Lexicographical Neighbors of Perces
Literary usage of Perces
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. George Miller Sternberg: A Biography by Martha L. Sternberg (1920)
"Several tribes were roaming over the country, the Nez perces among them. ...
The pioneers left their horses with the Nez perces and took canoes down the ..."
2. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville by Washington Irving (1886)
"He told the captain he had often heard of the Americans and their generous deeds,
and that his buffalo brethren (the Upper Nez perces) had always spoken of ..."
3. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the by Washington Irving (1868)
"Excellent character of the Nez perces. — The Captain's effort as a pacificator.—A
Nez Percy's argument in favor of war. — Robberies by the Blackfeet. ..."
4. Massacres of the Mountains: A History of the Indian Wars of the Far West by J. P. Dunn (2001)
"JOSEPH'S NEZ perces. THE meanest, most contemptible, least justifiable thing that
the United States was ever guilty of was its treatment of the Lower Nez ..."
5. Ten Years in Oregon by Miss A. J. Allen, A. J. Allen (1848)
"... and Nez perces—Their disposition towards the missionaries—Mistaken course of
the missionaries—Their treatment of a clergyman—Dangerous situation of Dr. ..."
6. Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society: June 1925, Volume Xxvi, Number 2 by Oregon Historical Society (1908)
"The Nez perces Indians Since Lewis and Clark. Pp. 272. Price, $1.50. Fleming H.
Réveil Company, 1908. Six churches among the Nez perces, two among the Spo- ..."
7. My Friend the Indian by James McLaughlin (1910)
"IN the months of June and July, 1900, I spent five weeks in the company of Chief
Joseph of the Nez perces, an Indian who developed, under pressure, ..."
8. Lives of Famous Indian Chiefs, from Cofachiqui, the Indian Princess, and by Norman Barton Wood (1906)
"These men were Frenchmen, and they called our people 'Nez perces,' because they
wore rings in their noses for ornaments. Although very few of our people ..."
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