By June 13, the chiefs were ready to move their peopleonto the reservation. Several young warriors, Wáalaytic(Shore Crossing), Sáapsis ’ilp’ílp (Red Mocassin Tops) and Wetyétmes wehéyqt (Swan Necklace), incensed by past injustices at the hands of white settlers, left the encampment that night and carried out a series of raids on local settlements, killing a number of people. The chiefs were in council when they heard about the raids on the Salmon River settlers. Fearing retribution, the council ended abruptly as people and stock were gathered to depart. 

Sustenance:
Nature provided the Niimíipuu with all of their daily needs: highly nutritious camas and biscuitroots; black lichen (hoopop), when baked, became a sweet treat; huckleberries and blackberries in summer; fish: salmon, steelhead, trout, sturgeon and lamprey; game animals: elk, deer, mountain sheep, and mountain goats; permanent springs on the high ridges, and perennial streams in the valleys; bunch grasses, ideal for grazing livestock.
The camas flower has an onion-like root that is delicious eaten raw, and when baked and dried provides a protein food source throughout the winter.