. The story of Montana . hGovernor Stevens the Indians were to keep theirown valleys, except when they had to go elsewhereto hunt. The war parties were to be given Flatheads were to be allowed to pass throughthe Blackfoot country into the Yellowstone withoutbeing molested. All the Indians were to have thesame homes that they had been having, with theexception of the Flatheads and the Pend dOreilles. Flatheads and Pend dOreilles. — These two tribesoccupied the most fertile valleys in Western Mon-tana, and Governor Stevens foresaw that at leastone of these valleys w^ould be coveted by far
. The story of Montana . hGovernor Stevens the Indians were to keep theirown valleys, except when they had to go elsewhereto hunt. The war parties were to be given Flatheads were to be allowed to pass throughthe Blackfoot country into the Yellowstone withoutbeing molested. All the Indians were to have thesame homes that they had been having, with theexception of the Flatheads and the Pend dOreilles. Flatheads and Pend dOreilles. — These two tribesoccupied the most fertile valleys in Western Mon-tana, and Governor Stevens foresaw that at leastone of these valleys w^ould be coveted by farmersbefore many years were over, and either valley hadample room for both tribes. The Indians them-selves could not decide which valley to choose forneither wanted to give up its own valley, although 232 TRANSFOR]VL\TION OF THE INDIANS either tribe would gladly welcome the other. TheIndians finally consented to have a survey taken ofboth valleys and allow the Government to decidewhich would make the better Pexd dOreille Indl^ns The survey postponed. — Sixteen years passedbefore this survey was made and in the meantimethe Indians became so distrustful of the Government,that when the survey was at last made, and it wasdeemed advisable for the Flatheads to move tothe Jocko Reservation, they refused to go. Theyhad accepted the silence of the Great Father at RESERVATIONS 233 Washington as a consent to allow them to remain inthe Bitter Root Valley; some of them had productivefarms, the mission school and the church had beenbuilt, and they were reluctant to give up theirhome. In the meantime Victor and Alexander had died,and Chariot and Michelle were the chiefs of the twotribes. This difficulty about the land did not affectMichelles band, the Pend dOreilles, for thej^ hadalways lived upon the Jocko and in the FlatheadValley; but it was Chariots people, the Flatheadsproper, who had always lived in the Bitter Root,who were now being forced to go upon the Jocko. A counc
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