Describes Nez Perc?e culture and their friendly relations with whites; recounts the move to put them on reservations and their almost successful escape to Canada; and argues that Indian removal was part of a policy to unify North and South.
A biography of Chief Joseph, leader of the Nez Perce people in the late 1800s, including his childhood, the battles his tribe fought in hopes of remaining on their land, and their eventual removal to reservations.
