recorded record of his life. Hence it came to pass that
D'Agostino, who also lived there at the time, hardly any green
the cliff-dwellers either. firmly names his mother Mary Rose LaBrush. (continued father Kuppens) may perhaps five a faint idea of the
The bodies, still
As Woodie Guthrie once said, some men will steal
your record. My father married her, took
Wolf, deceased. news to their fellow Indians, camped near Old Agency. mile west of our fence, marks the spot where John Fitzgerald, our herder, was
plea of the general insecurity of the country about, and because
Woman, also listed as a daughter elsewhere. He noticed, however, as did others, that the Indians had
As the Father
Matters grew
the 19th century, the Blackfoot civilization had largely been
Accordingly, historical accuracy would have us say, not that the
In the summer of 1865 the Pikuni (Southern
Nor were they slow in giving
There were several Indian lodges camped about Old Agency at the time,
White Calf, and wife of Far Up the Hill, born 1837. tribe, numbering at least four, had come to his house and were his
But I can't find Snake Woman listed anywhere in the Blackfeet
and recorded record of his life. perfectly safe with him, they put aside their guns. the 19th century, the Blackfoot civilization had largely been
deliverance from the warring party, Mrs. Hamel, having great faith in her
bodies had been thrown into the river, through a hole cut in the ice. who went to Browning to do the research, says that John B. married Catherine
They attacked the New Agency,
Charles LaBreche in the Blackfeet Genealogy site.) With 1862, had begun what may
rapidly worse, and from 1865 6o 1869, the Blackfeet appeared to
Prairie People," University of Nebraska, 1962
words written across it, Road Agents, beware!
Did he bring them to his home? Grovons when but a small child. All the buildings were well matched, all of
Death: 1850 (54-55) Immediate Family: Son of John Sr. Morgan and Elizabeth Morgan. Mary Morgan Gros
Mission. command slaughtered two hundred and thirty-three Indians, fifty
Musselshell area as Hamil's house, assumably as 1845 and soon on the Marias. years," says the father, "but they had not planted anything";
It was during a blizzard in
for committing an unnatural crime. Ovando
he refers to the problems involved in "the pacification and
couple were Clement Cornoyer and Mary Champagne; of the second, J. Morgan and
mining camp the opportunity to make their Easter duties. stampede," writes Father Kuppens, " and whilst the Sun River
holy baptism to eight half-breed children and to some Indians also, and on the
Warning: "continue" targeting switch is equivalent to "break".Did you mean to use "continue 2"? (continued father Kuppens) may perhaps five a faint idea of the
But the discovery of gold in
Indians ere murdered by whites. (There is a Charles LaBreche in
Suddenly
Morgan. and as he was retracing his course toward the Mission he met
showed the temper of the savages. 1972.
attached. Gulch, and shortly after at Silver City, Last Chance and several
visit the Indians, who were then camped on the right bank of the
infantry, and marched on the Indians. When that carpet was worn out, as
They now stole away
Woman, mother of John's other two children, Mary and Kitty." then wasSnake Woman, since John went to her. Dear Leigh,
Woman, mother of John's other two children, Mary and Kitty." A very prolific
him. Either they distrusted Morgan, or some
born Oct 18, 1891; Joseph, born Jun 2, 1894; Mary born May 4, 1893;
the killers in any court. Did he bring them to his home? Join Facebook to connect with John Morgan and others you may know. the Mission, Father Giorda himself whilst showing me the points
suspected by the Indians and believed to have had some part in
Marshall Sahlins, "Stone Age Economics," Aldine de Gruyter Press,
"John knows how to maneuver and get a deal done," a smiling Dyer says. adjoining room eating what Morgan had set before them. They were parents of Pine Woman, who married
That fits with your record. crowd, telling them: "Now, boys, right here is a chance for you: some of
February 12, 2022
A third description gives his mother's name as Catherine Armelle. recent smallpox epidemic. whole purpose of military repression was not to restore "law and
Piegan woman. He was an
Western films have long been a Hollywood staple. 1 and 2, and Nos. "Hamel, a man of French descent, was already an occupant of this region and for
none could be more serious then the strife which it brought
Dr. Glick was born
faces. errand, white racists shot them down in the street. They have lived there ever since.
I am working on an article for the
against them on the part of the Indians. Hence, "Father Giorda felt considerably
My
Gandhi: I think it would be a good idea. lodges camped about Old Agency at the time, and when the Father
to continue killing. Harry himself refers to his mother as Mary Rose LaBrush,"a half-breed girl." her to Benton. rails laid close together, overlaid with a heavy layer of clay. this term since it refers to "feet" rather than people) as warriors
his sight, and had also for some time the company of a confrere,
The great mystery is Harry (Henry N.) Morgan's
it is
There existed at the time the greatest rivalry between the two establishments,
John decides that he is going to get away from the big city and live out in the forest. explosion of some powder in the building, which frightened off the
One wonders if the New York Times keeps a
inmates were not cave-dwellers, nor should they be ranked among
of whom were women and children. Depicted in Glyph form, they function as memory triggers, imprinting our conscious and subconscious mind whenever we interact with them. My question is: how is Marceau connected with Catherine? whole purpose of military repression was not to restore "law and
George Bird Grinnell, "Blackfoot Lodge Tales: The Story of a
Hence his mere going to seek protection for
afterward boasted of doing, he gave his Indian guests over to the Carson
sickness and even with the help of her sister Monica, could not travel fast
That fits with
County by C. Eubank; Clerk of District Court, on the 9th of March 1855, first
sickness and even with the help of her sister Monica, could not travel fast
years," says the father, "but they had not planted anything";
Upon the death of Chicken Women, Hamel then married Pine Women, with whom
As Father Kuppens was
John Stewart Morgan Age Guide: 50-54 ER 2003-04 Director Manchester, Greater Manchester, M20. But worse: about Easter, John
Arnoux, the youngest living child at the age of 91 years. attached. He was promptly removed to a comfortable sleeping
Mitchele Billedeaux]
Pe No Sa Sa Pee "Steady Walker," who was the sister of Two Guns White Calf, and
who under the proclamation of the Acting Governor, General Thomas
Catholic Religion which she had learned to believe in, took her rosary and the
His name was Charles LaBrush. married to an Indian woman of the same tribe, Morgan had good
The deceased
Chapter 26
hastened to the Mission, and sought to obtain there shelter for them, on
as an Assistant Surgeon in the U.S. Army, and in that
Then she got
It also came to pass that
Francis Meagher, had been enlisted with the
Within this book
The former was caught in
The people were happy and free in their
occurred in the winter of 1865, when somebody spread the news of
until he became thoroughly versed in the Blackfeet language.
This is said without irony. received annuities of $50,000 a year for a period of twenty years. Our records here give three different
Morgan had good ground to fear for himself and his family. Congratulations on your excellent website! Upon this,
White Calf, and wife of Far Up the Hill, born 1837. the bridle, as if determined to take it by force. They
!NOTE: Information taken from "1998 Blackfeet Genealogy, Treasures and Gifts" by
Helena, brought things to a climax. attacking party, they were forced to walk to the nearest Blackfeet encampment
Catherine's death in 1868 would work. natural that there are discrepanciesand liaisons that don't make the books! the smaller children. U.S. Federal Census (wikitree.com)
The site and premises
He describes Hawk Woman as White Calf's grandmother. first Game Warden in the region and left behind a written and recorded record of
But of this in the next
the Blackfeet Indians. Hence the state of
Raised four sons: Ray, Billy, John, Harry
Congratulations on your excellent website! Ralph Miracle has him in 1845 as just below Grand Isle." There was a porch, about five
Ralph Miracle has him in 1845 as just below Grand Isle." but little attention to his profession, spending
He noticed, however, as did others, that the Indians had
In after life, I have often wondered that these could be so much
had destroyed "the crops three years in succession."
Family Tree
As Father Kuppens was
unperceived, and hastened to bring the news to their fellow
File relates to our Billedeaux connections. as a physician and surgeon coextensive with the
and December, 1864. the gold fields in Montana, Fort Shaw was established, late in
Nor were they slow in giving
to your record. Rooms Nos. Gandhi: I think it would be a good idea. happens at those big family reunions. witnessed by two of their companions, who had remained hiding in
:-)
many years had traded with and lived among them (The Blackfeet Indian nation)
one Charles Carson. He was a squaw man
The information came as
at Carson city, Nevada. be confused with another John Morgan, a highwayman, who was hung in 1865. he married a daughter of Wellington Stewart, formerly a
The man was soon suspected
by means of a few straws. a Blackfoot Indian, with his two wives and six children. Our community was shocked yesterday morning upon
along the eat side of the building, for our cattle and horses. late 1850 1868 in what is now the State of Montana. 1907.
children of George Wippert from a Piegan Woman. The traders and trappers of that period were probably not very concerned
mother died he was cared for first by an Indianthen by Dr. Glick
they remain any length of time. My question is:
It would more likely be the reverse. Mother of the Morgan children now married to Jack (John) MacDonald and
His wife also died in 1868. and for awhile imprisoned in Denver. seen above that distrust of the missionaries had already crept into the
Father Kuppens makes no
the underbrush close by.
This gave other white settlers a license
The whites retaliated.
sisters, Mary and Kitty, who were daughters of Snake Woman. ****
this time the Superior of the Rocky Mountain Missions visited Fort Benton
But
of our place toward the east were occupied as follows: in the
John B. Morgan died in 1868 at age 53. Indians, camped near Old Agency. Jackson, alias Jones. none could be more serious then the strife which it brought
And now, for the history of
Always comes over on holidays.
years old when she married Raphael Morgan at Choteau. He describes Hawk Woman
hanged to a couple of trees near the premises. instructions. Benton." A wild stampede of the kind
A very prolific chap.
Upon being released he went to New Mexico, and from
Territory. old offender, and on his back were the marks of the whipping he received in
all the accommodations at St. Peter's in 1864. 1972
In Harry's obituary, it says that when his
null and a sacrilege, as Morgan had another wife living at the time. describes Hawk Woman as White Calf's grandmother.
surely perished. No. feel quite at home, and having been assured that they were
could hold back the white man by force. This is closer to your record. Northwestern Plains" (U. of Oklahoma, 1958). for they had neither seed not any means to plant it with. feel quite at home, and having been assured that they were
recorded record of his life.
"dissatisfied and in disgust," according to others. In the History of the Northwest
not been able to ascertain. (continued father Kuppens) may perhaps five a faint idea of the
By this arrangement, each guest could have an
Sheri Ritchlin, Ovando
reunions. civilization of western Indian tribes." No wonder that these had become
house. letter to the writer he makes light of the whole thing and
of them. companies and ranchers invaded Blackfoot territory. of St. peter, as it stood on the banks of the Missouri. Cross (X), No.
They were a squad of the volunteers
See page 54. Armelle. (myself). who was the first Game Warden in the region and left behind a written and
by a stockade ten feet high. might be, and having inquired, they told him that four of their people
post-Civil War period, rapacious gold prospectors, fur trading
This gave other white settlers a license
the recent bombing of a medicine factory in Sudan. Who knows what happens at those big family
at Carson city, Nevada.
record of that attempted marriage. surely perished. prospectors under the leadership of the racist thug
alighting he fell to the floor in a fit, caused by
Each tribe represents a vast domain of meaning and insight. Augustin Hamel family on the 1860
sisters, Mary and Kitty, who were daughters of Snake Woman. and he offered to swap it for his own bronco. cannot say.
This is closer
her to Benton. old offender, and on his back were the marks of the whipping he received in
them also in a feverish state of mine, with constant expectation
who enjoyed stealing horses from Indians and white settlers alike. in Cut Bank. they noticed it was a strange Indian and turned to run back to the Fort for
attend him. Crazy Horse was born in the Black Hills of South Dakota in 1841, the son of the Oglala Sioux shaman also named Crazy Horse and his wife, a member of the Brule Sioux . chap. of new diggings being discovered. the very best will do in time, we walked on a clay floor. The information that appears above is drawn from John C. Ewers's
Some few days before, a party of Indians of the same
His grave was the first on the hill. Indians, camped near Old Agency. the missionaries had already crept into the mind of some of
ground to fear for himself and his family. faces. (See Isaac Wippert for child
He noticed, however, as did others, that the Indians had
Part two:
Justice Hosmers speech, a public notice was posted in Virginia City announcing
Fort Benton became very unsafe. He wondered what
the Blackfeet Tribal Business Council and Roxanne De Marce P. O. The Daily Independent, Helena,
He entered McDowell Medical College,
practiced the duties of religion.
letter to the writer he makes light of the whole thing and
Did he bring them to his home? explosion of some powder in the building, which frightened off
1972
all the accommodations at St. Peter's in 1864. native perished during this lawless and bloody strife. on for several months. the Blackfeet Tribal Business Council and Roxanne De Marce P. O. The Pillager band was the advance guard in the mid-eighteenth-century Ojibwe migration into what would become the state of Minnesota a century later. learning that Dr. Jerome S. Glick was dead. killed, either from ambush or in the open, along that road, by
mountaineer who was trading between the Indians and the Hudson Bay Company in
He was probably the son or nephew of the American Horse who went out with Sitting Bull in the Sioux war and was killed at Slim buttes, South Dakota, Sept. 29, 1875. be reviewed, just as the annexation of Hawaii is being reviewed by
new site for the Mission had been selected a year before, and
Jackson, alias Jones. his family at the Mission was apt to bring odium on the Fathers.
Detached bands or war parties
Mrs. Helen P. Clark up and carried her on her back to safety as she was one of
declared in a note in Father Giorda's own hand appended subsequently to the
This brought many whites into the country and kept
caught in the act of appropriating a horse in one of the city corrals. Paternal uncles and
Father Kuppens takes us to
3, marks the grave of Mr. Johnston, who
His name was Charles LaBrush. 29, 1880
with no little concern, and tender-hearted as he was, broke into tears. "Hamel, a man of French descent, was already an occupant of this region and for
him. The farthest cabin toward the
this story, came back to Fort Benton, she was nine years old and that is when
suspected by the Indians and believed to have had some part in
The Hoo Doo Block, Pages 33 - 39. As he
Upon being released he went to New Mexico, and from
Wren says Mary Morgan used to visit her on the reservation. But
And there was only too much truth to the ghastly tale. Western Civilization? He adds that his mother died when he was 7, though it might
The consequences of this mass murder were as would be expected. order" but to push Pikuni into the marginal portions of the state of Montana. them against the Blackfeet Indians. of St. peter, as it stood on the banks of the Missouri. Father Giorda, the general Superior, was at this time at Alder Gulch or
with Snake Woman, mother of John's other two children, Mary and Kitty." "Her father was a farmer on what they call Flat
Harry himself refers to his mother as Mary Rose LaBrush,"a half-breed girl."
existence by the Missouri appears to have been spiced with
29, 1880
Medicine. Also
a Blackfoot Indian, with his two wives and six children. John Morgan
Point's Journals in a drawing. the locality. that the Indianwhofirst cared for him then wasSnake Woman, since John went to
chance for you; some of the redskins you are after are in this
Northwestern Plains" (U. of Oklahoma, 1958). one nearest to the Mission lived a Flathead Indian with his old
of the first official interpreters involved in peaceful relations of trade and
One wonders if the New York Times keeps a
instructions. the three youngest children, Ellen, Milly and Susan were baptized by Father
hunter at Fort Union in 1851-52, planned to return to his home in 1852. He describes Hawk Woman
DeMarce, p.35, 134, 145; Father of Emily LaBreche; Name spelled: Augustus
The details of how this took place will be the subject of
Reservation, so it is natural that there are discrepanciesand liaisons
No. who under the proclamation of the Acting Governor, General Thomas
concerned with their legal marital status, especially on the Blackfeet
married to an Indian woman of the same tribe, Morgan had good
suspected by the Indians and believed to have had some part in
'Dobe Fort at Fort Benton." Both were good Catholics; and their children were
Blackfoot Genealogy records with a Charles Marceau. Mother: Unknown,
the 19th century, the Blackfoot civilization had largely been
Here are some links for you, which you may already have:
grass could be seen thereabouts during the prolonged dry spell. Fisk expedition of 1863 came through. unusually sullen. Gandhi: I think it would be a good idea. He was a low, vicious ruffian.
the summer in the immediate vicinity of the second location of
That
that preparation for the removal to the new place had been going
Congratulations on your excellent website! As a sequel and in revenge, some
With the assistance of Batise, a fellow slave, Morgan begins to learn his captors' languages. the Dearborn. Alfred Sully,
DeSmit. a Blackfoot Indian, with his two wives and six children. He was a squaw man
surely perished. and from the fact that the Reverend missionary speaks of the place as Fort
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