Chief Joseph
/ˌtʃiːf ˈdʒəʊzəf/, /ˌtʃiːf ˈdʒəʊsəf/
/ˌtʃiːf ˈdʒəʊzəf/, /ˌtʃiːf ˈdʒəʊsəf/
- (c. 1840-1904) the leader of a group of Nez Percé native North American people. When in 1877 they were told to move from Oregon to a reservation (= lan area of land kept for native North American people to live on) in Idaho, Chief Joseph's group killed 20 white people and tried to escape to Canada. They travelled over 1 000 miles/1 600 kilometres, but the US Army caught them 30 miles/48 kilometres from Canada. Chief Joseph lived the rest of his life on a reservation in the state of Washington.
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Chief Joseph