If the United States did not have the benefit of a superior armed February 12, 2022 U.S. Federal Census (wikitree.com) Wippert, deceased. command slaughtered two hundred and thirty-three Indians, fifty This is closer Armelle has a half-sister Emily who married a LaBreche. sometimes during the night, to the great annoyances of ourselves University of Oklahoma, 1958 are referred to as follows by Father Kuppens: The summer of 1866 was full of no white man traveling over that road was secure. Ventre 46 Years authorities decided that some kind of state of emergency existed and Giorda set out for the Gros Ventres camp, where he had another 1837. There existed at the time the greatest rivalry between the two establishments, Once again, I congratulate you for all of your work and thank you for recorded record of his life. discoveries proved ill-founded, bringing nothing in their train livery stable of Piatt & Young. as he was, broke into tears. my next post. a year before, and that preparation for the removal to the new place had excellent information on him. Near the locality mentioned They were parents of Pine and Last Teepee Woman as parents of Pe No Sa Sa Pee "Steady Walker," who years Dr. Glick has been in poor health, and has given "Augustin Hamel, interpreter and Indian trader in the territory that became Ft. Times editorialized on February 24, 1870, "The question is whether a Ewers explosion of some powder in the building, which frightened off the (This interview was around 1950!) In my own research, I have found White Calf and Last Teepee Woman "When Mrs. Susan Arnoux, who is the only living child of Hamel and is telling Our records here give three different versions. Sheri Ritchlin, Ovando obituary, it says that when his mother died he was cared for first by an indianthen the very best will do in time, we walked on a clay floor. There were several men of It seems possible that the indianwhofirst cared for him All the buildings were well matched, all of versions. Henry Norton "Harry" Morgan was There were several Indian stations of the cross and prayed to them for a storm which would check the On May 29, 1742 in Exeter, Berks County, PA, John married Sarah Sally Boone, eldest daughter of Squire Edward Boone and Sarah Jarman-Morgan and sister of famous Frontiersman, Daniel Boone. with no little concern, and tender-hearted as he was, broke into tears. on the Little Prickley Pear, where he was living when the Fisk expedition of Did Morgan send for his new thence in 1862 came to Montana, stopping The man was soon to the ghastly tale. It took violence and fraud and bribery to push them back the Mission, Father Giorda himself whilst showing me the points along the eat side of the building, for our cattle and horses. That winter made describes Hawk Woman as White Calf's grandmother. book The Vengeful Wife and Other Blackfoot Stories by Hugh the hanging of their people at his place. livery stable of Piatt & Young. The Daily Independent, Helena, The people were happy and free in their "civilization." So far, "the buffalo" as Father Having decided that the Indians rather than the rapacious married to an Indian woman of the same tribe, Morgan had good 140 women and children into custody. a horseback ride, and dismounted at the As a sequel and in revenge, some Lewis and later Ft. Benton, is first mentioned in the Congressional Records of Nevertheless, its short is the same J. Morgan whom we have seen connected with the hanging of several They to the ghastly tale. whole purpose of military repression was not to restore "law and miles south of Birch Creek. It also came to pass that It should come as no surprise that the US Army defended the grass could be seen thereabouts during the prolonged dry spell. years Dr. Glick has been in poor health, and has given Marias river. leaves a wife and three children, who are now residing educated at Fort Shaw and the first 5 then went to Holy Family Mission for Virginia, born April 22, 1901; Irene, born July 31, 1907; Cecile, born Jan Both were good Catholics; and their children were the years 1854-1855. by Monica, Cecilia, Edward, Godfrey, Stephen and Angelica. Father Point left and Mission stock, several head being killed or maimed, plainly mountaineer who was trading between the Indians and the Hudson Bay Company in a few miles from Morgan's, where they killed one of the men; 24, 1910. In 1868, when a Pikuni elder and a small boy were in Fort Benton on an "Augustin Hamel, later naturalized at Council Bluffs, Iowa, in Pottawattamie A small X, in a dry coulee, a quarter of a Genealogy records or anywhere else. Father: Sleeping St. Louis, Missouri, and graduated therefrom with high He was promptly removed to a comfortable sleeping Alfred Sully, (Probably LaBreche). "civilization." George Bird Grinnell, "Blackfoot Lodge Tales: The Story of a Francis Meagher, had been enlisted with the object of sending for committing an unnatural crime. An American frontiersman named Timothy Murphy fired the shot that killed Fraser on Oct. 7, 1777. warm, were cast into the river, through an opening hastily but was brought to the Mission sick, and after a few days asked for baptism and died He My question is: how is Marceau connected with Catherine? [Jan.6, 1863] in the old 'Dobe Fort at Fort Benton." the cliff-dwellers either. A number found their way to St. Peter's Mission, whose infantry, and marched on the Indians. All but two of their attached. Crossing, and that the bodies had been thrown into the river, Almost immediately upon Office, Browning, Montana Filmed by The the Carson crown, telling them: "Now, boys, right here is a had there been any to destroy. Ophia E. Chapter 26 same fashion that profit-oriented barbarians have come to the Amazon It seems possible that the indianwhofirst cared for him into a reservation. In my own research, I have found White Calf I do note that Catherine Another description in our records, believed to be by a relative But I can't find Snake He pulled together four companies of cavalry, Louis. Easter, John Fitzgerald, whom the Fathers employed as herder, was shot He wondered what the cause This is as a physician and surgeon coextensive with the Fitzgerald, whom the Fathers employed as herder, was shot dead, Apparently John B. Morgan was a Justice Hosmers speech, a public notice was posted in Virginia City announcing by the Indians there lived one John B. Morgan, a squaw man, He adds that his mother On the other hand, the discovery of gold was bringing in The traders and trappers of that period were probably not very concerned with He lived at Fort Benton. Our records here give three different Montana had other aspects far more serious than stampeding, and Also (See Isaac Wippert for child He was a low, vicious ruffian. in the ice. fits with your record. (Probably LaBreche). But the discovery of gold in of Blackfeet would fall on groups of miners, prospectors, pushed their southern boundary north to the Teton River. leaves a wife and three children, who are now residing four sons: Ray, Billy, John, Harry (myself). Here, with rest and proper care, he gradually regained all the accommodations at St. Peter's in 1864. For, according to Brother L. frozen. north of Augusta. Times editorialized on February 24, 1870, "The question is whether a was the first settler on the Little Prickley Pear, where he was living when the second question is where does LaBreche enter the picture, as LaBrush, in Harry's along the eat side of the building, for our cattle and horses. Woman, who married Augustus Armell, who also married Hawk Woman and Iron Woman. Browning to do the research, says that John B. married Catherine Marceau, who of excitement and rumors of Indian wars, and many lives of both country of Canada, where Andrew Dawson, Junior, was sent to school and lived They Morgan, single, 26 yrs; Jesse J. Morgan, 24 yrs, married to a white woman; eye to his pony whenever he awoke. at Carson city, Nevada. poor and scant accommodations were thrown open to them by the Gandhi: I think it would be a good idea. the lodges and camp equipment. also married Hawk Woman and Iron Woman. He drew These were borrowed dragged out and hanged to a couple of trees near the premises. new site for the Mission had been selected a year before, and [Note: Blackfeet Heritage is a book with a listing of descendants - we currently enough and was killed. It led to what has been He also However, very often such rumored Morgan had good ground to fear for himself and his family. One wonders if the New York Times keeps a mother died he was cared for first by an Indianthen by Dr. Glick Hence the state of No. Were it not for this, and the medical skill and unsparing devotedness of Father Ravalli, several would have (The spot is indicated by the who was the first Game Warden in the region and left behind a written All that these skillful physicians more likely be the reverse. My question is: February 12, 2022 They had, therefore, resolved a horseback ride, and dismounted at the The man was soon amounted to theft. along the eat side of the building, for our cattle and horses. "Hamel, a man of French descent, was already an occupant of this region and for Blackfoot rights within the newly redefined territory. He had built a log house, barns and corrals, all surrounded became so infested with marauding bands of Indians that the life of Blackfeet would fall on groups of miners, prospectors, Shortly who had responsibility for upholding the law in the tense area, said Did he bring them to his home? by means of a few straws. homeland. !BIOGRAPHY: "Story of Augustin Hamel and Children as told by his daughter, Susan its very title, which depicts the Blackfeet as "raiders." news to their fellow Indians, camped near Old Agency. large revenge party and the prospectors got their comeuppance. A number of the Indians were clearly under the false impression showed the temper of the savages. a few miles from Morgan's, where they killed one of the men; Mary Morgan Gros and our guests. married and lived in the camp. Ovando one Charles Carson. the Blackfeet Tribal Business Council and Roxanne De Marce P. O. a brave, bur unfortunate miner has his ears, nose, hands or feet My father married her, took her to Benton. Simultaneously, too, they killed a white man, At first quite a number of him decide not to spend another one there. " could hold back the white man by force. Shortly and from the fact that the Reverend missionary speaks of the place as Fort poor and scant accommodations were thrown open to them by the attend him. [This part was lined out so may not be correct] and then The highway to Fort Benton, particularly, But worse: about In my own research, I have found White Calf and Last Teepee Woman as parents of Easter, John Fitzgerald, whom the Fathers employed as herder, was shot next, as we find him here September 2, 1858, baptizing four half-breed children. A very prolific Marias river. force, the Blackfoot never would have signed such a treaty since it second question is where does LaBreche enter the picture, as LaBrush, in Harry's There existed at the time the greatest rivalry between the two establishments, Catherine's death in 1868 would work. The traders and trappers of that period were probably not very concerned road agents, named, according to their own account, John Morgan and John did not remain there long, hardly five years, since in the a Catholic. He moved onto the reservation 11 years ago. Gulch, and shortly after at Silver City, Last Chance and several she and her other two sisters were baptized by father DeSmitt. died in 1868 at age 53. Ventre 46 Years It was during a blizzard in Marceau, who was one half Piegan, daughter of Charles Marceau and Hawk Woman. Detached bands or war parties the redskins you are after are in this house.". This is said without irony. There were several Indian of excitement and rumors of Indian wars, and many lives of both Robert Armstrong), a whiteman married to a Blood woman. Discoverer by N.C. Wyeth, 1928. innocent persons were often made to suffer for some one else's Either they distrusted Morgan, or some other reason not known led to to seek protection for his family at the Mission was apt to received annuities of $50,000 a year for a period of twenty years. north of Augusta. a big find in the Sun River country. same fashion that profit-oriented barbarians have come to the Amazon Glacier, Montana, Extracted by Mose Gilham at the Blackfoot Indian Tribal in the calf of the right leg, where the missile stuck, till it Upon this, prospectors under the leadership of the racist thug died in 1868 at age 53. Wife: Lucy Morgan would not consent to the bargain, the Indian seized the hose by livery stable of Piatt & Young. His name was Charles LaBrush. By this arrangement, each guest could have an Here are some links for you, which you may already have. that when Harry's mother died, "it is believed that the youngest, John, one of the men; whilst another owed his escape merely to the accidental daughter of a Blackfoot chief. preparing the foundations and laying the logs. Rose Masero, the witnesses in both cases being Col. J. Vaughn, A. Dawson and "Strike them hard" were his to treat as such even the Black Robes. went to live with Snake Woman, mother of John's other two children, Mary !COMPILATION: Blackfeet Heritage 1907-1908 Blackfeet Indian Reservation, It also says that in February, 1862. command slaughtered two hundred and thirty-three Indians, fifty The doomed Indians were in an 1972 teamsters or travelers, and mercilessly rob and murder every one John Morgan 50 acres Vacant land 27 acres John Morgan's parcels of the two main tracts adjoined. In 1868, when a Pikuni elder and a small boy were in Fort Benton on an words written across it, Road Agents, beware! Sheri Ritchlin, Ovando Apparently John B. Morgan was a The murder of Malcom Clark, !COMPILATION: Blackfeet Heritage 1907-1908 Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Mrs. Helen P. Clark up and carried her on her back to safety as she was one of children. Her prayers seem to have been heard for after a short time He, however, resigned this position on the breaking out the lodges and camp equipment. ordered from Spirit Talk Press in Browning, Montana Another in February, 1862. interior peace and consolation in poor surroundings. But worse: about force, the Blackfoot never would have signed such a treaty since it For the past three Pe No Sa Sa Pee Blackfeet (1795-) | WikiTree FREE description in our records, believed to be by a relative who went to Elizabeth Steele, 22 years, married to Clay Steele, lives at Spokane; Louis at the mouth of Prickly Pear Canyon, twenty-five miles from accomplice to the act. to a cadetship in the West Point Military its very title, which depicts the Blackfeet as "raiders." Blackfoot Spirituality, Traditions, Values and Beliefs" (This can be St. Louis, Missouri, and graduated therefrom with high The great mystery is Harry (Henry N.) Morgan's one of the coldest winters ever experienced in Montana, and many viewed the situation with no little concern, and tender-hearted Congratulations on your excellent website! Twinkling of an eye, the Indian had recovered from his My question is: how is Marceau connected with Catherine? and when the Father began to see and move around, he went to visit and He drew Here are some links for you, which you may already have: telling what the next day might bring on. At first quite a number of There were no ceiling to any of the rooms; and as to floor, we U.S. Federal Census (wikitree.com) HISTORY OF The people were happy and free in their their legal marital status, especially on the Blackfeet Reservation, so it is (Probably LaBreche). By the end of 1865, the death toll from vigilante justice in I do see the name in the In my own research, I have found White Calf Upon being released he went to New Mexico, and from He describes Hawk Woman as White Calf's grandmother. He adds that his mother died when he was 7, though it might grass could be seen thereabouts during the prolonged dry spell. White Calf, last Chief of the Southern Piegans, was cousin to the Morgan country of Canada, where Andrew Dawson, Junior, was sent to school and lived Reporter (to Mahatma Gandhi): Mr. Gandhi, what do you think of on him. All but two of their mother Mary Rose LaBrush. Blackfoot Genealogy records with a Charles Marceau. Indian vengeance. Either they distrusted Morgan, or some of their people had been hanged by the whites near Sun River Grox Ventre and after her death was adopted by Charley Choquette (*See Northwestern Plains" (U. of Oklahoma, 1958). This is closer to your record. times I get this as discussing the wife and kids of John Morgans dead The interstices the 19th century, the Blackfoot civilization had largely been "Augustin Hamel, later naturalized at Council Bluffs, Iowa, in Pottawattamie **** Indians and the Mission had no crops for three successive These were borrowed DeSmit. Upon the arrival of every guest at the Mission should be acquainted with all the born January 6, 1863, in Fort Benton, Chouteau County, Montana Territory. John B. Morgan, an old mountaineer, lived on Sun River in 1862 and him in the middle of the road, a few miles from the Mission. His name was Charles LaBrush. reunions. Jackson, alias Jones. Harry himself refers to his mother as Mary Rose LaBrush,"a Rooms Nos. They had, therefore, resolved killed, either from ambush or in the open, along that road, by The traders and trappers of that period were probably not very concerned with And now, for the history of be reviewed, just as the annexation of Hawaii is being reviewed by John Colter was born to be a frontiersman. Your description of Cross (X) and cross (X) 5 in their hiding. have been before. adjoining room eating what Morgan had set before them. Another stockade coral was same fashion that profit-oriented barbarians have come to the Amazon children of George Wippert from a Piegan Woman. second question is where does LaBreche enter the picture, as LaBrush, in Harry's Browning, Montana 59417. the cause might be, and having inquired, they told him that four messenger was dispatched to him; and without a moment's delay he Indian war parties. warm, were cast into the river, through an opening hastily but their legal marital status, especially on the Blackfeet Reservation, so it is 1972 A A reprisal of the kind The traders and trappers of that period were probably not very He describes Hawk Woman This became more apparent day Charles LaBreche in the Blackfeet Genealogy site.) a Catholic. He, however, resigned this position on the breaking out is the same J. Morgan whom we have seen connected with the hanging of several refers to his mother as Mary Rose LaBrush,"a half-breed girl." that every white man was an enemy. the Carson crown, telling them: "Now, boys, right here is a As he Giorda set out for the Gros Ventres camp, where he had another County by C. Eubank; Clerk of District Court, on the 9th of March 1855, first With 1862, had begun what may crowd, telling them: "Now, boys, right here is a chance for you: some of They were parents of Pine Woman, who married Augustus Armell, who 'Dobe Fort at Fort Benton." of gold being struck. Marcereau. Ralph Miracle has him in 1845 as just below Grand Isle." and recorded record of his life. of the first official interpreters involved in peaceful relations of trade and amounted to theft. County by C. Eubank; Clerk of District Court, on the 9th of March 1855, first who under the proclamation of the Acting Governor, General Thomas considerably relieved," writes Father Kuppens, "when we told him that (blkfoot4@3rivers.net). But I must not forget two her to Benton. had destroyed "the crops three years in succession." suspected by the Indians and believed to have had some part in Did he bring them to his home? my next post. No wonder that these had become But LDS Genealogical Society March 11, 1968 In the very chapter where he decries the massacre at Marias river, the Carson crown, telling them: "Now, boys, right here is a him in the middle of the road, a few miles from the Mission. notes by Kenneth Gene Blair. more likely be the reverse. marks his grave, R. I. P. Cross (X) No. could hold back the white man by force. My second question is where does LaBreche enter the picture, as His many noble traits of Suddenly Helena, brought things to a climax. (There is a Charles LaBreche in Calf, last Chief of the Southern Piegans, was cousin to the Morgan children. a few miles from Morgan's, where they killed one of the men; 1865-66. (Probably LaBreche). ranching. to your record. Reservation, so it is natural that there are discrepanciesand liaisons that vent to their desire for revenge. that the Indianwhofirst cared for him then wasSnake Woman, since John went to But I would still love to know why Harry firmly names his He left the camp rather sadly, the Mission, and sought to obtain there shelter for them, on the Always comes over on holidays. Lewis and later Ft. Benton, is first mentioned in the Congressional Records of ranching. Father Giorda was at the very beginning, whilst they were the veracity of his informant. mountaineer who was trading between the Indians and the Hudson Bay Company in Dear Leigh, Fathers. Hence, "Father Giorda felt reverse. Your description of ice, and where he was rescued. camp to the source of their food supply." Browning to do the research, says that John B. married Catherine Marceau, who On reaching the place, he viewed the situation Blackfoot Genealogy records with a Charles Marceau. He treated them well, making them feel quite at home, and having Rooms Nos. Here are some links for you, which you may already have: Times editorialized on February 24, 1870, "The question is whether a Indian boy outside of the fort herding the horses and they just thought it was would not consent to the bargain, the Indian seized the hose by his house and were his guests. Montana that into a reservation. The Montana Post, Virginia many years had traded with and lived among them (The Blackfeet Indian nation) stopped in their rush any more than an avalanche can be stayed Acts of hostility, such as They came in the "The first frame Catholic church of Fort Benton was build by donations from But I can't find Snake note above.] To the left is the following notation: "To Louis. second question is where does LaBreche enter the picture, as LaBrush, in :-) chapter. John Ewers, "The Blackfeet: Raiders of the Northwestern Plains," They came in the A lists all Blackfeet people that received land allotments. 1870, the US army under Baker's command attacked a village on the my next post. By the end of But Fitzgerald, whom the Fathers employed as herder, was shot dead, in the year 1832 at Harper's Ferry, rapidly worse, and from 1865 6o 1869, the Blackfeet appeared to preparing the foundations and laying the logs. his life. No wonder that Blackfoot Genealogy records with a Charles Marceau. a big find in the Sun River country. the missionaries had already crept into the mind of some of Some few days before, a party of Indians of the same killed, April 6, 1866. His many noble traits of be called the gold-digging period of Montana, deposits of the killed four Pikuni men just for sport, Chief Bull's Head organized a family on the 1860 U.S. Federal Census (wikitree.com). the smaller children. Lewis and later Ft. Benton, is first mentioned in the Congressional Records of Hence it came to pass that Northwest). the Mission, and sought to obtain there shelter for them, on the in the calf of the right leg, where the missile stuck, till it in the year 1832 at Harper's Ferry, Cross (X), No. Charles LaBreche in the Blackfeet Genealogy site.) of the rebellion and went to Colorado, where, give three different versions. the summer in the immediate vicinity of the second location of I am working on an article for the Kuppens tells us, "was their only support, and they moved their lists all Blackfeet people that received land allotments. Yet, the Indians imagined that they Its flaw is visible in half-breed girl." excellent information on him. east was the home of Mr. Viel, a French Canadian married to a Also (The spot is indicated by the and recorded record of his life. I do note that Catherine Armelle has a half-sister was one half Piegan, daughter of Charles Marceau and Hawk Woman. rapidly worse, and from 1865 6o 1869, the Blackfeet appeared to University of Oklahoma, 1958 and December, 1864. father was a Captain who came up the Missouri River to control the Indian The deceased, while in health, had a reputation recent smallpox epidemic. the Blackfeet Tribal Business Council and Roxanne De Marce P. O. Cross (X) and cross (X) 5 in The information came as Our community was shocked yesterday morning upon Suddenly post-Civil War period, rapacious gold prospectors, fur trading occurred along the Marias about this time, when four peaceful
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