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Gibbon Enters the Bitterrroot Valley

Colonel Gibbon and his command entered western Montana?s Bitterroot Valley on August 4. They camped near the present-day Pine Hollow Road southeast of Stevensville. As Colonel Gibbon moved up the valley, volunteer settlers, who were now manning the sod forts, joined Gibbon in pursuit of the Nez Perce. The settlers elected J. L. Humble of Corvallis and John Catlin of Skalkaho as company “captains.” Both were at ?rst hesitant to join the chase. The Nez Perce Indians had kept their word and traveled through the valley without incident.