Do Them No Harm Lewis and Clark among the Nez Perce

Zoa Swayne
In the Fall of 1805, a group of ragged strangers staggered into a camp of Nez Perce Indians on the Clearwater River in what is now northern Idaho.The natives discussed killing the newcomers and taking their tresure. Instead, they heeded an old woman who said, "Do them on harm" Pacific Northwest native Zoe Swayne, spent years writing down the events of 1805 and 1806, as remembered by Nez Perce storytellers.