NATAMST 90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Cow Dung, Flathead Indian Reservation, Washington Territory
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- rowena l. alcorn and gordon d. alcorn. Long retreat of 1877: young sundown & cousin were assigned special duty of guarding. Nez perces struggled to find haven in land of redcoats . Advance party of indian scouts were sent to campside along snake creek & shot many buffalo. Thick chunks of meat were roasting over fires of dried buffalo chips. Was very cold & began to dnow. Tipis & buffalo robes were destroyed aqt big hole. To keep warm, fires were kept burning all night. Thundering sound of stampeding buffalo alerted them to their danger. Sundown escaped from battlefield by clinging to side of his horse. Had no food, moccasins or blanket, but found his way to village in canada of. Believed that sundown stayed with sioux for two years & then crosses border into. Washington territory with other nez perces who also escaped fight at snake creek in.