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conditions of the treaties to be made with the Ir~l.~an tribes. The
written instructions to Governor Stevens directing him to negotiate
treaties with the Indian tribes of Washington Territory provided that
treaties were to be made with all the tribes and fragments of tribes
within the territory by which the United States would extinguish their
claix of title to all the land within the territory, except5ng such
rsservations as mi&t be necessary for their occupancy in the future.
H2 was instructed to endeavor to unite the numerous bands and fragments
of tribes into tribes and to provide for the concentration of one or
more of such tribes upon the reservation which would be set apart for
their future homes.
36. On September 16, 1854, Governor Stevens made a lengthy and
detailed report to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in which he
described the areas occupied by the various Indian tribes within the
subject area. That report, which was very similar in detail to the
report of George Gibbs, identified the areas occupied by the various
Indians as follows:
The Indians on the line of the route of the exploration
ere the ,b 9. 9~ west of the mountains, + Palouses, * *
Klikitats, Yakamas, Pisquouse * * *.
Pelouses .
The Pelouse number 100 lodges, and about 500 people, and
are in three bands: one at the mouth of the Pelouse river of
40 lodges, under Que-lap-tip, head chief, and Slow-yatts-se,
second chief; the second band, of 12 lodges, under So-ei, on