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==Nez Perce War== During the [[Nez Perce War]] in 1877, [[Chief Joseph]]'s band of Nez Perce traversed the pass on August 22 while evading [[United States Cavalry|U.S. Cavalry]] forces under the command of General [[Oliver O. Howard]]. The Nez Perce had just engaged the army in the [[Idaho Territory]] at the [[Battle of Camas Creek]]. After entering [[Montana Territory]], the Indians moved east up the [[Madison River]] into [[Yellowstone National Park]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Utley, Robert M. |title=Frontier Regulars the United States Army and the Indian, 1866-1891 |publisher=University of Nebraska Press |location=Lincoln, NE |year=1973 |isbn= 0-8032-9551-0 |pages=308β309 }}</ref>
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