James A. Garfield's diary of a trip to Montana in 1872

Record of a mission undertaken at the request of the secretary of the interior to negotiate a treaty with the Flathead Indians. cf. p. 4. An editied version of James Garfield's diary of his trip to negotiate with Charlo in 1872. Charlo refused to remove from the Bitterroot Valley or sign the agreement but when it was published it looked as if Charlo had signed.