high hill, or low mountain, the range slopes in every direc- 

 tion. On the south it drops to the Jocko River, on the 

 w^est to the Flathead, or Pend d'Oreille River, on the 

 north to Mission Creek, and on the east to the Mission 

 Valley. The highest mountain is called Quilseeh, which 

 in the Flathead language means "red sleep." 



From Quilseeh Mountain, several ridges extend. 

 These are excellently shown in Plate III, which was taken 

 from the morainal hills to the eastward, or toward the 

 Mission Mountains. The view is south-westward. In 

 the middle of the picture is a depression, with a slope from 

 left to right. In this depression lies the eastern boundary 

 of the range, extending from left to right (south to north) , 

 about the middle of the picture. The highest point is 

 Quilseeh, and the one to the left is Wheewheetlchaye.* 

 Long Ridge slopes down to the right. The photograph 

 shows the character of the range on the north and east. 

 The range is hilly, but not precipitous, and is just such 

 ground as the Pablo herd travels over daily. In the draws 

 and ravines the grazing is fine. The selections of Alex- 

 ander and Eneas are between the ridge on the sky line and 

 the one immediately below it on the extreme right. The 

 timber is scarce and the largest trees perhaps 150 to 200 

 years old. They are the yellow pine (Pinus ponderosa) 

 and Douglas fir (Pseudotsiiga taxifolia), with spreading 

 limbs and branches. The water courses shown are dry 

 in summer. 



By turning the back to the picture shown in Plate III 

 and travelling a few miles eastward the picture shown in 

 Plate IV was taken. This is only a portion of the beautiful 

 Mission Mountains, which stand out so grandly, and are 

 especially imposing from the summit of Quilseeh or 

 Wheewheetlchaye. 



Quilseeh drops ofi to the south over a ridge called 

 Inskaltesshin, referring to a mass of rocks, shale, etc., on 

 the southern face, which to the Indian mind resembles a 

 dragon stretched out on the face of the mountain. This is 

 shown in Plate V. This is the steepest part of the range, 

 and contains the timber. Plate VI shows the portion 



*For convenience, this difficult Indian name will be changed to Red Man's 

 Ridge. — Ed. 



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