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Yellowstone
National Park - Captive Tourists - The Nez Perce Encounter
Location
of sign - roadside near the Fountain Platt Drive at Nez Perce Creek in Yellowstone National Park
Photo
taken June 2008
Text
of sign:
Captive
Tourists
The Nez Perce Encounter
During
their fighting retreat toward freedom in Canada, the non-treaty Nez
Perce passed directly through Yellowstone National
Park
in August, 1877. Their route followed this creek. When
outsiders encountered a party of sightseers camped nearby, the
Nez
Perce held the group hostage for several hours.
Angry
at past betrayals, a pair of Nez Perce shot and left for dead George
Cowan, but a chief intervened and the rest of the tourists
were
released unharmed. Six weeks later the Nez Perce surrendered
to the U.S. Army in northern Montana. They were
transferred
to reservations far from their home lands.
Graphics
on the sign
In
addition to the text this sign features a map of the Nez Perce retreat and
battles, and an old photo of a stagecoach with what is
believed
to be a photo of Mr. & Mrs. George Cowan.
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