where did the nez perce surrender
A+E Networks. Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce Indians surrenders to U.S. General Nelson A. Miles in the Bear Paw mountains of Montana, declaring, âHear me, my chiefs: My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever.â. Earlier in the year, the U.S. government broke a land treaty with the Nez Perce, forcing the group out of their homeland in Wallowa Valley in the Northwest for relocation in Idaho.