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on july 16, 1855, the Hellgate treaty was signed and made legally official. the agreement between the United states government and the Bitterroot Salish, Kooteni, and the Pend d'Oreille tribes of North Western and western Montana stated that the tribes would give up in total around 22 million acres in exchange for 120,000 dollars and a reservation along with traditional aboriginal rights on the land. the United states was represented by a territorial delegate named Isaac Stevens whom of which had the job of finding a route for a transcontinental railroad and had been involved in 10 separate treaties. and the tribes had been represented by chief Victor of the Bitterroot Salish, chief Alexander of the Pend d'Oreilles and chief Michelle of the kooteni. after around 4 years of back and form negotiations between the government and the tribes the treaty was agreed upon. though there were multiple miscommunications between the tribes and government. tribes thought the government would protect them from Blackfoot raids and that the government would give the tribes annual payments. to clear land for a transcontinental railroad to access the pacific ocean and from there the markets of Asia. The Treaty of Hellgate was one of ten treaties Stevens oversaw.