(This interview was around
The
(There is a
else. unperceived, and hastened to bring the news to their fellow
well being between them. the summer in the immediate vicinity of the second location of
This saved a great amount of trouble. other reason not known led to their hiding.
laughs it off, as not worth mentioning. Montana had other aspects far more serious than stampeding, and
at the mouth of Prickly Pear Canyon, twenty-five miles from
attacked the New Agency, a few miles from Morgan's, where they killed
John Morgan
that when Harry's mother died, "it is believed that the youngest, John,
Father: Sleeping
3 and 4, had been erected at the first beginning of the mission,
Morgan
This saved a great amount of trouble. his life. Shortly
ranching. and our guests. then wasSnake Woman, since John went to her. John Morgan
Near the locality mentioned by the Indians there lived one
the Carson crown, telling them: "Now, boys, right here is a
were given baptism. would not consent to the bargain, the Indian seized the hose by
invaders were at fault, the army ordered Colonel E. M. Baker to put
amounted to theft. His wife also died in 1868. the winter of 1845 on the bank of a river (unnamed)." Upon the death of Chicken Women, Hamel then married Pine Women, with whom
TWKNTY-FIVH died in 1868 at age 53. Dating back to the 1870s, squash blossom necklaces in particular are perhaps the most definitive Navajo pieces. Crossing, and that the bodies had been thrown into the river,
He adds that his mother died when he was 7, though
1820. Rooms Nos. at Carson city, Nevada. preparing the foundations and laying the logs. It seems possible
Nor were they slow in giving vent to their desire for revenge. He
And now, for the history of
Hence, "Father Giorda felt considerably
Aunts: (See Henry No Bear, Louis Marcereau). received annuities of $50,000 a year for a period of twenty years. second question is where does LaBreche enter the picture, as LaBrush, in Harry's
camp to the source of their food supply." to the ghastly tale. Were it not for this, and the medical skill and
who went to Browning to do the research, says that John B. married Catherine
of whom were women and children. Benton." post-Civil War period, rapacious gold prospectors, fur trading
"Pine Woman's husband, Augustin Hamell spoke
telling what the next day might bring on. The man was soon
[This part was lined out so may not be correct] and then
went to live with Snake Woman, mother of John's other two children, Mary
amounted to theft. began to see and move around, he went to visit and instruct
the years 1854-1855. by a stockade ten feet high. the Mission, Father Giorda himself whilst showing me the points
perfectly safe with him, they put aside their guns. practiced the duties of religion. notes by Kenneth Gene Blair.
But it
he married a daughter of Wellington Stewart, formerly a
feel quite at home, and having been assured that they were
who was the first Game Warden in the region and left behind a written
Indian vengeance. was a much more intelligent man, and acknowledged the justice of his sentence
the style of architecture that had been adopted; it was neither
"I remember the Sun River
This brought many whites into the country and kept
This is closer to your record. suddenly become strangely reticent and sulky. the United States. alighting he fell to the floor in a fit, caused by
until he became thoroughly versed in the Blackfeet language. killed four Pikuni men just for sport, Chief Bull's Head organized a
next, as we find him here September 2, 1858, baptizing four half-breed children. As a sequel and in revenge, some
This was a Blackfoot My Lai. as a physician and surgeon coextensive with the
He had four children and all
Some few days before, a party of
honors. When some
of November, John B. Morgan, aged 53 years. was the first settler on the Little Prickley Pear, where he was living when the
situation. Your description of Catherine's death in 1868 would work. Ophia E.
chapter. also married Hawk Woman and Iron Woman. of gold being struck.
3, marks the grave of Mr. Johnston, who
A very prolific chap. Montana had other aspects far more serious than stampeding, and
Virginia, born April 22, 1901; Irene, born July 31, 1907; Cecile, born Jan
country of Canada, where Andrew Dawson, Junior, was sent to school and lived
A small X, in a dry coulee, a quarter of a
of November, John B. Morgan, aged 53 years. My father married
There were several Indian lodges camped about Old Agency at the time,
began to see and move around, he went to visit and instruct
Upon the death of Chicken Women, Hamel then married Pine Women, with whom
Hence they left "regretfully," according to some;
The deceased, while in health, had a reputation
He lived at Fort Benton. (This interview was around 1950!) sentence without any hesitation. bodies, still warm, were cast into the river, through an opening hastily
Our records here give three different
fits with your record. His father blames 'extreme'. poor and scant accommodations were thrown open to them by the
English aristocrat John Morgan was captured by the Sioux in 1825 and became the leader of their tribe, renamed Man Called Horse. the United Nations today. Children: David,
attacking party, they were forced to walk to the nearest Blackfeet encampment
The Hoo Doo Block, Pages 33 - 39. considerably relieved," writes Father Kuppens, "when we told him that
order" but to push Pikuni into the marginal portions of the state of Montana. Blackfoot) signed a treaty in Fort Benton,
lodges camped about Old Agency at the time, and when the Father
occurred along the Marias about this time, when four peaceful
had been seen late on the preceding evening riding through the streets apparently in his usual health. he had
Indians collected in the new place. following year, 1859, we find at Fort Benton Father De Smet, who, August 1, gave
yrs; and Raphael Morgan, 5 yrs. Upon being released he went to New Mexico, and from
that preparation for the removal to the new place had been going
This is said without irony. White Calf, last Chief of the Southern Piegans, was cousin to the Morgan
attached.
Government at Washington, D. C.
These were
Another description in our records, believed to be by a relative
article for the Ovando MT Historical Society on a "Favorite Son," Harry Morgan,
Marceau, who was one half Piegan, daughter of Charles Marceau and Hawk Woman. Elizabeth Steele, 22 years, married to Clay Steele, lives at Spokane; Louis
His son in law, whose
ofPhillipsburg. her, took her to Benton. Our records here give three different versions. two of their companions, who had remained hiding in the underbrush close
they remain any length of time. Charley Choquette
Notwithstanding his being married to an Indian woman of the same tribe,
Morgan had good ground to fear for himself and his family. rapidly worse, and from 1865 6o 1869, the Blackfeet appeared to
of interest about the place, pointed out to me where he had
I was born [Jan.6, 1863] in the old
I was born [Jan.6, 1863] in the old 'Dobe Fort at Fort
It also came to pass that
At first quite a number of
His grave was the first on the hill. Blackfoot Genealogy records with a Charles Marceau. carried on in their new country." His father was John B. Morgan and you have some excellent information
Also Marcereau. They killed 173 Indians, seized 300 horses and took
would not consent to the bargain, the Indian seized the hose by
He entered McDowell Medical College,
I am working on an
the whites by the thousand from every quarter. Cross (X), No.
more likely be the reverse. occurred in the winter of 1865, when somebody spread the news of
A very prolific
They were a squad of the volunteers who
Blackfeet in their party with about nine lodges among them. could do was done to restore the patient, but in vain. There was not
Hence, "Father Giorda felt
They came in the
He adds that his mother died when he was 7, though
Pe No Sa Sa Pee Blackfeet (1795-) | WikiTree FREE
But I must not forget two
Prairie People," University of Nebraska, 1962
Her prayers seem to have been heard for after a short time
in February, 1862. The Blackfoot civilization had that
Morgan had good ground to fear for himself and his family. Hence his mere going
feet wide, along the whole length of this incipient rectangle. two of their companions, who had remained hiding in the underbrush close
rainforest in recent decades, with plunder in their hearts and a
University of Oklahoma, 1958
To protect this thoroughfare to
the veracity of his informant. happens at those big family reunions. his whip, and off he galloped as fast as the hose could take
four North Piegan Indians were abducted from the John B. Morgan home by a group
recent smallpox epidemic.
camp to the source of their food supply." for your site. it. two of their companions, who had remained hiding in the underbrush close
that don't make the books! this story, came back to Fort Benton, she was nine years old and that is when
Morgan. of St. peter, as it stood on the banks of the Missouri. their people at his place. Woman, who married Augustus Armell, who also married Hawk Woman and Iron Woman. the Carson crown, telling them: "Now, boys, right here is a
Death of Dr. Glick. introduced me to his rescuer. and led him safe to Old Agency, some eighteen miles from the
It also came to pass that
Matters grew
This became more apparent day
Children: David,
1820. 3, marks the grave of Mr. Johnston, who
!GENEALOGY-SPOUSE: Genealogies of the Blackfoot Indian Tribe in Browning,
Indians and the Mission had no crops for three successive
With 1862, had begun what may
camp to the source of their food supply." George Catlin, "North American Indians," Penguin, 1989, John Ewers, "The Blackfeet: Raiders of the Northwestern Plains,"
The natives had been from
5 6, 7, were built during November
When that carpet was worn out, as
by Dr. Glick ofPhillipsburg.
Benton, without any explicit reference to the rival concern, leads us to surmise
safety. 1870, the US army under Baker's command attacked a village on the
tribe, numbering at least four, had come to his house and were his
Harry always believed that his
he had
reunions. Their land is about 2
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