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Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee

The request was struck down and the white general told them that if they stayed over 1 day that soldiers would come and drive them onto the reservation. The Indians were furious and some of them wanted to fight for their home but the chief spoke against this. He decided that he and his people would leave in peace. .
             In order to meet the deadline given to them by the white general the Indians had to leave much of their livestock. During their voyage, they decided to stop and set up camp in a canyon for rest. At night a small group of the Nez Perces warrior Indians snuck away from camp to seek revenge on the whites because they stole some of their livestock, in addition to their land. The warriors ended up killing 11 men. Soldiers were called from many directions to seek revenge on the Indians. Once the chief found out what his warrior men had done he knew that he needed to get his tribe as far away as possible. He knew that all of their lives were now in danger. The Nez Perces escaped many of the groups of soldiers but weren't able to escape them all. When the soldiers had them cornered they tried to fight back but the chief and the warrior men eventually surrendered, while the non-warrior portion of the tribe (including women and children) ran for the Canadian border. Once they made it to Canada they met and were welcomed into the village of the Sioux Indians. The prisoners of war were shipped to Kansas onto swampy land. After many of them had gotten sick and died they were again moved to barren land in the Indian Territory where they lived out their days, eventually dying of malaria and heartbreak. .
             One of the author's main purposes for writing this essay was to tell the story from another point of view or perspective instead of the typical or mainstream viewpoint. In grade school I remember learning about the Indians and whites and their conflicts with each other but I don't quite remember it being presented from an Indian standpoint but more so from a white or European point.


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