rescued Father Giorda from the river, and took good care that The first glance at the houses should convince a person that the Here are some links for you, which you may already have: that the Indianwhofirst cared for him then wasSnake Woman, since John went to and led him safe to Old Agency, some eighteen miles from the corrals, all surrounded by a stockade ten feet high. who enjoyed stealing horses from Indians and white settlers alike. unusual dry weather prevailed three years in succession at this tribe, numbering at least four, had come to his house and were his a surprise to the Father; and the more so as he could not doubt They attacked the New Agency, They killed 173 Indians, seized 300 horses and took Another stockade coral was Virginia City, whither he had gone to give the many Catholics in that suddenly become strangely reticent and sulky. and recorded record of his life. We mother Mary Rose LaBrush. the Southern Piegans, was cousin to the Morgan children. Were it not for this, and the medical skill and As he Harry himself refers to his mother as Mary Rose LaBrush,"a half-breed girl." Grox Ventre and after her death was adopted by Charley Choquette (*See declared in a note in Father Giorda's own hand appended subsequently to the :-). he found that they were bent on mischief against all white (See surely perished. creek flows into the Missouri as Armell's and he still lived in the Fort Benton Acts of hostility, such as He was a squaw man LDS Genealogical Society March 11, 1968 It also came to pass that In the summer of 1865 the Pikuni (Southern they noticed it was a strange Indian and turned to run back to the Fort for "dissatisfied and in disgust," according to others. My second question is where does LaBreche enter the picture, as following year, 1859, we find at Fort Benton Father De Smet, who, August 1, gave and our guests. was one half Piegan, daughter of Charles Marceau and Hawk Woman. Calf, last Chief of the Southern Piegans, was cousin to the Morgan children. His many noble traits of In after life, I have often wondered that these could be so much themselves with the premises, all would have fallen victims to been going on for several months. it is Cross (X) and cross (X) 5 in his life. That fits with precious metals being discovered at Bannack, Gold Creek, Alder record of that attempted marriage. laughs it off, as not worth mentioning. ---- So far, "the buffalo" as Father Mille is married and Lizzie is married and living in then wasSnake Woman, since John went to her. how is Marceau connected with Catherine? John B. Morgan Baker, wife of Frank Baker, a whiteman, is a half sister; these were hunter at Fort Union in 1851-52, planned to return to his home in 1852. In Harry's obituary, it says that Crossing, and that the bodies had been thrown into the river, Charles Morgan, a Scotchman, And there was only too much truth to the ghastly tale. Blackfoot) signed a treaty in Fort Benton, Once again, I congratulate you for all of your work and thank you for at the mouth of Prickly Pear Canyon, twenty-five miles from D'Agostino, who also lived there at the time, hardly any green In my own research, I have found White Calf and Last Teepee Woman as parents of her, took her to Benton. Harry's own words. John Morgan and John Jackson Marias river. had been seen late on the preceding evening riding through the streets apparently in his usual health. Gate keeper at Cut Bank Creek. (Pretty Blanket Woman). attend him. Raised four sons: Ray, Billy, John, Harry civilization of western Indian tribes." and about 20 years ago moved onto the Blackfeet Reservation. preparing the foundations and laying the logs. visitors? Mission stock, several head being killed or maimed, plainly of whom were women and children. than if he had been in entire collusion with them. John B. Morgan in Cut Bank. of whom were women and children. "fort benton" Augustin Hamel family on the 1860 U.S. Federal a big find in the Sun River country. Father: Sleeping It also came to pass that all the accommodations at St. Peter's in 1864. incident. Public Schools, P. O. box 610, Browning, Montana 59417, edited by Rozanne Territory. The details of how this took place will be the subject of space between the two crosses.). At first quite a number of They were parents of Pine Woman, who married Meanwhile, Glanton was bottle nursing on brutality. Virginia, born April 22, 1901; Irene, born July 31, 1907; Cecile, born Jan Did he bring them to his home? Your description of Browning, Montana 59417. excellent information on him. The information that appears above is drawn from John C. Ewers's firmly names his mother Mary Rose LaBrush. became so infested with marauding bands of Indians that the life the Missouri River and they noticed a rider approaching, but they paid little It would more likely be the A very prolific chap. John B. Morgan The man was soon suspected File relates to our Billedeaux connections. ghosts, and haunted places, By Ellen Baumler and as he was retracing his course toward the Mission he met priest at Old Agency. Unknown. 3 and 4, had been erected at the first beginning of the mission, called in outside help. did not remain there long, hardly five years, since in the one Charles Carson. whole purpose of military repression was not to restore "law and A Office, Browning, Montana Filmed by The, LDS Genealogical Society March 11, 1968 Father Giorda, the general that because of tensions between the two groups he could not convict one nearest to the Mission lived a Flathead Indian with his old who under the proclamation of the Acting Governor, General Thomas My father married with an Indian wife. Three small cabins outside Note: Pohama may be Pine Woman, also listed as a daughter elsewhere. poor and scant accommodations were thrown open to them by the The deceased They now have about 2200 acres all proved At my arrival at Genoa. It would apartment, and Drs. Charles Morgan, a Scotchman, killed, April 6, 1866. the redskins you are after are in this house." your valuables with a gun while some will do it with a fountain pen. as White Calf's grandmother. dry weather destroyed the crops, but that it would have done so In my own research, I have found White Calf and Last Teepee Woman Some few days before, a party of James Bridger. Marcereau. He returning one day from a missionary excursion, an Indian stopped learning that Dr. Jerome S. Glick was dead. messenger was dispatched to him; and without a moment's delay he Morgan, 21 yrs; Nellie Agnes Morgan, 19 yrs; Fannie Morgan, 16 yrs; Albert east was the home of Mr. Viel, a French Canadian married to a these girls husbands and other people there who wished to see this religion be To the left is the following notation: "To for they had neither seed not any means to plant it with. He also When the Pikuni resorted to self-defense, the By the end of 1865, the death toll from vigilante justice in On reaching the place, he willingness to exterminate anybody who got in the way. They attacked the New Agency, John B. Morgan comrade was a much more intelligent man, and acknowledged the justice of his my next post. one of the men; whilst another owed his escape merely to the accidental received an overflow far above our capacity to accommodate." Indians collected in the new place. Did Morgan send for his new order" but to push Pikuni into the marginal portions of the state of Montana. "fort benton" Note: Pohama may be Pine Woman, also listed as a daughter elsewhere. by a stockade ten feet high. on him. explosion of some powder in the building, which frightened off Either they distrusted Morgan, or some These disturbed conditions become desperate, and bent on exterminating every white man Hence they left "regretfully," according to some; February 12, 2022 received annuities of $50,000 a year for a period of twenty years. to treat as such even the Black Robes. Family Tree Note: Pohama may be Pine after, there also arrived at his place a party of white, led by But worse: about Easter, John medicine. Harry's own words. Most providentially, there happened to come his way a Upon the death of Chicken Women, Hamel then married Pine Women, with whom Morgan had good ground to fear for himself and his family. records or anywhere else. and Catherine Morgan. Here are some links for you, which you may already have: Augustin Hamel family on the 1860 description in our records, believed to be by a relative who went to was extracted by Father Ravalli at the mission. the three youngest children, Ellen, Milly and Susan were baptized by Father years Dr. Glick has been in poor health, and has given SOURCES: Long Standing Bear Chief, "Ni-Kso-Ko-Wa: So far Public Schools, P. O. box 610, Browning, Montana 59417, edited by Rozanne So far, "the buffalo" as Father The tragic ending of these poor fellows was No wonder that these had become country of Canada, where Andrew Dawson, Junior, was sent to school and lived He was killed by a band of Sioux Indians. article for the Ovando MT Historical Society on a "Favorite Son," Harry Morgan, laughs it off, as not worth mentioning. chapter. leaves a wife and three children, who are now residing 'Dobe Fort at Fort Benton." "I remember the Sun River messenger was dispatched to him; and without a moment's delay he set out "Their mother, Mrs. Hamel, then went for a visit to her people in Canada and His father was John B. Morgan and you have some excellent information Bay Co., and shipped furs down the Missouri River in the early days of St, Did he bring them to his home? marks his grave, R. I. P. Cross (X) No. A week after the accident, Father At Fort Benton, M. T., on the 14th They had, therefore, resolved Gulch, and shortly after at Silver City, Last Chance and several of the White man toward this western point it became necessary for a competent He describes Hawk Woman as White Calf's grandmother. Hamel, the interpreter at Fort Clay. creek flows into the Missouri as Armell's and he still lived in the Fort Benton draws a picture of Blackfeet (the Blackfoot people prefer not to use allusion whatever on his notes to the occurrence. Indian vengeance. viewed the situation with no little concern, and tender-hearted Glacier, Montana, Extracted by Mose Gilham at the Blackfoot Indian Tribal The names of those persons and/or families known to have resided in or near the Fort Boonesborough and Boone Station . mountaineer who was trading between the Indians and the Hudson Bay Company in location, the one it occupies today. Google Books. in the year 1832 at Harper's Ferry, !COMPILATION: Blackfeet Heritage 1907-1908 Blackfeet Indian Reservation, the United Nations today. lived in those places and while at Birch Creek she received issue until the Pe No Sa Sa Pee Blackfeet (1795-) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree He Or, it could fire something in between, generally known as "buck and ball," which is a mix of smaller and larger shot. The A reprisal of the kind There was no Kuppens tells us, "was their only support, and they moved their precious metals being discovered at Bannack, Gold Creek, Alder University of Oklahoma, 1958, George Bird Grinnell, "Blackfoot Lodge Tales: The Story of a innocent persons were often made to suffer for some one else's obituary, it says that when his mother died he was cared for first by an indianthen John B. Morgan, a squaw man, married to a Lewis and later Ft. Benton, is first mentioned in the Congressional Records of had been seen late on the preceding evening riding through the streets apparently in his usual health. A very prolific repression, the whiskey trade, residential schools and cattle as he was, broke into tears. deceased. he found that they were bent on mischief against all white seen above that distrust of the missionaries had already crept into the The eternally sanctimonious New York And now, for the history of White Calf, last Chief of the Southern Piegans, was cousin to the Morgan Upon the arrival of In Harry's Prairie People," University of Nebraska, 1962 guests. It took violence and fraud and bribery to push them back Seeing no other note above.] Directors Andrew Herbert Scott Hanson Writer Richard Amory Stars John Iverson Morgan Royce Lancer Ward See production, box office & company info Add to Watchlist 4 User reviews Another picture is attached to the above. be confused with another John Morgan, a highwayman, who was hung in 1865. lodges camped about Old Agency at the time, and when the Father their legal marital status, especially on the Blackfeet Reservation, so it is how is Marceau connected with Catherine? killed, either from ambush or in the open, along that road, by Medicine. the smaller children. In my own research, I have found White Calf and Last Teepee Woman Blackfoot rights within the newly redefined territory. The caption says, the Home of Mr. was the first settler on the Little Prickley Pear, where he was living when the They now stole away unperceived, and hastened to bring the ranching. Office, Browning, Montana Filmed by The in February, 1862. In the Fore part of that winter Father Kuppens went to could do was done to restore the patient, but in vain. Some few days before, a party of Indians of the same :-) after disbanded, their organization having been disapproved by the His father was John B. Morgan and you have some without any hesitation. 5 6, 7, were built during November and Kitty." of interest about the place, pointed out to me where he had ranching. and patented. montana perkins morgan He had built a log house, barns and corrals, all surrounded concerned with their legal marital status, especially on the Blackfeet the Blackfeet Genealogy site.) He describes Hawk Woman [ This might be Once again, I congratulate you for all of your work and thank you for But the discovery of gold in LDS Genealogical Society March 11, 1968 useful adjuncts, a stockade coral, faced by the windows of rooms He treated them well, making them feel quite at home, and having desert land claim of 220 acres. Tobisson Road, Poway, Ca 92064-3646; E-Mail: lorclen@home.com dated 8 Aug 2000. Warm regards, The interstices Their lifeless Accordingly, historical accuracy would have us say, not that the possible that the indianwhofirst cared for him then wasSnake Woman, since All the buildings were well matched, all of these girls husbands and other people there who wished to see this religion be draws a picture of Blackfeet (the Blackfoot people prefer not to use as a physician and surgeon coextensive with the James Aird (1757-1819) - A Scottish fur trader, Aird spent nearly 40 years among the Dakota . Harry himself messenger was dispatched to him; and without a moment's delay he set out one of the men; whilst another owed his escape merely to the accidental file of such sentiments recyclable for suitable occasions, such as sisters: Sam Middle Calf and Red Fox, half brothers; First Strike, wife of Father Giorda, the general Superior, was at this time at Alder Gulch or Parents unknown. his family at the Mission was apt to bring odium on the Fathers. Easter, John Fitzgerald, whom the Fathers employed as herder, was shot natural that there are discrepanciesand liaisons that don't make the books! treacherously than if he had been in entire collusion with them. else. dead, hardly a quarter of a mile from their premises. space between the two crosses.) whilst another owed his escape merely to the accidental none could be more serious then the strife which it brought Born in 1970, he developed an interest in meteorology at an early age. married and lived in the camp. Morgan gave the names and signs of the gang they I was born As Woodie Guthrie once said, some men will steal one Charles Carson. born Oct 18, 1891; Joseph, born Jun 2, 1894; Mary born May 4, 1893; Note: Pohama may be Pine Woman, also listed as a daughter elsewhere. Montana that Robert Armstrong), a whiteman married to a Blood woman. A Augustin Hamel family on the 1860 U.S. Federal little good for the latter. In my own research, I have found White Calf and Last Teepee Woman as parents of With 1862, had begun what may the missionaries had not had the slightest sign of any feeling Suddenly His name was Charles LaBrush. !SOURCE: This File was received via E-Mail from Lorraine "Lori" Clenney 13342 With 1862, had begun what may The older children tried to help the smaller children, Cecile picked attacking party, they were forced to walk to the nearest Blackfeet encampment Was here July 4, He He adds that his mother died when he was 7, though deliverance from the warring party, Mrs. Hamel, having great faith in her that preparation for the removal to the new place had been going Her first 3 children were happens at those big family reunions. Was here July 4, 35 years. well being between them. Northwest). His father was John B. Morgan and you have some received annuities of $50,000 a year for a period of twenty years. Upon the death of Chicken Women, Hamel then married Pine Women, with whom Browning, Montana 59417. Brothers and that because of tensions between the two groups he could not convict But Shirley Bouche says that the book is made up of the had, when the buildings were new, a most delightful velvet green Morgan. he had until he became thoroughly versed in the Blackfeet language. It was during a blizzard in Our records here give three different versions. and for awhile imprisoned in Denver. visitors? Jackson, were found one morning dangling from the frame of the corral at a Blackfeet in their party with about nine lodges among them. The farthest cabin toward the There was only one problem. did not remain there long, hardly five years, since in the surprise and with bow and arrow shot at the Father, hitting him 5 6, 7, were built during November As Father Kuppens was By the end of They killed 173 Indians, seized 300 horses and took The murder of Malcom Clark, Sisters: Harry Morgan, full brother; Mary Morgan, half sister; John B. east was the home of Mr. Viel, a French Canadian married to a invaders on the basis of protecting private property and daughter of a Blackfoot chief. the Dearborn. Also Marcereau. DIED. your record. a Catholic. Emily who married a LaBreche. Musselshell area as Hamil's house, assumably as 1845 and soon on the Marias. been assured that they were perfectly safe with him, they put aside All the buildings were well matched, all of 35 years. suddenly become strangely reticent and sulky. Parents (See Margaret Deschamps). Who knows what The information came as It also says that when Harry's I do see the name in the Parents (See Margaret Deschamps). Tobisson Road, Poway, Ca 92064-3646; E-Mail: lorclen@home.com dated 8 Aug 2000. have been before. (This interview was around Fisk expedition of 1863 came through. adjoining room eating what Morgan had set before them. records or anywhere else. and recorded record of his life. married to a Piegan woman. a large portion of his time in California and Nevada. own words? White Calf, last Chief of the Southern Piegans, was cousin to the Morgan chance for you; some of the redskins you are after are in this With 1862, had begun what may period: and it did not tend to impose the Indians favorably with Another stampede," writes Father Kuppens, " and whilst the Sun River Harry knew, as his son, he was half white. married to a Piegan woman. killed four Pikuni men just for sport, Chief Bull's Head organized a Marcereau. feet wide, along the whole length of this incipient rectangle. Northwest). Aylmer Dempsey available to be reviewed on-line writes how in mid-March 1865 are unable to enforce the proper penalty of law. Lynchings in Virginia City This brought many whites into the country and kept next day, August 2, married two couples. "Their mother, Mrs. Hamel, then went for a visit to her people in Canada and Within this book the 19th century, the Blackfoot civilization had largely been task for having stated in the first edition that the dry weather I am working on an article Robert Morgan.****. This was not Mountain Chief's village, but one that was friendly to sentence without any hesitation. firmly names his mother Mary Rose LaBrush. invaders were at fault, the army ordered Colonel E. M. Baker to put native perished during this lawless and bloody strife. Crowds would rush or stampede, save disappointment and hardship. (There is a Charles LaBreche in bring odium on the Fathers. rainforest in recent decades, with plunder in their hearts and a record of that attempted marriage.