Chief Joseph was born around 1840 in the Wallowa Valley of what
is now northeastern Oregon. His given name was Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt,
meaning "Thunder Rolling Down the Mountain." However, he was
widely known as Joseph, or Joseph the Younger, because his father
had taken the Christian name Joseph when he was baptized at
the Lapwai mission by Henry Spalding in 1838. Under Joseph the
Elder's leadership, the powerful Nez Percé tribe was friendly
to whites and Joseph the Younger was educated at a mission school.
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Darlene
Gadley's Nez Perce Genealogy Page
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:Site includes,
scanned images of the 1890 census for Nez Perce
Tribe and a Nez Perce family tree (GEDCOM) with
over 2200 tribe members going back to the early
1800s. Surnames include, Chief Joseph, Looking Glass,
Black Eagle, Lawyer and Three Feathers. |
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