Canada

Chief Joseph and his people were only 40 miles from the Canadian border when the United States Calvary finally took them down. How? The Calvary realized that the only way they could win this war, and take the Nez Perce people down was to start killing the beautiful animals that the people were riding. During the five-day battle at the base of the Bear Paw Mountains along the Snake Creek, General Howard and General Miles gave the order for his men to start shooting the horses. Chief Joseph gave his touching surrender speech and the tribe was taken to a reservation in Oklahoma. In 1885 the Nez Perce were allowed to reclaim their deceased and were moved to a reservation in Washington. Chief Joseph past away in 1904, and is buried in Colville Indian Cemetery in Washington State on the reservation.