Steptoe Battlefield Monument plaque

ID: 1853
This file appears in: The Steptoe Defeat, 1858

This plaque is on the fourth side of the monument, it was placed by the National Parks Service in 1976. The stated Indian name of the battle as "Tohotonimme," which is a Nez Perce word. The Coeur d'Alene word is "Hngossemen," which means "place were we make rope."




Photo: Lea Anne Scott. 9/12

This file appears in: The Steptoe Defeat, 1858

By Lea Anne Scott
Virginia native Edward Jenner Steptoe graduated from West Point in 1837. His first military service was in Florida against the Seminole Indians. He also fought in the Mexican War. In 1854 he became commander of Fort Walla Walla in Washington…