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This is the location where the casualties of the c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw Mountain battle) were buried. c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw) was the last battle of the Nez Perce War of 1877, and the location where hinmatóoyalahtq’it (Chief Joseph) surrendered on October 5, 1877 to Colonel Nelson Miles. It was here that hinmatóoyalahtq’it (Chief Joseph) gave his now famous speech containing the line, "I will fight no more, forever." The burial site was exhumed and the bodies moved to the Custer Battlefield Cemetery. On verso of photograph: "Where the victims of the Bear's Paw Mountain battlefield were buried after the battle, however now removed to the Custer battlefield cemetery. Photo Nov 24th 1932 by Emil Kopac Oshkosh Neb."
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1932Creator:
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In copyright. Item is in copyright until 70 years after the 1970 death of the creator. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/.
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Is found in PC 85, Lucullus Virgil McWhorter Photographs https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/finders/pc85.htm at Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) https://libraries.wsu.edu/mascIdentifier:
pc085b02f13_132-42A.jpgSubject:
Battlefields--Montana, United States Army--Cavalry--Washington (State), Graves--Montana--Chinook, Land--Mountains, Land--Rock formations, Landscape photography, Mountains (Montana), Passes--Mountain Passes, Peace, Peace negotiations, Joseph, Nez Perce Chief, 1840-1904, Montana--Valleys, Montana--Canyons, War--Surrenders, War--War Casualties, Bears Paw Mountains (Mont.), Bear Paw Battle, Emil Kopac, Nez PerceType:
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