--- Chief Joseph agreed to move rather than fight a war that his people could not win-- about 250 people with all their possessions and livestock left the Wallowa Valley---as they joined the other non-treaty bands in Idaho, some young people left and killed 4 whites in retaliation for past outrages against the Indians-- the Indians hoped to explain the deaths but the US military ignored a truce offering and attacked the Indians-- the Nez Percé wiped out about 1/3 of the US force with almost no Indian losses---thus, what began on June 25, 1877 (one year after the Little Bighorn victory) was one of the greatest retreats in history

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