to another part of Oklahoma, where they spent six years under terrible conditions. Housing was inadequate and medicine virtually nonexistent. Almost every baby born during these six years died. By now, most of the children were dead, including Bending Willow.
Not until 1885 did any of the Ne-mee-poo return to the Lapwai Reservation in Idaho. That spring, all who were willing to become Christians were allowed to return. But Chief Joseph, along with other Ne-mee-poo who refused to embrace a religion they felt had betrayed them, was sent to the Colville Reservation in eastern Washington State. Joseph would never again see the snowy peaks, the blue lake, and the green meadows of Wallowa. He spent the rest of his life at Colville. When he died in 1904, the doctor listed the cause of death as a broken heart.
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Not until 1885 did any of the Ne-mee-poo return to the Lapwai Reservation in Idaho. That spring, all who were willing to become Christians were allowed to return. But Chief Joseph, along with other Ne-mee-poo who refused to embrace a religion they felt had betrayed them, was sent to the Colville Reservation in eastern Washington State. Joseph would never again see the snowy peaks, the blue lake, and the green meadows of Wallowa. He spent the rest of his life at Colville. When he died in 1904, the doctor listed the cause of death as a broken heart.
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