Indian Agent’s Residence
Posted by: Volcanoguy
N 46° 26.899 W 116° 49.099
11T E 513954 N 5143876
Indian Agent’s Residence sign at Nez Perce NHP.
Waymark Code: WMAHAT
Location: Idaho, United States
Date Posted: 01/16/2011
Views: 3
NPS interpretive sign about the Indian Agent’s Residence. The sign is located near the railroad crossing in Nez Perce National Historic Park at Spalding.
Marker Name: Indian Agent’s Residence
Marker Type: Roadside
Marker Text: The Indian Agent, representing the United States Government, lived here side by side with the Nez Perce. By law the agent and the government were responsible for upholding the terms of treaties. Duties included building schools, distributing food, and protecting Indian land from encroaching settlers. This agency residence was completed in 1891.
Land and gold proved to be irresistible attractions. By the 1860s more than 18,000 people had settled illegally within Nez Perce reservation boundaries. Successive agents could do little to defuse the tensions that eventually led to war. Some even took advantage of the system to line their own pockets. Agent and Indians lived in close proximity, yet proximity did not forge understanding, and the system failed to protect Nez Perce interests.
County: Nez Perce
City: Spalding
Group Responsible for Placement: National Park Service
Marker Number: None
Date Dedicated: Not listed
Web link(s) for additional information: Not listed
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