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Show RED MEN IN COUNCIL. Important Conference of Indians on Flathead Reservation. MISSOULA. Mont., Feb, 4. The chiefs and head men of tho Flathead Indians and their allied tribes aro holding an Important council on tho rciorvatloii today The outcomo Is anxiously awaited by the members of the different dif-ferent tribes and tho whltea who oxwcl to lccato whonth reservation Is thrown opn by proclamation thlu year Tho bill which empowers the President to drclaro tho reservation opon for settlement and which has passed Congress, falls to provide pro-vide for timber reserves for tho natives of th eoll. Chief Chariot, who bitterly opposed the passage of tho bill, has summoned the Indians In-dians to presont nn appeal to President Roosevelt Roose-velt asking that certain tlrhbor lands be set aside exclusively for tho use of the Indians. Chariot desires to head a delegation to Washington Wash-ington nnd presont tho matter to President Roosevelt In person It Is behoved ho will carry his point In the council. |