Chief White Bird

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tribe = Lamátta
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death_date = March 6, 1892
death_place = Pincher Creek
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native_name = Peo-peo-hix-hiix
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Chief White Bird ("Peo-peo-hix-hiix") also referred to as White Pelican was a leader of the Lamátta band of the Nez Perce and war chief.

History

Chief White Bird like many of his people, a Dreamer, was a follower of the teachings of Smohalla, the Wanapam shaman and prophet. Alongside Chief Joseph, White Bird directed the 1877 withdraw from eastern Oregon into Montana and ahead toward the Canadian border during the Nez Perce War. White Bird and Joseph led the Nez Percé Indians until October 1877, when General Nelson Miles army attacked them at Snake Creek Bear Paw Battlefield. Following a five-day fight, Joseph and many of the fatigued band acknowledged a cessation of hostilities, surrendered to Miles, and became prisoners of war. White Bird who refused to relinquish, left the night of October 5, effectively slipping all the way through enemy lines with several of the band.

Canada

In October 1877, about ninety adults and a great number of children led by White Bird arrived with some three hundred head of horses at Sitting Bull’s camp in Saskatchewan. White Bird and his family settled in Pincher Creek, Alberta, area to live out their lives. The war chief never returned to the United States, choosing to stay in Canada at Pincher Creek. White Bird was murdered on March 6, 1892 by a fellow Nez Percé named Charley Hasenahamahkikt. [ [http://www.fs.fed.us/npnht/people/whitebird.shtml"White Bird"] . "White Bird". Retrieved on 2008-08-12.]

Other Facts

White Bird, Idaho is named after Chief White Bird.

ee also

*Sitting Bull
*Chief Joseph
*Nez Percé
*White Bird, Idaho

References

* http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h3858.html
* http://www.fs.fed.us/npnht/people/whitebird.shtml
* http://www.nps.gov/archive/nepe/greene/chap2.htm