Looking Glass | |
|---|---|
Allalimya Takanin | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Looking_Glass.jpg) Looking Glass, Nez Perce leader | |
| Nez Perce leader | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1832 Montana |
| Died | October 5, 1877 (aged 44–45) Bear's Paw Mountains battlefield |
| Known for | Nez Perce War |
| Military service | |
| Battles/wars | Bear Paw |
Looking Glass (Allalimya Takanin c. 1832–1877) was a principal Nez Perce architect of many of the military strategies employed by the Nez Perce during the Nez Perce War of 1877. He, along with Chief Joseph, directed the 1877 retreat from eastern Oregon into Montana and onward toward the Canada–US border during the Nez Perce War.[1] He led the Alpowai band of the Nez Perce, which included the communities of Asotin, Alpowa, and Sapachesap along the Clearwater River in Idaho. He inherited his name from his father, the prominent Nez Percé chief Apash Wyakaikt ("Flint Necklace") or Ippakness Wayhayken ("Looking Glass Around Neck") and was therefore called by the whites Looking Glass.
- ^ Greene, Jerome A. "Nez Perce Summer, 1877: The U.S. Army and the Nee-Me-Poo Crisis". Montana Historical Society Press, 2000.