Present location: Council Grove Missoula off Mullin Road and
Reservation Road, Missoula, Montana
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Ratified: March 8, 1859 Proclaimed: April 18, 1859 
Big Canoe, Pend d'Oreilles Chief, denied the need for a treaty, given the
friendly relations between his people and the whites. Drawing by Gustav
Sohon. Picture courtesy of the Washington State Historical Society.
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Tribes who signed this treaty:
At the treaty ground at Hell Gate, in the Bitter Root Valley Signed by and between Isaac I. Stevens, governor and superintendent of Indian affairs for the Territory of Washington and the chiefs, head-men, and delegates of the following tribes:
Non-Tribal Signers: James Doty, SecretaryR. H. Lansdale, Indian Agent W. H. Tappan, Indian Sub-agent Henry R. Crosire Gustavus Sohon, Flathead Interpreter A. J. Hoecken, Sp. Mis. William Craig |
