The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-07-11
THE FLATHEAD
INDIAN LANDS
roNEs FOR fcoDoo PERSONS TO
81 OPENED ~ HCSrtFh-r-E
ppEWtas HEIT NCSrN.
AGRICULTURAL AND GRAZING
The properly ,s Appraised ''Do' t'l'
70 " an here ard Ciassfs5 a.
yrs, and second Class bg',.I
tUrsi and Drsl,rs Land.

tUrsl and Gfsl.rs Land.
For hundred aal my ...asad n'
~. It2sUo1 a.n,a ~ valley aa1
bench lands contained .a 'a. Fa'.
head Indian r..rf.3'IDl oa 'aH t'..
orn slope of 'He H1syy mountain.
IN northern Montana rl p-or.f"
homes 'or I1DDD1 persons 'o.'nRnr
tho drawing under '.r direction ~
Tho United states government a'
CooIr dNlrun. Idaho beginning 'h'
morning ~ August y These lands
have boon classified 1919 trs' and
second class agricultural and graz
lng and arc appraised ~ from 81 -
"a 81 an acre Persons desiring 70
enter under tho homestead ac' must
register in person a' either Kn'lapoll
Montana. 26s miles east ~ Spokan"
or Mssoula Montana, 2j7 miles from
Spokane. between July l5 and Aug
ust
This reserve has within ita boun
dnri-a the south hnlf ~ Flathcad
Lake. the largest body of fr'nh wa
tcr west ~ Lake Michigan. Tn"
chief fruit products ar" pears.
peaches. apples. chcrrios. plumH and
bcrrics. also grain and forage crops
In abundance Irrigation iH not noe.
rganry Tho reservation lH crossed hy
numerous mountain streams and ia
surrounded by u belt Of timber.
which ~ not subject to entry The
reclamation service iR preparing -
system of dams and dltchcs cost.
ing "a quarter million dollars To lr.
rigatc the lands In the northwest
crn part of the reserve. Homestead
ers will be required 10 pay the pro
rata share Of this Improvement also
an annual maintenance fee. The "l-
ovation In 1900 feet
Kalisprll. city of 1000 iR Ia"
gateway of the reservation Three
boats ply daily between KaliHp"ll and
Poison trading point at the south
end of Flnthcad lake and In the
heart of the reservation. Tn" Great
ley. Is building nn extension from
kr'igpCll to the reservation, and
and the Chicago. Milwaukee a pu
get Sound and the Canadian Pacific
railways have crows In the Held
seeking an entrance into kalisp"ll
The reservation was established
~ treaty made hy isaac ste
Nous first territorial governor o
Washington aud oN oGicio suporiu
tcudcnt Of indian affairs In the ter
ritory. and The chiefs and head mci
Pend Orcillo tribes. In what wa
formerly known Hg Council Grove
eight miles below Missoula, now call
cd Grass Valley. ou July ~, lNha
n was ratified by the United state
scuatc on March y, 1859 Five per
sons who were present ~ the treat
are Hazard stevens. son of Cover
nor stevens, living at Roston " II
Tappau. a resident of Central Masaa
chusctts. Charlois. chief Of the Flat
head tribe. aud Francois Euoas an,
Louis vandcrhcrr Eucas was assist
ant Interpreter Mt the couuc,l Tn
thrcc Indians live ON the rra,ry9
tiou
Victor. who has long since ioiuo
his forcfathcrB iu "thc happy huntiu
ground waR the chief of the II
dians at the making of the treaty
after which the Flathcade Kootou1l
auA Upper Pond Orrlllrg hrcnm
known as tho Confederate Trihos ,
thc Flathoad Nstlou Of Indians r.
Indians suffered handicaps AN
wrongs hy reason OF uuucomplouc
of the treaty Htipulatious AMI hr
faith or the government Thoush m
treaty was made n 'hr summer ,
1888. the FIRST auuunos. cnnsIstiu
or several hundred boxes of arm
hardack and bags Of ri.r did p,
reach the tribe until 1860 morr ,
the supplies being sold 10 whit
settlers than were dclNc.,i to ~
nations wards
when the first treaty was mad
the tribe tncn living In the Riu'
Root valley whore rs mombc
were happy and coutculcd. we're n,
willing to movc bag and tcopoc