RV Travel To Montana - Places To See - Bear Paw Battlefield
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- It's been a cold winter here in Montana, but Linda and I finally got out of town and visited the Bear Paw Battlefield in north central Montana, where Chief Joseph and the last of the Nez Perce people laid down their arms and surrendered to the U.S. Military. It's a story of the last of the non-treaty American indians who were striving to keep their old way of life on the North American prairie, but who ran headlong into a new world. Please note, there is a LOT more to this story, but I did my best to cover it in a way that shows the hurt suffered on both sides.
For more information on the Nez Perce tribe and they're history, please visit: nezperce.org/
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Thank you for making it real, when so much is being willingly forgotten.
Conveniently forgotten and never told.😔
My eyes watered as I watched this video, and I can just imagine the flood of emotion visiting this place. So very sad.
It always hits me the same way Sharon, thanks for watching.
Linda is normally so quiet...she IS a talented storyteller/reader! Bravo! 👍👋
I think so too! She shined at this.
Behind every great man is a greater woman.
The landscape reminds me of the Little Big Horn. Thanks for providing the narrative and capturing the spirit of the place...
It's very similar Jeff.
Thank you both for the wonderful, yet sad history lesson. Can you imagine if our ancestors had embraced the knowledge, teachings, and appreciation of earth, wildlife and fellow humans the Native people have, instead of attempting to wipe them off the face of the earth? It's shameful what we did to them. May all those who perished, be exalted and rest in eternal peace.
Thanks again, Rick and Linda, you brought tears.
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It does that to me also Kristi. There was a clash of cultures then and we still don't understand how we could have made it better. There was the fact that western expansion was inevitable, but both sides were brutal in their response and that made it worse. The reservation system was, and still is, a failure (a few tribes are doing ok) and in my opinion, assimilation would have been a better option.
Beautifully said Kristi. Chief Joseph was a very humble man. The story of this tribe and what we did to them brings me to tears every time. the quote Linda read at 17:50 timestamp is one of my all time favorite reminders of humility.
Thank you for sharing, even though it is upsetting to see the needless bloodshed that has gone on in the past. And unfortunately is still going on today here and aboard.
It is a sad epesode in American history but it is what it is and I would not be where I am at if the Soldiers and Idians had not fought and died back then. GOD help them. RIP.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for making such a sensitive, beautifully photographed, edited, and narrated video. Blessings
Good job on the story telling. Even though I've been there, it was nice to 'revisit'.
When the babies get a little older, we can all go again and teach them a little bit of history.
Thank you for another excellent video.
Very interesting your video: Nez Percé is an exonym given by French Canadian fur traders who visited the area regularly in the late 18th century, meaning literally "pierced nose". English-speaking traders and settlers adopted the name in turn.
Thanks for sharing that Dany!
Thank You for sharing this egregious injustice and you are correct we can't forget or just erase our history like some folks are trying to do.Like it or not it happened and It's there for a reason, a reminder to never repeat it again!
This is one place on my bucket list to visit, thank you for sharing.
You and Linda are some of the very best story tellers of our history. Thank you for sharing! Best wishes!
Hello herdfan, our pleasure!
It was so nice to hear (17:40) the geese overhead while Linda narrated. Thanks for the lesson into the sad history of this place.
Thanks for listening Dave.
Powerful video today. So very sad. My Great Grandfather was Scottish, Great Grandmother Cherokee. My Grandfather was born in Moscow, Idaho 1889. He was a talented horseman and told wonderful stories growing up around the Nez Perce and their amazing horse skills.
I wish I could have heard his stories!
Great history lesson. Thank you. I've been to Montana quite a few times and always enjoy it.
Thanks Jim, hope you come back to see more of it.
Montana is a beautiful place, for sure.
Wish I could experience Montana and all the States magnificent scenery and history. Thanks for bringing it to your subscribers.
Thank you Linda for that sad but beautiful reading.
I loved the way you shared this story where both of you read different parts of the history. Thanks for not letting the heritage pass away. Bravo and well done you two!
Thank you a
Art!
Well done story tellers - , I also have visited the area and always feel the history
I LOVE these historic site visits you've done. Do more please.
Peace must begin in our own hearts.
That was a good history lesson.
Especially Loved this video, the history was heart felt, Linda your ability to narrate is the best. Keep it up guys.
Thanks Todd!
Thank you for sharing. I really never noticed the nationality of your wife, I have only noticed how Beautiful she is as a person. Peace to the Natives that died..
Thank you both for telling us this story and showing us where it took place. How sad.
Thank you for retelling this important story. I first became aware of this story when I read "Bury My Heart At Wounded knee" in th 70's. It is a book I think every North American should read. It is full of story after story like this, and much worse. In a short period a genocide took place. It does need to be remembered and aknowledged.
I cannot begin to express my gratitude to you for such a great video on Montana history.
I so look forward to your videos because of what I learn from them.
I get so much information from you.
Never knew how to sharpen my knives until I watched your video.
Thank you.
Hey thanks Nick! We'll keep trying.
Very touching. Such tragedy. Thank you for sharing.
VISITED THIS SITE A FEW YEARS AGO. IT IS WELL WORTH THE TIME AND EFFORT TO GET THERE. A VERY SOLEMN PLACE
Even after repeated visits it still hits me hard when we go there.
Me an wifey were there in Montana for 6 mo in 05 an loved it, myself I'm dying to go back, truly loved it up there, thx for the vid
Good video. You should do the snow goose migration too
I enjoyed this video about the Nez Perce. Thanks for sharing their history. Since we have to drive through Canada from Alaska, all of our RV road trips take us through Montana and Idaho so we like to stop at museums and interactive trails that showcase the Nez Perce people. I would like to visit the Bear Paw Battlefield. It cracked me up when Linda said, "I don't know anything about being Okinawan". I can totally relate. I am Native Hawaiian and both sides of my family were raised on Hawaiian homestead lands. My dad is 1/4 Chinese and so we ended up with a Chinese last name. I always tell people who ask me about Chinese things that "I don't know anything about being Chinese"!
Hi Kepa! Yes, growing up in Hawaii with all of the mixed races and all of the different traditions, cultures, history...we all tend to lump it all in by calling ourselves locals. And I was raised with my native Hawaiian cousins.... We do like the history of the native people here or anywhere we're at; that makes our traveling mean so much more.
Thank you for the tour and information. That was a sad time in our history. We, the dogs and I, spent last Summer in Montana and loved it! We will be returning this Sumner.
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I'm happy that you liked it and are coming back. It's a beautiful state!
Wow, you really bring this to life. Seeing the battlefield and hearing your description. Such a poinnant and hard lesson.
Hello Jody, if you ever get the chance to go there it's quite something to see and feel.
Thanks again for another interesting historical sites to visit. Keep up the great work.
I really enjoyed this video!! Yall made me feel as though i was there and i learned some new historical events.. we would like to see more of montana from yall thank you....
Glad you enjoyed it.
What an emotional video you had me choked up and crying you did such a wonderful job to tell the story. What a great job Linda& Rick I appreciate your ability to walk us through and make us feel a part of this journey sad Journey that it was and you're right we need to remember our history so it's NOT repeated....thank you so much for this episode.
Thanks Teresa!
Inspirational, informative and heartfelt... Thank you for this one.
You're welcome Mark and thank you for watching.
That battle might of been different if they had made it to the mountains to the south. I’m sure there is a lot of negative energy and wandering spirits in that area. You should be glad there is no camping in that area. A person would probably pack up and leave before the night was over. Thanks for bringing that history to us. A lot of good people on both sides were lost. Take care
Great job! I love that place. It is truly sacred. My mother was raised in the town of Chinook just 16 miles north.
Nice little town. It gets a little chilly there in the winter.
Your recounting history while walking on the site adds reality. Thank you!
I feel fortunate that I have walked around Big Hole and Bear Paw. Similarly I have walked and stood on several Civil War battlefields. Being there makes the story stick, more so than simply reading in a history book.
Seems as though few people care about our history now.
Being there, if you're quiet and receptive, you can feel it. Thanks for the comment Galard.
Thank you for your outstanding quality video and narration of the Bear Paw Battlefield in Montana. We plan our first visit there soon. In 2019 we discovered the Wallowa Valley and the town of Joseph in Eastern Oregon has some of the prettiest scenery in the West. Again, thanks!
HI Tex, a person could have a great vacation just by following the trail of the Nez Perce. It's a great story that goes through incredibly beautiful territory.
Thanks for the history lesson. Good to see you out and about again.
We're trying to break outta here!
My Wife and I are Planning a trip to Montana in the Fall. Thanks for the tip.
Hi mate I love watching your videos. Very smart fixing the the trailer wheel. Great guy you are and I like how you treat and talk to Linda. Shes a smart woman that's very useful. Hope to see many more. Thank you sir.
Thanks Nigel, that's appreciated.
I'm always amazed by how much Linda reminds me of my mother (RIP) as she was born and raised in Hawaii as well, but now I know there's more to it. She was also Okinawan as both her parents were originally from Okinawa. Mom didn't know a lot about Okinawa either, and taught us kids a few words and count to ten in Japanese, but growing up only about 15 years after WWII, and even though she served in the U.S. Army, I think she felt it was wiser to ”Americanize” us kids as much as possible. Yup, that dude wearing the western hat in the profile pic is "hoppa haole" if I said it right, LOL! Love you guys... Safe travels.
So, you are hapa haole? Where did your mom grow up? I was born and raised on Molokai, mainly with my hawaiian cousins. Your mom sounds like a smart lady. Aloha.
@@gonagain I figured that I spelled it wrong! :) Mom was from Kahuku Point, on the north side of Oahu. I have family in Pearl City and Honolulu, but I have been out of touch for years. Some others spread across the country. We've been literally in each corner (CA, WA FL, ME) but now in CA, WA, TX, TN & NC. I'm in WA. Aloha, and thank you for your kind reply.
Cold it was in the 90's here yesterday. Right back to super hot weather for us. Sad times from our past when greedy people ran our country doesn't seem like a lot has changed at times. What a beautiful place for such a sad bit of history. We hope that your tomorrow is better than your today was.
Thanks Den! Stay cool.
Extra great video. Love the history and Linda tells it so good
Very interesting history lesson. I really enjoyed that. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for sharing.
Excellent video, nice job you should do more history videos you guys are really good at it.
Thanks Badger, will do.
Thank you both for the wonderful video. Love hearing about the history of the area, all too sad part of history.
Linda, awesome for you to have been raised in the Islands. What a change for you to now live in the beautiful area yawl are in. I’m so looking forward to getting up there this yr. yawl have a fun weekend!👍
You'll love it here Betty. Try to stay off the interstate and take the backroads. You'll find the people very friendly to travelers and you'll learn local history too.
My husband is born in Montana Nez Perce (half) this is very interesting thank you so much I am a woman but under Jim .
Got it and thank you very much for commenting.
thanks for the class neat stuff keep warm
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You're welcome Robert and thank you for watching!
Thanks soo much for sharing.
Thank you both. New to your channel. But have gone back and looked at most from your start. Living in Montana myself and a camper. Love all the info. Thanks again.
Thanks Dee! Most of our visitors just travel right through, but there's so much to see.
So much of 'History' taught in school isn't all the story. Just like the 'News'?😯
It keeps repeating itself, sad to say. Each of us make that choice every day.
Thank you for an important history lesson for all those who will listen and learn.👍
Hey guys!🙋🏽♀️ What a great video🙌🏽🙌🏽. I teared up at the end when Linda was reading. So sad😞🥺 I like when Linda said it’s good to remember our history so we don’t repeat it. ❤️ Thanks for sharing! Hope to see you down the road soon 🤙🏽
Here's hoping you get on the road soon!
@@gonagain Thank you!! 😊
id like to visit that area. thanks for the tour.
Great video! Thanks for sharing it.
That was a awesome show and information.
Thank you Duggie!
Very interesting.👍🏻
Excellent, thanks so much for sharing. ❤️
Thanks for watching!
@@gonagain Always. 👍
Excellent video.
I’ve been reading some of the history of Chief Joseph. Some of his strategies are still studied in Westpoint. I read that his brother and Chief looking glass maybe formed a lot of the strategies that the Nez Perce used. There is a battlefield near the village of Whitebird Idaho that I have been too. In this case the Nez Perce won. I think only 2 soldiers escaped that battle and made their way to Grangeville. It’s sad in so many ways. Chief Joseph did not want this fight but he was forced into it. Great history lesson.
Hello Arnold, at Whitebird I've seen what look like graves on the face of the hill that the soldiers were pinned down on. No one I've talked to in the Park Service can tell me anything about that. If you go there again look for those stones and you'll see what I'm talking about.
@@gonagain I will make a trip there again this summer. A lot of my family are buried at Mt Idaho near Grangeville and I think some at Whitebird. I want to get a little more history from there. My great great grandfather homesteaded a ranch near Grangeville. His wife was Cherokee and escaped the trail of tears. During the depression my grandfather was allowed to live on the Indian reservation land on the Camas prairie because of his Indian blood. I don’t know of anything written down of our family history but I will look into it. The caretaker of the cemetery at mount Idaho has a lot of knowledge of the people buried there. I do still have a few distant relatives in Grangeville and I think in Whitebird. I will let you know what I find out about Chief Joseph’s band. Too bad so much of this history has been lost.
Thanks for the storys....t
Enjoyed the history. Very sad but interesting to learn about.
Thanks Sooner Girl, I enjoyed your last video where you came across the snake.
@@gonagain that was heart dropping. I didn’t know I could move backwards so fast
Very interesting battle history. Our area of Texas is known for Comanche Chief Quanah Parker. There is a contrasting site about 9 miles West of Tahoka where I cycle. A 15’ tall (about) arrow commemorating Chief Parker and an historic marker commemorating Buffalo Soldiers who died of dehydration while chasing Comanches. Chief Parker’s history is quite interesting. I really enjoyed this episode, keep it up!
Thanks for sharing that Bryan. It was a difficult time in our history of the west for sure. It was also a different breed of people on both sides and that's what fascinates me.
Chief Parker did things right, or as right as could be done. When he surrendered he already had respect from many “white” men. He turned the reservation into a sort of business, leasing property to farmers and businesses for example. He even was elected as a county Sheriff or Deputy Sheriff. He was an adversary then friend of rancher Charles Goodnight (Palo Duro Canyon at the time) even while he eluded Colonel McKenzie. I’ll stop there or will go on too long. Anyway, love your videos about this type of historical site!
We visited there years ago. We traveled the Missouri Breaks National Backcountry Byway and crossed the river on the Stafford-McClelland Ferry. That country would make a good video too. (The wireless microphones are working well.)
Thanks Mark, I think we have the bugs worked out of the mics now. On this trip we would have taken that same ferry, but it's not running yet, too early.
Thank you so much for telling the story of our history and taking the journey of showing the lands it is sad what our ancestors had done to the Indians to me I think it was greed of want by not being able to share the land and work together the American government showed savageness that was the shameful part and that’s just my opinion but that’s what I see and I read in history, like one of your guest had said we had to go through the history so we would be here but I think to myself it could’ve been done differently stay safe and have a good journey!💕
Thanks Sue!
Thank You :-) ☮️❤️🕉️
This camping/history video is a pure treasure excellant camera work thankyou very much !!...if you get a chance for another show check out the lolo trail could be a interesting topic
Good idea.
I love History. I have always studied History, and am more so interested in American History. This Tale, the story of these Horrible Events makes me Very Angry. And All this bloodshed for what?? For Gold?? The very way in which the Nes Perce were hunted down and wiped-out is a Terrible Story to hear, but one which should Never be Forgotten. These are Bad Times in American history. It Hurts me just to say these words. Linda, your Narration was warm and caring, albeit a Very Sad Tail to Tell. History is scary but must be kept Alive. I'm lost with how the Natives were treated. Thank You Rick and Linda for sharing this. Please be Safe.
Hello Vincenzo and thank you for watching. There is another side to this that is not usually mentioned and that is how the indians responded to their enemies at that time. For thousands of years their response to intrusion had been very violent and even sadistic, so that others of the invading tribe would never want to come back to that particular area again. This was how they naturally responded to our western expansion, not realizing that the flow of people couldn't be stopped and that their actions would be found so abhorrent, leading to the people back east wanting them eradicated. This is just what I've gained over the years of studying this period in our history.
@@gonagain Yes, Indeed. Because of my semi extensive studies of how Native Tribes treated 'other' Tribes so very grisly, long before the Europeans ever showed up including Keeping Slaves of those captured is one fact that has been overlooked in many a history lesson. Of course I have so much more learn I'm no expert by any means.(the fact is I personally truly enjoy learning as much as possible)(and there is also the fact that I lived in Neah Bay and went to school with the locals back in the late 50's)That was an eye opener All of its own. I was an Outcast but also kept an Open Mind. More on that at a later time. The Delivery of this story was First Class!!!
This was a very good narrative as love to read historical novels of our history of old west, the way our words were our contracts and the certain codes of society and the different codes and bonds of the different tribes. Wish our country would quit trying to erase our history and take the political agenda out of it!! So much to learn from the brave men and woman that lived before us.
I agree and studying our past gives us a straighter path forward.
Great job good video
Thanks for the visit Bill.
Thanks for sharing the history of the 'People.' Doesn't matter to me where Linda's from. You're People, just like Me: fellow human beings 👍🏿
Thank you JR2NO1!
That was good
Thanks George.
Thanks for sharing part of our history. Racism at 110 percent back then . Sad !!! My mother’s native people slaughtered in 1790’s in CT . Good to remember.Was a different and ignorant time. 🥴😕
We're still not too smart Ralph. Thank you for watching!
I believe it’s the Bears Paw Mountains.
Don't confuse me again!!! It's actually Bear Paw and I keep saying Bear's Paw as it is.
Because I am part Indian and noticed by the tribes for my blood line, felt very lucky to get to where it is said no white man can go by my friends, on the natives trails hidden on tribal lands and trained to track by my friends, I like history; but not to remember the bad history of our nation; for tells us all we are not the melding pot of all tribes or races that our nation claims, but still proud of my heritage and known by most Indian tribes as one of them that have had time with, and liked going native in the military and teach them some things they could not understand like swimming with alligators and deadly snakes in the swamp lands of Louisiana and was the only one out of 200 that did not get captured in escape and evasion exercise in army training...
Cool Jimmy! I have some Native American friends, but even at that I don't get invited to explore their back country. You're fortunate to have had that experience.
@@gonagain THAT IS HOW I LOOKED AT IT...
LIKE GOING BACK TO THE ROOTS IN BOTH OR THE TOTAL BACKGROUND OF MY FAMILY TREE...
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Not trying to take away from the storyline of your video, the map at 1:45 is inaccurate. It has the Snake River going way up north when it is actually south. At one point it's about 45 miles from the Nevada border.
The American Indian was a fierce fighter, thus the reason for the seeming barbarity of the US Cavalry. The Indian wars went both ways, ie: Gen Custer's massacre at Little Big Horn. As is saiid, war is hell! Appreciate the hisstoric site.
The mounted military is cav-al-ry. Calvary is the mountain where Christ was crucified.
Thank you ole canole, my bad.
We bear great burden for the sins of our forebears, and that is sad. But the worst thing is, if it were to happen again now, it would be the same or worse. We have learned nothing. We take because we can, answering to no one, because our hearts are hard.
Rick and Linda, humans will justify their actions, even when they are wrong. Sad. Don
I see you're still enjoying the warm weather! I hope to join you again soon.
@@gonagain Rick, come on down. LOL I am in Lake Havasu City. Lotsa boondocking here. Don
Once again, native Americans hunted like animals facing some of our nation's greatest injustices. Not to mention the soldiers given the task. What about reparations for those so cruelly treated. Shall we remember the Cherokee Trail of Tears and the Navajo Long Walk.
Always heard that tribe name pronounced as "nay per-say".
They actually call themselves Nez Perce, but in their own language they are the "Nimiipuu" (Nee Me Poo). Nay per-say is the French pronunciation for "pierced nose", so you are right!
great place to visit for the history buff, . if you think about it , war back in those days was STUPID for land that can be shared instead of dying for. look at it now, no people roaming the land, no animals in site, there gone too, FOR OPEN LAND ???? when those indians dropped the rifles down for blankets, the indians were the smart ones. .look at todays policies , we vote ,and the there still taxing and taken land. BLM camping and campgrounds closing because someone wants MONEY for free open land. the wars and fights need to stop. if we cant live in peace, WHY LIVE? THANK YOU FOR YOUR INFO ON THE BEAR PAW BATTLEFIELD. THIS LAND SHOULD BE PRAISED FOR THE LOST MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDERN, INSTEAD OF WARS THAT CAUSED A BATTLEFIELD OF HATE!
The US Army still hangs battle ribbons from ceremonial flags commemorating the expressly genocidal "Indian Wars".
Thanks John, I was unaware of that.
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Freecampsites.net is a good one and we make extensive use of the Delorme map books for each state that we like to travel in. You can find those on Amazon.
Nez Perce is old French for pierced nose - Nay Persay
That's right!
I cringed every time you said "Nez PIERCE" lol Perce. Linda pronounces it correctly every time! Perce does mean pierce in French but the Nii Mii Pu do not like that pronunciation however it is common here on the Nez Perce reservation where I live. They really don't like the name Nez Perce and it has no known factual origin other than it was placed on them by outsiders as Nez Perce never pierced their noses. They are mystified as to how they got that name. I know many descendants and relatives of these people who were mercilessly persecuted and harassed.. then nearly exterminated. The massacre at Bear Paw is one of the most shameful atrocious acts done against native Americans in our history.