This powerful account of the tragic defeat of the Nez Perce Indians in 1877 by the United States Army is narrated by Chief Joseph's strong and brave daughter. In the late nineteenth century, a young Nez Percae girl relates how her people were driven off their land by the U.S. Army and forced to retreat north until their eventual surrender.This powerful account of the tragic defeat of the Nez Perce Indians in 1877 by the United States Army is narrated by Chief Joseph's strong and brave daughter. In the late nineteenth century, a young Nez Percae girl relates how her people were driven off their land by the U.S. Army and forced to retreat north until their eventual surrender.