Thunder Rolling in the Mountains Chapter 11 and Chapter 12

The Blue Coats were too scared to fight.

The Blue Coats killed their women and children first.

The Blue Coats don’t fight on horses.

She still wants to fight.

She still thinks the Nee-mee-poo can win.

She now fears for her people as they have lost so many.

war whistle

marriage blanket.

rifle.

horse

It hurts the Blue Coats' ears

It makes his horse gallop faster.

It makes him feel brave.

Its piercing cry calls for his guardian spirit to protect him.

She feels it is a silly Ne-mee-poo tradition

Sound of Running Feet doesn't think the whistle is loud enough to call his guardian spirit

All the other warriors died, and they were not protected by their guardian spirtis.

Sound of RUnning Feet knows that the guardian spirtis only protect them during dayliight hours.

Lean Elk was a careless leader who casued the deaths of many of the Ne-mee-poo

Lean Elk was a young warrior with a tight mouth and burning eyes

Lean Elk was a young leader who will lead them to the land of the Crows safely.

The whites were all enemies.

They could trust the white settlers.

The whites were trying to help them

Not all the white people were bad, some were trying to help them.

The white settlers that smiled at them and sold them sugar had fought with the Blue Coats, killing the clan's women and children.

The white settlers would not sell them supplies or food

The white settlers would not fight on the Ne-mee-poo's side when they asked for help.

They planned to pretend to surrender and then double back and retreat to Canada

They would steal the General's herds so that the Blue Coats could not follow them.

They would hide in the mountains until General Howard's troops passed them.

Too-hul-hul-sote

Swan Necklace

Lean Elk

Chief Joseph

They were almost to Lapwai.

They had beaten Howeard's troops multiple times, and had stolen his horses/mules.

They no longer were at war

They now had plenty of food to eat.