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Title: The story of Montana
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Fogarty, Kate Hammond, -1936
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Publisher: New York and Chicago, The A. S. Barnes company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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nton, they examined voyageursand Indians in regard to the mountain passes, andgeneral character of the country, to find if it wouldbe possible to cross the mountains in winter, fora railroad would be of little use if it was closed fromtraflBc in the winter time. In order to learn allabout the situation winter posts were establishedat Fort Benton, and in the St. Marj^s Valley (nowknown as the Bitter Root Valley). On to Olympia. — The main party then continuedtheir journey to Olympia, the capital of the newterritory, Washington. They went over CadottesPass which was about twelve miles south of the onetaken by Lewis on the return of the Lewis andClark expedition. At the summit of the divide GOV. ISAAC I. STEVENS 99 Governor Stevens took formal possession as Governorof his new field, for at that time the main divide ofthe Rocky Mountains formed the eastern boundaryof Washington Territory. At Fort Benton again. — In 1855 Governor Stevenswas back at Fort Benton. This time it was to hold
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Gov. Stevens Distributing Goods the council with the Montana tribes which we toldof in the chapter about the Indians. A boy messenger. — In Governor Stevenss Lifewe read the following: My son Hazard, thirteen years of age, had ac-companied me from Olympia to the waters of theMissouri. Like all youths of that age, he was alwaysready for the saddle, and had spent some days withone of my hunting parties on the Judith, where hehad become acquainted with the Gros Ventres. When 100 VISITORS TO THE POSTS we determined to change the council from Fort Ben-ton to the mouth of the Judith, I undertook theduty of seeing the necessary messages sent to thevarious bands and tribes and to bring them all tothe mouth of the Judith at the proper moment. . . .I succeeded in securing the services of a fit andreliable man for each one of the bands and tribes,except the Gros Ventres camped on Milk River.There were several men, who had considerable ex-perience among the Indians and in voyageuring, whodesire

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