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Nez Perce War started when White men found out that Wallowa valley has tremendous open range for cattle. That area is where Native Americans lived.
War and hunting
Toohoolhoolzote was a Nez Perce leader who fought in the Nez Perce War, after first advocating peace, and died at the Battle of Bear Paw.
They used sticks
they used riffles
gold was discovered on their reservation.
The Nez Perce were fierce warriors that used bows and arrows, knives, war spears and leather shields as their weapons. They had a type of launcher for the spears called a atlatls.
During the "Flight of the Nez Perce" in 1877, the followers of Young Chief Joseph, Lean Elk, Looking Glass and other chiefs travelled almost 1,300 miles.
The last major battle against the US Army in resistance to the reservation system in the far west was led by Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce Tribe. The battle, known as the Nez Perce War or the Battle of the Bear Paw, took place in 1877 in Montana. Chief Joseph and his followers were ultimately defeated and forced to surrender.
Chief Joseph led his people in an effect to hold on the the Nez Perce homeland and to avoid war with the United States.
The Nez Perce were generally quite a friendly and peaceful tribe and they formed close relationships with their neighbours, but they certainly had enemies among other native people and were forced to fight battles against other tribes. Across the Rocky Mountains on the Great Plains the Nez Perce had long been friendly with the Crows of Montana and regular trade took place between them; but the Shoshoni were traditional enemies and they were often ambushed by Blackfoot, Lakota or Cheyenne war parties when they travelled across the Rockies to hunt buffalo. This made visiting their Crow friends an extremely dangerous undertaking.