Later Developments
An agreement was reached on July 7, 1883 for the government to purchase the entire Columbia Reservation from the Indians. Those families formerly assigned to the reservation were to be given the choice of moving to the Colville Reservation or taking allotments of one section (1 sq mi or 2.6 km²) of land each. By act of Congress on July 4, 1884, the entire reservation was restored to the public domain. On May 1, 1886 it was formally reopened for white settlement. The influx of settlers was so great that Okanogan County (roughly the same area as the Columbia Reservation) was split from Stevens County two years later.
Chief Moses died in 1899 on the Colville Reservation. He was buried there, near Nespelem, Washington.
Chief Moses once asked a follower to count the grains of sand in a pile. "There are too many," said the man. "It is the same with whites," replied Moses, "There are too many."
Moses Lake, Moses Coulee, and the city of Moses Lake are named for Chief Moses. One of the two junior high schools in Moses Lake is also named for Chief Moses.
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