Under pressure from the European Americans, in the late 19th century the Nez Perce split into two groups: one side accepted the coerced relocation to a reservation and the other refused to give up their fertile land in Idaho and Oregon.
在美国欧洲人的压力之下，在19世纪晚期，内兹珀斯人分裂为了两群：一方接受了强制改换居所到一个保留区里，另一方则拒绝交出他们在爱达荷和俄勒冈的肥沃的土地。