Few of us will forget the wail of mingled grief, rage and horror which rose from the camp when the Indians returned to it and recognized their slaughtered warriors, women, and children.

(See Nez Perce War) Gibbon found the Nez Perce near the Big Hole River in western Montana. Frank A. The Battle of the Little Bighorn resulted in the deaths of Custer and some 261 of his men.

John Gibbon (April 20 1827 – February 6 1896) was a career United States Army officer who fought in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars.