Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | Questions and Answers Chapter 13: The Flight of the Nez Percés

Study Questions
1. How did the Nez Percés get their name?

2. What damages did white settlers inflict on the Nez Percés?

3. What move did General Howard make against the Nez Percés?

4. What was the Nez-Percé’s strategy?

5. Where were the Nez Percés sent?

Answers
1. The French saw that some of them wore dentalium shells in their noses.

2. Gold miners stole their horses, and cattlemen stole and branded their cattle.

3. Howard arrested the prophet Toohoolhoolzote and ordered the tribe to move to the Lapwai reservation within 30 days.

4. The Nez...

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