This photograph of a Nez Perce group known as
Chief Joseph's Band at Lapwai, Idaho,
in the spring of 1877 was taken
shortly before the outbreak of the so-called Nez Perce War.
In the front
center of the group are Hinmató·wyahlahtit (Joseph),
Peo peo Hix hiix (White
Bird) and Ala' limya Takaniin (Looking Glass).
Courtesy Northwest Museum of
Arts and Culture/Eastern Washington State Historical Society, L94-7.105
The Nez Perce Warriors probably used an assortment of firearms. It's likely some of them would have been long barrel .45-70 Springfields.
For obvious reasons, no photos exist of a
genuine US Cavalry charge!
Frederick Remington painted this depiction of a
US Cavalry charge in 1906-07.
The original is in the Metropolitan Museum of
Art in New York City.
It's quite likely the 3 Cavalry companies chasing the
Nez Perce were
riding in a similar helter-skelter fashion across the Camas
Meadows.
The slide show below provides more
details
about those modern-day sculptures at the
Camas Meadows Battle Site
in Clark County.
A Google map appears below the slide album.
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