Lay the Mountains Low

For five proud Nez Perce warriors there could be no more trust for the invading settlers and their army in blue.

Too many treaties had been broken. And too many Nez Perce had been driven off their rightful land, herded together on a small fraction of the kingdom that was once theirs.

While some Nez Perce had made their separate peace with the U.S.

Army, five tribal leaders were forcing both sides into a series of bloody battles.

From White Bird Battle to the slaughter at Big Hole, soldiers, innocents, and volunteers entered both sides of the fight as two peoples, separated by misunderstanding, fear, and greed, plunged into a tragedy on the American frontier.

A work of rare authenticity and power, Terry Johnston's moving saga of the Nez Perce Wars stands as a towering achievement in contemporary frontier fiction.