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COMMANDER // 1832–1877

Looking Glass

5 battles1 war

Lifespan

1832 – 1877

1840185018601870Nez Perce War · 1877Battle of Bear Paw — September 30, 1877 · Nez Perce · Nez Perce WarBattle of Camas Creek — August 20, 1877 · Nez Perce · Nez Perce WarBattle of Canyon Creek — September 13, 1877 · Nez Perce · Nez Perce WarBattle of the Big Hole — August 9, 1877 · Nez Perce · Nez Perce WarBattle of the Clearwater — January 1, 1877 · Nez Perce · Nez Perce War

Active service 1877 — 5 battles across 1 war; first command at age 45.

Profile

Looking Glass was a principal Nez Perce architect of many of the military strategies employed by the Nez Perce during the Nez Perce War of 1877. He, along with Chief Joseph, directed the 1877 retreat from eastern Oregon into Montana and onward toward the Canada–US border during the Nez Perce War. He led the Alpowai band of the Nez Perce, which included the communities of Asotin, Alpowa, and Sapachesap along the Clearwater River in Idaho. He inherited his name from his father, the prominent Nez Percé chief Apash Wyakaikt or Ippakness Wayhayken and was therefore called by the whites Looking Glass.

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Battles (5)

Last verified June 2026
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