SURVEYS or FOREST RESERVES. 15 



vegetables and grains. Its value as agricultural land is not, therefore, 

 great. The area included in this valley is as follows : 



In range 113 west, the three western tiers of sections of township 46 

 north, and the south half of township 45 north. 



In range 114 west, the north half of townships 46, 45, and 44. 



In range 115 west, the west half of townships 46, 45, 44, and 43. 



In range 116 west, the two eastern tiers of sections of township 44, 

 and the east half of township 43. 



The above tracts comprise all the land within the reserve which can 

 be classed as agricultural. 



Settlement. — There are within the reserve 40 ranches, of which 19 

 are in the Teton Basin at the west foot of the Teton Eange, the remain- 

 ing 21 being in Jackson Hole. They are, for the most part, only hay 

 ranches. On each of them are kept a few head of cattle, which range 

 in summer and are fed wild hay in the winter. ISTo attempt, so far as 

 known, has been made to cultivate crops in either locality. The stock 

 kept in Jackson Hole' are few in number, and their range thus far has 

 been limited to the valley. There are no sheep ranged within the 

 reserve. 



Two sawmills are in operation cutting timber within it. Both are 

 small, and are located at the west base of the Teton Eange, one upon 

 the creek flowing west of Teton Pass, the o^her upon Darby Creek. 



Settlements in the neighborhood of this reserve being extremely 

 sparse, there is scarcely any demand for lumber, and none may be 

 anticipated in the immediate future. 



The only means of communication are by wagon road and trails. 

 The only wagon road of importance within the region is that which, 

 coming from the west, crosses the Teton Eange at Teton Pass, and 

 descending to Jackson Hole follows up Snake Eiver into Yellowstone 

 Park, with a branch leading over the divide at Grassy Lakes and down 

 Palls Eiver. 



LEWIS AND CLAEK FOREST RESERVE. 



The following are the limits, as described in the Executive order 

 establishing the reserve: 



Beginning at the point on the south boundary of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation 

 where said boundary line is intersected by the range line between ranges eight (8) 

 and (9) west, principal meridian, Montana; thence southwesterly along the south 

 boundary to the southwest corner of said reservation and northwesterly along 

 the west boundary thereof, as deiined and described in the act of Congress approved 

 June tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, entitled "Au act making appropri- 

 ations for current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department and fulfilling 

 treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending June thirti- 

 eth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and for other purposes," to the point where 

 the unsurveyed range line between ranges twelve (12) and thirteen (13) west will 

 intersect said boundary line; thence southerly along said unsurveyed range line to 

 the point for the northeast corner of township twenty-nine (29) north, range thir- 

 teen (13) west; thence westerly along the unsurveyed township line to the point 

 for the northwest corner of said township; thence southerly along the unsurveyed 

 range line to the point for the southwest corner of section eighteen (18), said 

 township; thence westerly along the unsurveyed section line to the point for 

 the northwest corner of section nineteen (19), township - twenty-nine (29) north, 

 range fourteen (14) west; thence southerly along the unsurveyed range line to 

 the point for the southwest corner of said township twenty-nine (29) north, range 

 fourteen (14) west; thence westerly along the unsurveyed seventh (7th) standard 

 parallel north, to the point for the southeast corner of township twenty-nine 

 (29) north, range seventeen (17) west; thence northerly along the unsurveyed 

 range line to tie point for the northeast comer of said township; thence westerly 



