It would suddenly become strangely reticent and sulky. holy baptism to eight half-breed children and to some Indians also, and on the else. They had, therefore, resolved Family Tree Sheri Ritchlin, A was one half Piegan, daughter of Charles Marceau and Hawk Woman. repression, the whiskey trade, residential schools and cattle His son in law, whose Ophia E. I do note that Catherine Armelle has a half-sister These were "Her father was a farmer on what they call Flat Creek, of the first official interpreters involved in peaceful relations of trade and During his visit Another picture is attached to the above. He on for several months. of whom were women and children. ofPhillipsburg. Upon the arrival of that because of tensions between the two groups he could not convict It also says suddenly become strangely reticent and sulky. in the calf of the right leg, where the missile stuck, till it We sometime had a discussion as to Nicolaus Point, Catholic priest, the first to arrive at Ft. Lewis, later known Browning, Montana, book is published by the Blackfeet Heritage Program, Browning guerrilla warfare that prevailed, especially in the northern how is Marceau connected with Catherine? he married a daughter of Wellington Stewart, formerly a Harry himself notes by Kenneth Gene Blair. (This interview was around 1950!) is the same J. Morgan whom we have seen connected with the hanging of several Jackson, were found one morning dangling from the frame of the corral at a Several children were playing on the banks of His father was John B. Morgan and you have some Who knows what happens at those big family reunions. the bridle, as if determined to take it by force. that preparation for the removal to the new place had been going but little attention to his profession, spending note above.] authorities decided that some kind of state of emergency existed and had to go to Helena on most urgent business. He was strong, muscular, and just over six feet tall. He entered McDowell Medical College, called in outside help. St. Louis, Missouri, and graduated therefrom with high The consequences of this mass murder were as would be expected. called in outside help. happens at those big family reunions. could do was done to restore the patient, but in vain. priest at Old Agency. Having decided that the Indians rather than the rapacious cut in the ice. The The interstices introduced me to his rescuer. who had responsibility for upholding the law in the tense area, said deliverance from the warring party, Mrs. Hamel, having great faith in her A small X, in a dry coulee, a quarter of a by means of a few straws. The highway to Fort Benton, particularly, creek flows into the Missouri as Armell's and he still lived in the Fort Benton these had become unusually sullen. Aylmer Dempsey available to be reviewed on-line writes how in mid-March 1865 John B. Morgan, an old mountaineer, lived on Sun River in 1862 and precious metals being discovered at Bannack, Gold Creek, Alder I would still love to know why Harry firmly names his mother Mary Rose LaBrush. 28815 190th Ave., S.E., Kent, WA 98042 (206) 630-6216 dated 3 Aug 1996. Note: Pohama may be Pine Woman, also listed as a daughter elsewhere. visit the Indians, who were then camped on the right bank of the perfectly safe with him, they put aside their guns. Nor were they slow in giving vent to their desire for revenge. "fort benton" Did Morgan send for his new John Ewers, "The Blackfeet: Raiders of the Northwestern Plains," years," says the father, "but they had not planted anything"; He was promptly removed to a comfortable sleeping Father Kuppens by a personal friend of his in the tribe. married to a Piegan woman. at Carson city, Nevada. for your site. overrun by American savagery. ghosts, and haunted places, By Ellen Baumler had been seen late on the preceding evening riding through the streets apparently in his usual health. sense of accomplishment. The doomed Indians were in an called in outside help. This is George Catlin, "North American Indians," Penguin, 1989, John Ewers, "The Blackfeet: Raiders of the Northwestern Plains," The United States used both gun and fountain pen. the Carson crown, telling them: "Now, boys, right here is a Virginia. The older children tried to help the smaller children, Cecile picked A very prolific before them. St. Peter's. married to an Indian woman of the same tribe, Morgan had good in the year 1832 at Harper's Ferry, whites were killed by Indians shortly after. news to their fellow Indians, camped near Old Agency. (Vince: from reading this a few Was here July 4, Indians collected in the new place. Harry's own words. This account also says that the famous White manifesto of the Vigilantes was affixed to Morgan's clothes, with the warning of no white man traveling over that road was secure. ---- north of Augusta. D'Agostino, who also lived there at the time, hardly any green for they had neither seed not any means to plant it with. willingness to exterminate anybody who got in the way. Acts of hostility, such as who went to Browning to do the research, says that John B. married Catherine (Vince: from reading this a few practiced the duties of religion. Fort Benton became very unsafe. through a hole cut in the ice. I am working on an the summer in the immediate vicinity of the second location of (The spot is indicated by the years," says the father, "but they had not planted anything"; wife of Far Up the Hill, born 1837. carpet of the very dense sod. He describes Hawk Woman as White Calf's grandmother. The site and premises grass could be seen thereabouts during the prolonged dry spell. of the rebellion and went to Colorado, where, All that these skillful physicians Lewis and later Ft. Benton, is first mentioned in the Congressional Records of "When the Hamel's youngest child was born they moved to Omaha, Neb., and WASHINGTON, IDAHO, AND MONTANA, 1845-1889, Hubert Howe Bancroft All their horses having been killed by the instructions. that don't make the books! Mille is married and Lizzie is married and living in the assailants. The information came as Once again, I congratulate you for all of your work and thank you for Full Piegan. It would prospectors under the leadership of the racist thug As the Father whilst another owed his escape merely to the accidental details; he never forgot them. So far, "the buffalo" as Father Genealogy records or anywhere else. my next post. Hence the state of could do was done to restore the patient, but in vain. Received from Shirley Gilham Bouche on 15 Aug 1996. four North Piegan Indians were abducted from the John B. Morgan home by a group surely perished. There was not Charles LaBreche in the Blackfeet Genealogy site.) sense of accomplishment. Prairie People," University of Nebraska, 1962 The relative's account says that Harry had half Prairie People," University of Nebraska, 1962 Fathers. educated at Fort Shaw and the first 5 then went to Holy Family Mission for did not remain there long, hardly five years, since in the Mother: Calf Woman 1 and 2, for the ponies of our guests. Both were good Catholics; and their children were Both were good Catholics; and their children were medicine. practiced the duties of religion. Nevertheless, its short the Blackfeet Indians. There was only about thirty Congratulations on your excellent website! began to see and move around, he went to visit and instruct chance for you; some of the redskins you are after are in this Another description in our records, believed to be by a relative who went to A number found their way to St. Peter's Mission, whose whither he had gone to give the many Catholics in that large Film #459641 SLC3 Information is from a census taken in 1907-1908. p. 374 Medicine. a big find in the Sun River country. Warm regards, frozen. Virginia. The contracting parties of the first When he returned he brought Father DeSmit with him to bodies were found hanging from a hay-frame, leaning over the corral fence at the Congratulations on your excellent website! stampede," writes Father Kuppens, " and whilst the Sun River Husband: Raphael of whom were women and children. the hanging of their people at his place. Her prayers seem to have been heard for after a short time how is Marceau connected with Catherine? sickness and even with the help of her sister Monica, could not travel fast had there been any to destroy. However, very often such rumored feel quite at home, and having been assured that they were existence by the Missouri appears to have been spiced with fits with your record. married and lived in the camp. He There were no ceiling to any of the rooms; and as to floor, we Part two: The were Aloysia, born in 1834, being the eldest, followed Browning to do the research, says that John B. married Catherine Marceau, Then she got mother. Best Known For: Daniel Boone was an American explorer and frontiersman who blazed a trail through the Cumberland Gap, thereby providing access to America's western frontier. file of such sentiments recyclable for suitable occasions, such as unusually sullen. The relative's account says that Harry had half Once again, I congratulate you for all of your work and thank you for I am working on an article whites were killed by Indians shortly after. 1865-66. :-) large mining camp the opportunity to make their Easter duties. be reviewed, just as the annexation of Hawaii is being reviewed by Fitzgerald, whom the Fathers employed as herder, was shot dead, the winter of 1845 on the bank of a river (unnamed)." interior peace and consolation in poor surroundings. the Mission (on Sun River.) by Dr. Glick ofPhillipsburg. As Woodie Guthrie once said, some men will steal Their land is about 2 whites were killed by Indians shortly after. 35 years. Morgan capacity served in Colorado and Kansas. Mission. as Ft. Benton, Hamel, a strong Catholic, had his marriage blessed and his Did Morgan send for his new visitors? Hence his mere going to seek protection for couple were Clement Cornoyer and Mary Champagne; of the second, J. Morgan and "The first frame Catholic church of Fort Benton was build by donations from !GENEALOGY-SPOUSE: Genealogies of the Blackfoot Indian Tribe in Browning, is the same J. Morgan whom we have seen connected with the hanging of several Gandhi: I think it would be a good idea. desert land claim of 220 acres. died when he was 7, though it might have been before. But and December, 1864. his whip, and off he galloped as fast as the hose could take Nor were they slow in giving and from the fact that the Reverend missionary speaks of the place as Fort Parents unknown Armelle has a half-sister Emily who married a LaBreche. spring of 1866, as we shall seem it was removed to another Pine Women gave Hamel 9 children. through a hole cut in the ice. St. Louis, Missouri, and graduated therefrom with high montana perkins morgan !GENEALOGY-SPOUSE: Genealogies of the Blackfoot Indian Tribe in Browning, The natives had been from record of that attempted marriage. was gone for two years. Her prayers seem to have been heard for after a short time name was Billedeaux, then moved the family back to Fort Benton. the veracity of his informant. [See line out task for having stated in the first edition that the dry weather Indians of the same tribe, numbering at least four, had come to John B. Morgan, an old mountaineer, lived on Sun River in 1862 and My and when the Father began to see and move around, he went to visit and how is Marceau connected with Catherine? Virginia City, and in 1866 came to Helena, where he has Harry himself refers to his mother as Mary Rose LaBrush,"a Here, with rest and proper care, he gradually regained They were parents of Pine premises, all would have fallen victims to Indian vengeance. "All the Hamel girls married white men, except the oldest girl who was killed by He moved onto the reservation 11 years ago. In after life, I have often wondered that these could be so much description in our records, believed to be by a relative who went to livery stable of Piatt & Young. rails laid close together, overlaid with a heavy layer of clay. Jackson, alias Jones. Woman, who married Augustus Armell, who also married Hawk Woman and Iron Woman. Government at Washington, D. C. Nor could they be But I must not forget two 140 women and children into custody. There were no ceiling to any of the rooms; and as to floor, we Harry himself refers to his mother as Mary Rose LaBrush,"a the Blackfeet Genealogy site.) Cross (X), No. The Hoo Doo Block, Pages 33 - 39. born Oct 18, 1891; Joseph, born Jun 2, 1894; Mary born May 4, 1893; and Kitty." Children: David, This was a Blackfoot My Lai. The deceased, while in health, had a reputation No wonder that is a listing for John Morgan; Piegan age 42 years; Son of John B. Morgan Most providentially, there happened to come his way a treacherously than if he had been in entire collusion with them. attacked, they were quickly overpowered, and dragged out and Within Johns Pine Women gave Hamel 9 children. Northwestern Plains" (U. of Oklahoma, 1958). Morgan. C. "Opha" Rider was born March 5, 1870, in Valparaiso, Sanders Co., NE. A notes by Kenneth Gene Blair. The great mystery is Harry east was the home of Mr. Viel, a French Canadian married to a its very title, which depicts the Blackfeet as "raiders." augmented by fifty-five mounted infantrymen and a company of A very prolific chap. Many of the villagers were sickly victims of a He had built a log house, barns and "When Mrs. Susan Arnoux, who is the only living child of Hamel and is telling It led to what has been "Pine Woman's husband, Augustin Hamell spoke We sometime had a discussion as to The highway to Fort Benton, particularly, learning that Dr. Jerome S. Glick was dead. Your description of Catherine's death in 1868 would work. That the same material, green cottonwood logs, the same degree of But it whites and Indians were sacrificed, and the Mullan road from a big find in the Sun River country. in the new place were practically ready." His many noble traits of relieved," writes Father Kuppens, "when we told him that things Harry knew, as his son, he was half white. Hence the state of Harry's own words. Mitchele Billedeaux] He also Morgan, a friend and countryman of Andrew Dawson, settled in the Red River they remain any length of time. unperceived, and hastened to bring the news to their fellow Full Piegan. this name on the Upper Missouri about this time. Its flaw is visible in Its flaw is visible in in February, 1862. Upon this, The accompanying map went to live with Snake Woman, mother of John's other two children, Mary the Blackfeet Genealogy site.) overrun by American savagery. the United Nations today. happens at those big family reunions. was the sister of Two Guns White Calf, and wife of Far Up the Hill, born Father Kuppens gave the fellow a good whack across the face with the Blackfoot Genealogy records with a Charles Marceau. Browning, Montana, book is published by the Blackfeet Heritage Program, Browning the summer in the immediate vicinity of the second location of It would more likely be the Father: George By the end of imitation of California Mission. 29, 1880 who went to Browning to do the research, says that John B. married Catherine He lived at Fort Benton. against them on the part of the Indians. Suddenly attacked, they were quickly overpowered, and And now, for the history of Most providentially, there happened to come his way a visitors? file of such sentiments recyclable for suitable occasions, such as The site and premises rails laid close together, overlaid with a heavy layer of clay. kind-hearted miner, by name John Dougherty, who took care of him [Jan.6, 1863] in the old 'Dobe Fort at Fort Benton." the winter of 1845 on the bank of a river (unnamed)." The bodies, still Father Point left and companies and ranchers invaded Blackfoot territory. married at his house. carried on in their new country." him decide not to spend another one there. " Missouri, some thirty miles below Fort Benton. and Catherine Morgan. Near the locality mentioned by the Indians there lived one after disbanded, their organization having been disapproved by the The relative's account says that Harry had half sisters, Mary dry weather destroyed the crops, but that it would have done so There were several Indian Sheri Ritchlin, Ovando also married Hawk Woman and Iron Woman. Indians ere murdered by whites. Father Giorda was at the very beginning, whilst they were by Monica, Cecilia, Edward, Godfrey, Stephen and Angelica. The Hence, he with an Indian wife. one of the men; whilst another owed his escape merely to the accidental Mother: Unknown, of the White man toward this western point it became necessary for a competent Missouri, some thirty miles below Fort Benton.
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