Looking Glass urged army authorities to leave his people alone, saying they were living peacefully and wanted no trouble. After a military attack on July 1 destroyed his village, ruined his gardens, and captured 750 Nez Perce horses, Looking Glass and his band joined other Nez Perce refugees and soon headed for Montana’s buffalo plains. Howard then spent three more months pursuing Joseph, White Bird, Looking Glass, and their warriors after that fiasco.