“It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises.” By chief Joseph. This connects to the treaty wars of Washington by showing the broken promises, this was one of the three causes of the war against the Nez Perce and U.S army. The cause of the conflict between the Nez Perce tribe and the U.S army was land, murder, and resources . Some things that cause conflict are the wrongful choices made, the unfair deals, and the resources that were needed.
First, the conflict was called the Nez Perce war. In the text, "Nez Perce war”, it says, “From across a freezing Montana battlefield on October 5, 1877, Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce rode into the camp of the U.S. Army Colonel Nelson Miles and surrendered his rifle.”(Historynet.com), It also says, “5. But increasing pressure from miners and settlers on the treaty lands compelled the U.S. government to coerce many of the Nez Perce in 1863 to move to a drastically smaller reservation of fewer than 1 million acres.”. The conflict was between the Nez Perce tribe
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Left with only 138,000 acres” (Legends Of America).It also says, “But increasing pressure from miners and settlers on the treaty lands compelled the U.S. government to coerce many of the Nez Perce in 1863 to move to a drastically smaller reservation of fewer than 1 million acres.“(Legends Of America), This shows that, when the white settlers took and left only a small portion of land it eventually made the Nez Perce tribe realize it wasn’t fair. Imagine, dealing with something you realize wasn’t fair, and wasn’t what you thought. Because this is what happened with the Nez Perce Tribe and the U.S army it made the Nez Perce tribe rethink the deal eventually not wanting to deal. This was one of the three causes of the conflict between the Nez Perce and U.S