I think that we should try to return to the white settlements.

At lower elevations, that means to the days of early white settlement.

The native groups were driven out by the late colonial period and white settlement began.

Before white settlement the area was home to a diverse range of plants and animals.

He felt that the best way to accomplish this was to flood the area with a large population of white settlements.

During the next several decades, white settlement of the region was in full swing.

In 1817 he said the area was "unfit for white settlement".

The first major white settlements in that area, however, were not created until 1884.

In 1892, Congress opened up part of the reservation to white settlement.

Spokane House was one of the first white settlements in the area.