"Nez Perces" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... was often 49 deg. below zero. These Indians have a large number of ugly dogs, and sometimes they hitch them to their travois. The names of the Indians here are Pegans, Gros Ventre, Crow, Assiniboines, Bloods, and Crees. The Sioux and Nez Perces do not come very near to us, as they are afraid our soldiers will fight them. They sent a knife and a pipe to make peace with the soldiers. All the Indians here are very poor, and are killing their dogs and horses to eat, as the buffalo ...
— Harper's Young People, April 20, 1880 - An Illustrated Weekly • Various
... the mountains, at the end of September, they changed to canoes. The Pierced Noses, or Nez Perces Indians, were friendly; and now, on to the Columbia and thence on to the sea, Sacagawea was the sure charm. For when the tribes saw the strange white warriors, they said, "This cannot be a war party. They have a squaw and a papoose. We will ...
— Boys' Book of Indian Warriors - and Heroic Indian Women • Edwin L. Sabin |
