On this date in 1877, the Nez Perce War ended.
Source: National Archives CatalogWhile looking for information about the Nez Perce war I came across this great paragraph in the 2nd edition of the
International Encyclopedia of Social Sciences. The author is Stephen A. Germic and this paragraph is from page 504:
The Nez Perce fought a brilliant running battle, complete with narrow escapes and decisive victories, against U.S. forces for several months and over 1,700 miles. In October 1877, after the Battle of the Bearpaw Mountains, they were finally surrounded and forced to surrender, a day’s march short of refuge in Canada. Joseph was the only principal Nez Perce leader to survive the hostilities, so the surrender agreement fell to him, and he responded with one of the most powerful examples of American Indian oration that we have on reliable record. The oration famously concludes: “Hear me, my chiefs. I am tired; my heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands I will fight no more forever” (Howard 1978, p. 330). The sun stood at 2:20 P.M. on October 5, 1877.
The book Mr. Germic quotes is:
Saga of Chief Joseph by Helen A. Howard published by University of Nebraska Press in 1978.
I didn't think I would find a game about this and I am happy to discover I was wrong.
I Will Fight No More... Forever (1979) This game was republished, (and it appears to have been updated), in Paper Wars issue 82, from Compass Games.
Before I started searching for games to link to historical events, along with posting some of the show notes for Mentioned in Dispatches, I had never heard of Simulations Canada. They seem like a very interesting company and Stephen Newberg is an eclectic designer with at least 46 tiles to his name.