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---1805---Lewis and Clark: first contact with Nez Perce;
Captains William Clark and Meriwether Lewis: Made contact with the Nez Perce in 1805, as they crossed over the Bitterroot Mountains. It is believed that at that time only one person in the Nez Perce nation had seen a white person (Alcorn 1985: 13)
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---1834---Nez Perce meet party of Methodist missionaries
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---1839---Chief Timothy and Chief Joseph baptized at and join the Missioin Church
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---1853---Joel Palmer inaugurates conferences to settle indians on reservations; Isaac I. Stevens becomes Governor of Washington and Superintendent of Indian Affairs
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---1855---The Walla Walla Council at Lapwal; Eagle-from-the-Light: Nez Perce chief who attended Walla Walla council of 1855.
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---1859---U.S. Senate ratifies 1855 treaty
---1860---Nez Perce receive first payments and annuities of 1855 treaty; Indian Agent to the Nez Perce in 1860, who opposed the gold mining expeditions on Nez Perce land (Beal: 1963: 19). E. R. Geary: Superintendant of Indian Affairs (Beal 1963: 29).
---1861---Goldminers invade Indian territory.
---1862---Nez Perce mission reopens
---1863---Treaty of 1863; Treaty reduces size of reservation under 1855 treaty and the Nez Perce nation ends as Chief Lawyer is no longer head chief among the bands.
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---1877---Nez Perce War begins; April 1st, nontreaty Indians must go to reservation. War Battles: Battle of White Bird Canyon, Battle of the Clearwater, Battle of Big Hole, Battle of Canyon Creek, Battle of Bearpaw Mountains, and surrendering of Nez Perce
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