My last word before drifting off to sleep, and spending the next few days chasing fish.

I think what the treaties were supposed to ensure was a sustainable economy for the tribes in the form of their commercial fishery. The tribes fished, they sold to market and made their money. It would keep the indians occupied, and the white folks fed. Which was what they did before Europeans settled here, they traded fish for other goods. Why on earth would they have given up 50 million acres of land for the right to sportfish?

BTW, good job on keeping this one as civil as it has been. It's very easy to get carried away and call someone a weinie licker. It's a bit harder to give up the personal insults and focus on the argument.

Tight lines, I hope there's still fish out there for me.


VHawk