The Kalispels Did Not Want to Move to Montana
Father Joset's records shows the Kalispels had second thoughts about the move and during the move changed their mind and wanted to stop. The Calispels said el tam, i.e. not any more. I answered: we are no children; go on.
Some Kalispels even stayed on the Pend Oreille River.
Most of the Calispels who had gone along after a very few years turned back to these old poor lands.
- "Victor went with his people, a few remaining in the old place: but after a year many returned and the chief himself: once asked for the reason he said: we found that we could not keep our autonomy: