The Sacred Buffalo Vision by Robert J. Juneau and Robert C. Juneau pg.80-81

In 1900 Monteath had claimed any business man would fence the reservation and develop the cattle industry by protecting his grazing range, but now changed his tune to his new character building doctrine of irrigation, and leasing the reservation grazing range to white cattle men, and forced labor of the Indians. He advocated separating the half-breeds from the full-bloods and ignoring them on a separate reservation: “Turn them loose and, to this extent, cease production of more Indians.”

He was convinced that the Blackfeet Chiefs White Calf and Little Plume, were greatly influenced by three of the half breeds, Joe Kipp, Mrs. Maggie Wetzel, now married to Joe Kipp, and Horace Clark, the “Reservation Lawyer,” who all had a conspiracy against him, and he requested their removal from the reservation.

In April of 1903, the half breeds and full bloods complained to Commissioner Jones, “The Blackfeet Indians of Montana elected a council board to represent the people, and the agent objected to these proceedings, saying he would have no Councilors. He has tried to have the people sell a portion of their land to which they unanimously object. He has retained T.E. Price for the purpose of renewing work on the ditch which you agreed should be postponed till Mr. Cole, the inspector would come here and report upon it. We have asked the agent when he was going to commence fencing the reservation and what was going to be done about giving us cattle this year. If we depend upon him for the fulfillment of our [1896] Agreement with you we will get nothing. We should like to know when we are going to get cattle. We ask you to suspend work on the ditch and we also ask you to approve our action in the election of our Council which custom and law sustain us in making.”

Monteath cited reducing the ration roll from 2,100 names to about 550 as the success of his administration of the agency, and cited 19,709 head of cattle in 1902 and 19,090 cattle in 1903, an uncommonly low calf drop, which he blamed on the weather and the fact that the Indians were eating their own cattle in lieu of subsistence rations. He pointed out “all this consumes cattle” and stated “While this has always been accounted a cattle country, each year demonstrated more clearly that the agricultural possibilities are very great. A renewed effort was made this year to induce the Indians to plant more, largely vegetables, to the end that they might have something to eat other than beef straight. The indications are that some success has been achieved. I am firm in the belief that the Indian should work for what he gets. If no work is available, have him roll a stone up a hill and let it roll down again. If for any reason this should prove to be what has been done on the Cut Bank Bench, I maintain no great harm has ensued.”
-The Sacred Buffalo Vision by Robert J. Juneau and Robert C. Juneau  
pg.80-81