Definition of Chief Joseph

1. Noun. Leader of the Nez Perce in their retreat from United States troops (1840-1904).

Exact synonyms: Joseph
Generic synonyms: Nez Perce, Indian Chief, Indian Chieftain

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chief Joseph

Chichemecs
Chichevache
Chichewa
Chick-Martin test
Chick tracts
Chickamauga
Chickasaw
Chicken Licken
Chicken Little
Chico
Chicom
Chicoms
Chief Constable
Chief Executive
Chief Joseph (current term)
Chief Justice
Chief Secretary
Chief of Party
Chieti
Chievitz' layer
Chievitz' organ
Chihalis
Chihuahua
Chihuahuan spotted whiptail
Chihuahuas
Chilaiditi
Chilaiditi's syndrome
Childermas

Literary usage of Chief Joseph

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Poetry by Modern Poetry Association (1915)
"ACH Chief Joseph ON WAR Speaking of war poems, one of the finest we have read is this by the great Indian, Chief Joseph, which was quoted in a recent issue ..."

2. Personal Recollections and Observations of General Nelson A. Miles by Nelson Appleton Miles, Marion Perry Maus (1896)
"... the contested ground, and the prominent chiefs, including Looking Glass and Chief Joseph, opposed it. Chief Joseph told me afterward that his father, ..."

3. The History of Idaho by John Hailey (1910)
"This seems to have been the case with Chief Joseph. ... At that time the father of the present Chief Joseph was chief of the band of Indians about whom we ..."

4. The Columbia: America's Great Highway Through the Cascade Mountains to the Sea by Samuel Christopher Lancaster (1915)
"Chief Yellow Bull, now old and almost blind, wore the war bonnet and beaded paraphernalia of Chief Joseph. He rode around the "long-lodge" or ..."

5. A Dictionary of American Authors by Oscar Fay Adams (1897)
"... Life of Count de Gasparin ; Chief Joseph, or the Nez Percés in Peace and War ; Isabella of Castile. Fu. Le. Howarth, Mrs. Ellen Clementine [Doran]. ..."

6. Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains by Charles Alexander Eastman, ( (2001)
"Chief Joseph THE Nez Perce tribe of Indians, like other tribes too large to be united under one chief, was composed of several bands, each distinct in ..."

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