NEZ PERCÉ WAR Ep. 2 | “A Hornet’s Nest”

Legends of the Old West

Black Barrel Media

Arts, History, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

In the summer of 1876, the murder of a Nez Percé man nearly starts the war. The following summer, a series of attacks by the Nez Percé against settlers who had invaded their homeland pushes the conflict over the edge. Two days of bloody attacks leads to the first battle between soldiers and warriors, and the home for peace is all but gone. Join Black Barrel+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons: blackbarrel.supportingcast.fm/join Apple users join Noiser+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons. Click the Noiser+ banner on Apple or go to noiser.com/subscriptions to get started with a 7-day free trial. For more details, visit our website www.blackbarrelmedia.com and check out our social media pages. We’re @OldWestPodcast on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. On YouTube, subscribe to LEGENDS+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons: hit “Join” on the Legends YouTube homepage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The End
0:15.8	Old Joseph was dying.
0:18.2	It was the summer of 1871, and, though it had taken quite a while, white settlers had
0:23.9	finally descended on his homeland in the Wallawa Valley of Eastern Oregon.
0:29.1	This land was the last dominion of freedom in Nez Perse territory.
0:33.5	All the other areas now featured settlements, or farms, or minors, or all of the above.
0:39.8	But Joseph's land was rugged.
0:41.8	It was beautiful, but it wasn't as enticing as some of the other places in the region.
0:46.8	It didn't have gold deposits.
0:48.9	It didn't have wide open prairies full of lush grasses for grazing.
0:53.2	It didn't have acre upon acre of deep black soil for farming.
0:57.6	So, it was the last stronghold of the Nez Perse.
1:01.8	But now the dam had broken, and settlers were moving in.
1:06.1	Old Joseph had spent the last eight years fighting against the encroachment, but now his
1:10.8	fight was done, and he knew it.
1:13.3	He would have to pass it on to his son, who was known as Young Joseph.
1:18.2	For the father and son, the fight truly began in 1863.
1:23.0	The U.S. government forced a treaty onto the Nez Perse that required every member of the
1:27.6	tribe to move to a single reservation.
1:31.1	That reservation was about 70 miles northwest of where Old Joseph now lay.
1:36.8	A couple bands of the Nez Perse already lived in that area.
1:40.3	The reservation had essentially been constructed around their homeland.
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