With the Nez Perces
| Author | : E. Jane Gay |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 266 |
| Release | : 1981 |
| ISBN-10 | : UOM:49015000030552 |
| ISBN-13 | : |
| Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Book Synopsis With the Nez Perces by : E. Jane Gay
Download or read book With the Nez Perces written by E. Jane Gay and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1889 the U.S. government sent the anthropologist Alice Fletcher to Idaho to allot the Nez Perce Reservation. She was accompanied by E. Jane Gay, who served as cook, housekeeper, photographer, and general factotum. In this collection of her letters, Gay describes in sprightly fashion their encounters with feuding agents, hostile white squatters, and a Nez Perce tribe divided over and puzzled by this latest government program.