Encounters With the People : Written and Oral Accounts of Nez Perce Life to 1858

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Encounters With the People : Written and Oral Accounts of Nez Perce Life to 1858 / Compiled and edited by Dennis Baird, Diane Mallickan, W. R. Swagerty.

Baird, Dennis W., (compiler,, editor.). Mallickan, Diane, (compiler,, editor.). Swagerty, William R., (compiler,, editor.).

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: A bibliographic guide to the history and culture of the Nez Perce people / by William Swagerty -- Accounts written by Nez Perce men -- In the mountains -- The earliest written accounts -- Lewis and Clark among the Nez Perce people, 1805-1806 -- David Thompson and Alexander Henry, 1809-1812 -- Donald MacKenzie and the Astorians, 1811-1813 -- The Hudson's Bay Company and the fur trade in Nez Perce country, 1821-55 -- Botanist David Douglas visits the Clearwater in 1826 -- Encounters outside the heartland -- The Nez Perce visit in the east, 1831-32 -- Captain Benjamin Bonneville among the Nez Perce, 1832-34 -- Protestant missions in the Clearwater region -- Early Catholic accounts of the Nez Perce people -- The Nez Perce in the Cayuse War, 1847-1850 -- The start of the Indian Agency in the Clearwater Valley -- The Nez Perce people in Oregon Territory, 1850-1854 -- 1855, the year of the treaty -- The Nez perce People in the wars of 1855-58.