2 Great People

These ares some facts about two great leaders.

Chief Joseph

The Chief of the Nez Perce was converted to the religion of Christianity. He gave himself a new name, it became Joseph. When he got a son he named him Joseph. When Chief Joseph died his son became the new Chief Joseph.
There was a treaty that gave land to the Nez Perce. On the land gold was discovered. The chief had a plan. His plan was to help the whites look for gold so they would leave faster. That plan didn’t work the Nez Perce lost 90% of their land.
In the month of June and in the year of 1877 the Indians still had problems with the whites. The Indians were getting frustrated. So they shot the whites. The Indians got scared and moved. It took them 180 days. It was 170 miles long.
There was an Indian named Napoleon. He was a very smart. He always stayed 1 foot in front of the Calvary. Calvary means mounted men on horseback.
General Howard tried to go over Lolo Pass. It was a hard trip they were running out of food. There were also winds. General Howard was waiting for Chief Joseph and his tripe so that Howard’s men could ambush them. But the Indians went on a different path that was only wide enough for a goat. Howard called that Fort Fizzle, because the Nez Perce escaped.
The Nez Perce thought that the Crow tribe would help them fight the whites. The Crow knew that if they joined them that the whites would come after them. So they said no.
General Howard finally caught Chief Joseph. He lived for 80 days after he was caught.
Ninety percent of the public wanted Chief Joseph to win. The rest wanted General Howard to win.

Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln was shot in 1865. He was born in Kentucky. His grandfather’s name was also Abraham. He was the president who did not like slavery. Abraham was very tall. He was 6.4 ft and weighed 185 lbs. he said that his wife was as handsome as she was as a young school girl. His house was a two story building. He had a dog which he gave away. Lincoln left Springfield to Washington. He didn’t know if he would ever be back. He grew a beard. Lots of people wanted to kill Lincoln. So he had lots of bodyguards to protect him. He was the man who gave the speech which is known now as the Gettysburg Address. His wife spent a lot of money nourishing the house including her. She spent 20,000 dollars. He said that he would not pay it as long as soldiers didn’t have blankets. Lincoln’s son was very sick. He grew weaker and weaker each day. The cause of his sickness was the bad water he was drinking. He had Typhoid fever. He died. Lincoln was devastated. Lincoln got over the death of his boy and got ready for war. They built Ironclads. One was made with a rotating gun. The others were made with cannons. Lincoln sent Gen. McClellan to Richmond, Virginia. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. It permitted some states in the south to be free. He did not free all of them because he was scared that they would join the confederates. Lincoln gave some great speeches that will be forever remembered. Lincoln believed that all Negros and all whites were equal. He got very sad when the list of who was dead and who was wounded would come. The only time he would ever feel peace was in his office on his knees praying. The hardest thing for Lincoln to find was a general who would fight with the soldiers. The south was not shot to death they were choked and strangled to death. Gettysburg is in Pennsylvania. The battle of Gettysburg was started by a confederate who went into a shoe store and bumped into a union soldier. It was the turning point of the war. If the union would have lost the confederates would have taken Washington D.C.