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Big Hole National Battlefield preserves a battlefield in the western United States, located in Beaverhead County, Montana. In 1877, the Nez Perce fought a delaying action against the U.S. Army's 7th Infantry Regiment here on August 9 and 10, during their failed attempt to escape to Canada .
Map of Battle of the Big Hole. Between Gibbon's position and the Nez Perce encampment, which consisted of 89 tipis in a V-shaped pattern, was the waist-deep and willow-lined North Fork of the Big Hole River. Approaching the Nez Perce encampment on foot at dawn, Gibbon's men encountered an old Nez Perce man and killed him.
Battle of Wolf Mountain: January 8, 1877 near modern Birney: Sioux Wars Great Sioux War of 1876 11 United States of America vs Lakota & Cheyenne Battle of Little Muddy Creek: May 7, 1877 near modern Lame Deer: Sioux Wars Great Sioux War of 1876 18 United States of America vs Lakota & Cheyenne Battle of the Big Hole: August 9–10, 1877 ...
The most notable was the two-day Battle of the Big Hole in southwestern Montana territory, a battle with heavy casualties on both sides, including many women and children on the Nez Perce side. Until the Big Hole the Nez Perce had the naive view that they could end the war with the U.S. on terms favorable, or at least acceptable, to themselves ...
Map of the original Nez Perce Indian campaign [2] The trail ride follows where Chief Joseph led the Nimiipuu while fighting the U.S. Cavalry to prevent being put on a reservation. The trail goes through Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, and Canada. The trail begins in Wallowa Valley, Washington and ends in Bear Paw Mountains, Montana. [3]
Big Hole is the only site in the Western United States. In 1890, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park was the first such site created by Congress . Originally these sites were maintained by the War Department , but were transferred to the National Park Service on August 10, 1933.
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In 1877 the U.S. troops under John Gibbon fought the Nez Percé Indians along the Big Hole River, during the Nez Perce War in the Battle of the Big Hole. The site of the battle along the North fork of the Big Hole is preserved as the Big Hole National Battlefield. [6] The establishment of Butte, Montana as a mining center and