiseworthy as s they did 1 ad not commit depredations fighting only n 1 y when they encountered troops finally fresh troops in front compelled a halt and tor for four days day the nez nex perce battled against the soldiers general howard had cowe up to join colonel miles and the odds were too great to bo be longer restated resisted lighty se seven en warriors almost halt half of whom were wounded women and almost as many children were the remnant who submitted to the white soldiers eold sold lers joseph sent a message of surrender in which he be lamented tho the woes boes of his people and closed by saying in hear me my chiefs my heart I 1 Is Is tick 11 ick and sad front from where the sun now stands I 1 will fight no more with the white roan man after their surrender the nez perce were taken to indian territory where they gouged tor for their idaho lands and about halt half of them were later allowed to return but joseph and the rest were sent to the colville reservation in washington here he became interested in the advancement of his people under government rule and bent ull all hla his energies to furthering the cause or of education and discouraging drunkenness enness and gambling in ISM 1807 worried by encroach ilar whites the grand old chief went to washington on behalf of 0 ills his tribe however general miles the only white man whom ho he trusted promised him that his bis people should remain unmolested and ho he returned to the reservation erv er confident ot of pence six years later joseph made another trip to the capital this was waa a friendly visit during which he ha took part in an indian exhibition this was to be hla his last journey for he died september 22 1001 larus townsend drady brady writing ot of the famous chief has described his death as follows the other day a gray bray hatred haired old chief nodding by the tire fire dreaming dream lne perhaps ot of days of daring and deeds of valor by which whick savage though he ha was he had written hla his name on the pages of history slipped quietly to tho the ground and fell into his eternal adeep 11 16 0 alli etera |