Lower Geyser Basin - Nez Perce National Historic Trail - Auto Tours (sitios de interés)

Lower Geyser Basin

August 24, 1877 - The capture of the Radersburg Tourist Party

The morning after they captured John Shively, a Nez Perce scouting party paid an early morning call on the camp of the Radersburg tourist party. The chief concern of the scouting party was to find supplies, food, and fresh horses that they desperately needed.

When George Cowan reacted poorly to their helping themselves to these supplies, the encounter turned dangerous. The Nez Perce worried that the tourists would report the main band’s whereabouts to the army. At first the tourists prepared to leave but were soon compelled to travel along with them.