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.