The "Dreamers" of the Columbia River Valley. 



except the school sections, were available for homestea 

 white, or black or red-men. That the vertical lines were 

 the north star, and that cross lines were run from the dire 

 rise to that of the sunset, and thus divided the land 

 pieces, so that each man could find his own, and thereby 

 disputes. I urged them to apply for land, to settle upon 

 avoid trouble with the white settlers who were seeking 

 their families. 



Smohalla replied saying he knew all this, and much m 

 did not like this new law; it was against nature. I will te 



