Historical research management plan for Big Hole Battlefield & bibliography of the Nez Perce War, 1877
Haines AL. 1967. Historical research management plan for Big Hole Battlefield & bibliography of the Nez Perce War, 1877. Division of History, National Park Service
Includes information on main park historical themes, historical resources, status of research and research needs, plus extensive bibliography. The advance on the encampment began at 3:30am. on August 9. The soldiers halted at several places to deliver volley fire into the tipis, and many Indians were killed where they lay sleeping; others milled about in panic, or ran into the willows undressed and unarmed, but some managed to escape with guns and ammunition. The troops which entered the center of the encampment attempted to fire the leather tipis, but they were damp with dew and not readily combustible. About 8 o'clock, Gibbon began to realize his troops could not hold their position in the Indian encampment, and he ordered a retreat to the line of original deployment along the base of Battle Mountain. During the afternoon of that day - August 9, the warriors around the siege area gradually withdrew until there were only about 30 Indians left to pin down the exhausted and suffering soldiers. The other warriors returned to the encampment to assist with the burial of the Nez Perce dead andthe gathering of horses and effects, in order to start the non-combatants eastward and out of the battle area.
- Type
- Administrative
- Authors
- Haines, Aubrey
- Date of Issue
- 1967-11
- Publisher
- Division of History, National Park Service
- Units
- BIHO , HIST
- Keywords
- battlefields, Conservation, Cultural Resources, Cultural Resources Management, ehistory, historic site, History, Management, Nez Perce Indians Wars, Plan