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I Will Fight No More Forever: Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce War
I Will Fight No More Forever Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce War Author:Merrill D. Beal "Hear me, my chiefs, I am tired; my heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I Will Fight No More Forever" - Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce. — In this superb summation of the ethnohistory of the (Nez Perce) tribe containing also careful analyses of the military campaigns and political events and a wholly... more » balanced review of facts, opinions, and previous evaluation of the situation and circumstances which have colored the evidence, we have what seems to the last word ... Chief Joseph and his fellows emerge as human beings motivated by the sound requirements of nationalism in defeat, and the white man, both solider and civilian, appears as a character expression of natural power evoking both good and evil in the pursuit of manifest destiny. A fine book, with some excellent photographs of the protagonists.« less