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Looking Glass ( Allalimya Takanin c. 1832–1877) was a principal Nez Perce architect of many of the military strategies employed by the Nez Perce during the Nez Perce War of 1877.
Apr 19, 2016 · Who was Looking Glass and why was this Native Indian chief famous? Summary: Looking Glass (1832 - 1877) was the war chief in the Nez Perce tribe under the leadership of Chief Joseph. Looking Glass fought against the white settlers who were confiscating Nez Perce tribal land.
Nov 16, 2019 · The five autonomous non-treaty Nez Perce bands selected Looking Glass, the leader of the Asotin band, as War Chief. Looking Glass, who had been born about 1823, took his father’s name and so he is often designated as Looking Glass the Younger to distinguish him from his father, Looking Glass the Elder.
Jan 31, 2017 · As a passionate advocate of Native American rights, he helped the Mashpee Revolt of 1833-1834 gain traction, later documenting its legal and cultural triumphs in the book Indian Nullification of the Unconstitutional Laws of Massachusetts (1833).
Aug 18, 2009 · After soldiers under the command of Colonel John Gibbon surprised the Nez Percé there on August 9, inflicting heavy casualties, Looking Glass lost much of his prestige as a military leader. Nearly two months later, when the Nez Percé were finally surrounded by Colonel Nelson A. Miles’ troops in Northern Montana’s Bearpaw mountains ...
This excerpt from Army officer Lawrence Kip’s journal describes the dramatic arrival of Chief Looking Glass at the 1855 Walla Walla Council. Looking Glass had been in Buffalo Country for three years hunting buffalo and fighting against the Blackfeet.
During The Nez Percé War, Looking Glass was one of the war chiefs who helped to lead and protect the Nez Percé during their long, withering flight to freedom across the Canadian border in 1877. Early days Looking Glass, known to his people as Allalimya Takanin, was born about 1832, in what is now western Montana.
