Title: Forlorn Hope
Subtitle: The Nez Perce Victory at White Bird Canyon
Subjects: Pioneer Life, Pioneers, Biographies, Eyewitness Accounts, Idaho History, North American Indians, Native Americans, American Indian Wars, Nez Perce Indians, Nez Perce War, Battle of White Bird Canyon, U.S. 1st Cavalry Regiment, Court of Inquiry, Wars, 1877, Nez Percé Indians
Places: Idaho Territory, Idaho County (Idaho)
People: Chief Joseph (1840-1909), Ollokot (1840s-1877), General Oliver Otis Howard (1830-1909), Captain David Perry (1841-1908), O. O. Howard (1830-1909)
Time periods: 1877, 17 June 1877