Nez Perce Ford - Nez Perce National Historic Trail - Auto Tours (sitios de interés)

Nez Perce Ford

August 25, 1877 - J.C. Irwin is captured

"During the forenoon the Indians had captured a soldier… He told them of the Helena tourists camped near the Falls, the number of the men and horses." - Emma Cowan (tourist, Radersburg party)

The soldier was J.C. Irwin who had been discharged from Company G, 2nd Cavalry, Ft. Ellis (Bozeman). He escaped from the Nez Perce September 1, and was discovered on Pelican Creek by Scout S.G. Fisher.