Grangeville, Idaho
In 1877, Grange Hall (which stood at the corner of today's Main and Hall Streets) was the only building in sight. New settlers built a stockade around the Hall for their protection.
“I saw a baby wrapped in its tekash [cradleboard]…I reached down and handed it to the woman. The woman laughed as she took her baby. … Riding fast, we soon overtook some of the rear Indians entering canyon [of Cottonwood Creek]… This woman with her little baby was Toma Alwawinimi [possibly meaning Springtime] wife of Chief Joseph. Her baby girl was born at Tipáxliwam [Tolo Lake] a few days before the White Bird Canyon battle.”
– Hímiin maqsmáqs (Yellow Wolf)
Today’s wheat fields were once covered with fields of blue camas lilies. Camas root was a major source of food forthe Nez Perce.
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