Although the Nez Perce (Nee-Me-Poo) Indians gave instrumental help to Lewis and Clark on their famous expedition, they were rewarded by decades of invasive treaties and encroachment upon their homeland. In June 1877, the Nez Perce struck back and were soon swept into one of the most devastating Indian wars in American history. The conflict culminated in an epic twelve-hundred-mile chase as the U.S. Army pursued some eight hundred Nez Perce men, women, and children, who tried to fight their way to freedom in Canada. In this enthralling account of the Nez Perce War, Bruce Hampton brings to life unforgettable characters from both sides of the conflict-warriors and women, common soldiers and celebrated generals. Looking Glass, White Bird, and the legendary Chief Joseph, who, along with fewer than three hundred warriors, waged a bloody guerrilla war against a modernised American army, commanded by such famous generals as William Sherman, Nelson Miles, Oliver Otis Howard, and Philip Sheridan. Also heard are the voices of Native Americans from other tribes who helped the U.S. Army block the escape of the Nez Perce to Canada. A riveting account of a tragic episode in American history, Children of Grace reminds us all of the courage of a still-proud Indian nation and its fight for the right to live in freedom. Bruce Hampton, a scholar of the American West, lives in Wyoming.