Gibbon at Ross Hole - Nez Perce National Historic Trail - Auto Tours (sitios de interés)

Gibbon at Ross Hole

On August 6, Colonel Gibbon, commanding the 7th Infantry and the volunteer army, crossed the hills south of Rye Creek. The crude wagon “road” was so slow and dif?cult that they had to make a “dry camp” before reaching the summit. They crossed into Ross Hole the next day, making camp just a few miles below the spot where the Nez Perce had camped two nights before. Here, near the con?uence of Waugh and Camp Creeks, Captain Humble and many of the volunteers returned home, ful?lling their obligation to accompany the soldiers as far as Ross Hole. Thirty-four settler volunteers, enticed by Colonel Gibbon?s offer of captured Nez Perce horses, continued the chase.