CHAPTER XXXI

THE FLATHEAD COUNCIL

Chiefs unwilling to unite on one reservation--Alexander dreads strictness of the white man's rule--Big Canoe--What need of treaty between friends?--Let us live together--Protracted debates--Indians feast and counsel among themselves--No result--Victor leaves the council--Two days' intermission--Governor Stevens accepts Victor's proposition and concludes treaty--Moses refuses to sign treaty--"The Blackfeet will get his hair" 81