The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-29
HEAP BIG
BARBECUE
Flathead Indian c Commissioners
And The
v A RIOU S TRIBES
Will Have Meeting at the St. Ignatius
Mission Next Month to Discuss
Reservation Opening.
V A RIOU S T RIB E S

Runners have been sent throughout
the Flathead reservation, inviting all
the Indian tribes on the reservation
to assemble at ST. Ignatius Mission,
on January 2. On that date the
commission, representing the United
States government, will hold gen
eral council and pow-wow with the
chiefs and their braves.
Before and during the council there
will be barbecue of whole beeves,
the native dances will be INDUCED in
and the Indian given full stomach
before the weighty matters of the
council are taken up.
The commission, which is compos-
ed Of Hon B. ]. McIntire, of this city;
j. II. McNeely, of Indiana, and c.
G.. Hoyt. of Nebraska, was appointed
by the president to secure an express
sion Of the sentiment of the Indians
on the reservation regarding the op-
ching Of that portion north of line
running east and west about six miles
south of the lake, at point near Pol
son.
The movement has been under con
sideration a number of years and at
different times. commissions have
met with the Indians, for the pur
pose of discussing the conditions un-
der which the Indians would surrend-
er their treaty rights, to the north
ern end of the reservation, and which
is considered a part of Flathead
county
| The movements to throw open any
part of the reservation have always
been met with strong opposition, up
on the part of half and quarter
breeds who live on the reservation,
and who have been able to mould
the sentiment Of the full blooded
indians.
The reservation is almost fifty
miles long and thirty miles wide, and
embraces the finest ranges in western
Montana, and has been the means of
enriching few half breeds, while
the full blooded Indians have become
poorer each year.
There are not today more than two
thousand Indians living on the reser.
walton, and Of that number less than
l 500 are, strictly speaking, entitled
to the privileges of the reservation.
1t is understood that the parties
who have, in the past, been antagonistic
to opening the reservation, have been
the stockmen and breeds, who now
recognize that it is only a question
of time when the reservation will be
thrown open in it's entirety, and con.
sequently will encourage the move
ment to open that part of the reser
walton in Flathead county, hoping by
so doing, to delay indefinitely the
opening of the remainder.
the land under consideration EN-
braces narrow strip on the east side
of the lake, south of a line drawn
east and west through Wild Horse
island. On the west side of Flathead
lake, this line bounds the reservation
on the north. Following the line
west, the corner of the land under
consideration about fifteen miles from
the lake is reached. The boundary
here runs south, along Chichitar
creek, to the east and west line, si2
miles south of Poison, which is fol
lowed to the eastern boundary of the
reservation, running then north along
the lake to the northern boundary.
This part of the Flathead reserva
ton is considered the finest body O.
land in the reserve. There are man.
streams and lakes in almost ever!
part of this section and every kind O.
grain and fruits can be successful!
raised.
!. The prettiest line of Imported Nov