The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-06-23
FLATHEAD RESERVATION HAS
OVER $4,000 ACRES
Registration Necessary i'm Kalispcll
or MissOula Before.
August ).

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hundred and fifty thousand of the
1,425, 900 acres of valley and bench
lands contained in the Flathead In
dian reservation on the western slope
of the Rocky mountains in northern
Montana will provide homes for 100,-
900 persons following the drawing I'M
der the direction of the United States
| government at Occur d'Alene, Idaho,
beginning the morning of July Q.
| These lands have been classified as
first and second class agricultural and
grazing. and are appraised at from
| $1.25 to 81 an acre. Persons desir
| ing to enter under the homestead act
| must register in person at either
Kalispell. Mont, or Missoula. Mont.
between July Is and August 5.
Is Fruit Section.
This reserve has within its boun-
daries the south half of Flathead lake,
the largest body of fresh water west
of Lake Michigan. The chief fruit
products are pears, peaches, apples,
cherries plums and berries, also grain
and forage crops in abundance. Irri-
cation is not necessary. The reserva-
ton is crossed by numerous noun
tain streams and is surrounded by a
belt of timber, which is not subject
to entry. The reclamation service is
preparing a system of dams and
bitches. costing $250,000 to irrigate
the lands in the northwestern part of
the reserve. Homesteaders will be re-
CURED to pay the pro rata share of
this improvement, also an annual
1900 feet.
Kalispell, a city OF 1000 is the gate
way of the reservation. Three boats
ply between Kalispel and Poison
daily, a trading point at the south end
of Flathead lake, and in the heart
of the reservation. The Great North
ern, the only line in the valley, is
building an extension from Kalispell
to the reservation, and the Chicago,
Milwaukee e Puget Sound and the
Canadian Pacific railways have crews
in the field seeking an entrance into
halispell.
Established in 1885.
The reservation was established at
a treaty made by Issac |. Stevens, first
territorial governor of Washington
! md eX-ofiicio superintendent of In
dian affairs in the territory and the
chiefs and headmen of the Flathead,
Kootenay and Upper Pend d'Oreville
tribes. in what was formerly known as
Council Grove, eight miles below Mis-
soula. now called Grass Valley, on
July IA. 1855. 1t was ratified by the
United States senate on March 8, 1859.
Five persons who We're present at the
treaty are Hazard stevens, son of
Governor Stevens, living at Boston,
W. Il. Tappan, a resident of central
Massachusetts, Charlois, chief of the
Flathead tribe, and Francois Eneas
and Louis Nandcrberg. Eneas was
assistant interpreter at the council.
The three Indians live on the reserVa-
ton.
Victor, who has long since joined
his forebears in the happy hunting
| ground" was chief of the Indians at
the making of the treaty. after which
the Flatheads, Kootenays and Upper
Pend dOreilles became known as the
. ONltucIdIeu tribes OF the Flatnedu
Nation of Indians. The Indians suf-
fered hardships and wrongs by rea-
son of non compliance of the treaty
stipulations and bad faith of the gov
eminent. Though the treaty was made
in the summer o. 1855, the first an
! nuities. consisting of several hun
dred DO ,es of army hard tack and
bags of rice, did not reach the tribe
until 1860. more of the supplies being
sold to white settlers than We're de-
! lvered to the nations wards.
Indians Reluctant.
When the first treaty was made the
tribe. then living in the Bitter Root
valley where its members We're happy
and contented. We're not willing to
move bag and tepee to the reserva-
ton, and to satisfy Chief Victor a
clause was inserted. as follows:
1T is moreover provided that the
Bitter Root valley, above the Loo Lo
fork shall be carefully surveyed and
examined and if it shall prove, in the