Nez Perce National Historical Park

Bow
Palouse
This bow belonged to Five Fogs or Dark Cloudy Days Five Times Repeated. He was the son of the Palouse headman Hahtalekin. A participant in the Nez Perce war, he was killed at the Battle of Big Hole on August 9, 1877. Yellow Wolf reports that Five Fogs, “did not understand the gun. He was good with the bow, but had only a hunting bow . . . . He was just in front of his own tepee ... He stood there shooting arrows at the enemies. The soldiers saw, and fired at him ... Three times those soldiers fired and missed him. The fourth round killed him”. (page 119 Yellow Wolf)
Wood, sinew. L 113.4, W 3 cm
Nez Perce National Historical Park, BIHO 623





Bow Palouse This bow belonged to Five Fogs or Dark Cloudy Days Five Times Repeated. He was the son of the Palouse headman Hahtalekin. A participant in the Nez Perce war, he was killed at the Battle of Big Hole on August 9, 1877. Yellow Wolf reports that Five Fogs, “did not understand the gun. He was good with the bow, but had only a hunting bow . . . . He was just in front of his own tepee ... He stood there shooting arrows at the enemies. The soldiers saw, and fired at him ... Three times those soldiers fired and missed him. The fourth round killed him”. (page 119 Yellow Wolf) Wood, sinew. L 113.4, W 3 cm Nez Perce National Historical Park, BIHO 623
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