Chief Joseph & The Flight Of The Nez Perce - Plot & Excerpts
A HUNDRED MILES farther ahead, the Nez Perce sensed the weakening pursuit. Attacks by the Crow and Bannock had dwindled to almost nothing. The rear scouts saw little in the way of soldier movements to concern them. Their struggle now lay with the great emptiness of the buffalo plains. Within the camp some felt that their spirit powers had saved them. Warriors like Yellow Wolf, who had received a vision in his youth that he could not be killed by bullets, had survived direct attacks by soldiers and the Crow. Old Wahnistas Aswetesk, whose body had been riddled by bullets in the battle of the Big Hole and had emitted steam rather than blood, not only was still alive but had healed. Many others too had been kept alive by their wayakins. Though the trail was littered with the graves of their dead, the medicine power of the people still seemed to be working. Their good fortune at finding the camp of Dumb Bull with its horses and store of dried meat had increased this feeling. There was more talk that the time had come to slow down and let the people rest.
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