Indian War Diary: A Fight with Chief Joseph (Expanded, Annotated)

To other scouts, he was the "Prince of Scouts." One even later called him "Super Scout." His name was S.G. Fisher and he spent the late summer and fall of 1877 chasing Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce across Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana. This is the journal in which he recorded that adventure.

Considered by the soldiers he scouted for a "generous, warm-hearted gentleman," General O.O. Howard called him the best scout of the Indian Wars. Fearless, well-organized, with an intimate knowledge of th...