Front:
Та -ka -mар
map
Female Warior.
po, Famous Nez Perce
Lee Moorhouse. photoggapher
Back:
KASYUKON - PACIFTC
POST. CARD.
Island Pos
Cuba
ic
2 c
To – ka — map – po of the Nez Perce
tribe.
During the Nez Perce war of 1878 To
ka – map - po was in the prime
of womanhood. During the battle of
Big Hole in Montana when General
Gibbon fought Chief Joseph she fought
the soldiers hand to hand. She was
captured and put on a horse behind
a soldier and securely tied. The soldier
started for headquarters with her,
but she managed to untie her hands.
She reached in the soldier belt, drew
his knife and stabbed him, then rolled
him off the horse and made her way
back to her own people.
No. 7217. Publ. by Portland Post Card Co., Portland,
Ore, and Seattle, Wash. (Made in Germany).
Write here.
