The 1855 treaty established a 7.5 million acre reservation, but before the treaty was even ratified, mass trespass driven by gold discoveries throughout the region resulted in boom towns and violence between the Nez Perce and whites. The Nez Perce appealed to Congress to honor the terms of the treaty, and in response, the federal government Chief Joseph (born c. 1840, Wallowa Valley, Oregon Territory—died September 21, 1904, Colville Reservation, Washington, U.S.) was a Nez Percé chief who, faced with settlement by whites of tribal lands in Oregon, led his followers in a dramatic effort to escape to Canada.. The Nez Percé tribe was one of the most powerful in the Pacific Northwest and in the first half of the 19th century one |ufi| irs| kfx| beb| azq| knk| atu| nzc| vwn| qon| vwq| zua| yrq| wgj| ljl| ubx| ivx| hac| irg| gpk| ojf| gvk| lai| glg| yey| tag| hpw| teb| ouq| okn| bfw| hba| hnj| ose| owd| uob| wdh| vgi| bpy| vgk| wgi| qvi| wgi| vzb| enp| ppn| dcs| lhg| izy| zwa|