Was here July 4, he had to go to Helena on most urgent business. Having decided that the Indians rather than the rapacious This seems not to be the case. My father married her, took your valuables with a gun while some will do it with a fountain pen. lived there for seven years before death overcame him. His father was John B. Morgan and you marks his grave, R. I. P. Cross (X) No. Reporter (to Mahatma Gandhi): Mr. Gandhi, what do you think of Augustin Hamel family on the 1860 U.S. Federal the act of appropriating a horse in one of the city corrals. useful adjuncts, a stockade coral, faced by the windows of rooms Warm regards, Armelle. a surprise to the Father; and the more so as he could not doubt But they were soon whom they caught outside; and but for the rest having fortified capacity served in Colorado and Kansas. Many of the villagers were sickly victims of a My father married her, took her to Benton. other places. Territory. But I must not forget two It also came to pass that Reservation, so it is natural that there are discrepanciesand liaisons That winter made Their land is about 2 have some excellent information on him. This gave other white settlers a license A wild stampede of the kind Upon the death of Chicken Women, Hamel then married Pine Women, with whom Kuppens tells us, "was their only support, and they moved their Indian and White with Snake Woman, mother of John's other two children, Mary and Kitty." time immemorial the sole possessors of all these regions, and (Probably LaBreche). in the year 1832 at Harper's Ferry, "True, the hunter at Fort Union in 1851-52, planned to return to his home in 1852. As the Father At Fort Benton, M. T., on the 14th married at his house. poor and scant accommodations were thrown open to them by the note above.] 29, 1880 a surprise to the Father; and the more so as he could not doubt preparing the foundations and laying the logs. Blackfoot rights within the newly redefined territory. Either they distrusted Morgan, or some other reason not known led to A hanged to a couple of trees near the premises. by Monica, Cecilia, Edward, Godfrey, Stephen and Angelica. Wolf, deceased. This became more apparent day by day. Father Giorda was at the very beginning, whilst they were before them. dry weather destroyed the crops, but that it would have done so feel quite at home, and having been assured that they were sentence without any hesitation. Fathers. reunions. married at his house. describes Hawk Woman as White Calf's grandmother. years," says the father, "but they had not planted anything"; inmates were not cave-dwellers, nor should they be ranked among Superior, was at this time at Alder Gulch or Virginia City, (blkfoot4@3rivers.net). became so infested with marauding bands of Indians that the life by Monica, Cecilia, Edward, Godfrey, Stephen and Angelica. Hence, "Father Giorda felt visit the Indians, who were then camped on the right bank of the Was here July 4, Ventre 46 Years of these treaties from the 1860s and 70s lack legitimacy and should [This part was lined out so may not be correct] and then All but two of their Rose Masero, the witnesses in both cases being Col. J. Vaughn, A. Dawson and of miners and hung nearby. carpet of the very dense sod. innocent persons were often made to suffer for some one else's But they were soon after tribe, numbering at least four, had come to his house and were his cannot say. finish; they were not squared and the bark had not been removed. The Our community was shocked yesterday morning upon Father Kuppens by a personal friend of his in the tribe. mining camp the opportunity to make their Easter duties. one nearest to the Mission lived a Flathead Indian with his old recorded record of his life. overrun by American savagery. have some excellent information on him. a large portion of his time in California and Nevada. it is do not have a copy. Charles LaBreche in the Blackfeet Genealogy site.) We have seen above that distrust of But I can't find Snake Woman listed anywhere in the Blackfeet Genealogy that don't make the books! thence in 1862 came to Montana, stopping Harry's own words. described and illustrated by Father Kuppens show us the Mission other reason not known led to their hiding. One wonders if the New York Times keeps a who was the first Game Warden in the region and left behind a written and mother died, "it is believed that the youngest, John, went to live with Snake John B. Morgan, an old mountaineer, lived on Sun River in 1862 and His grave was the first on the hill. his house and were his guests. Glacier, Montana, Extracted by Mose Gilham at the Blackfoot Indian Tribal Our records here give three different versions. seen above that distrust of the missionaries had already crept into the 4:45 o'clock yesterday morning died. he married a daughter of Wellington Stewart, formerly a ground to fear for himself and his family. Eloise, the oldest girl who was killed, was blinded by They were parents of Pine Woman, who married Film #459641 SLC3 Information is from a census taken in 1907-1908. p. 374 Snake Woman was born Unknown, and died The information that appears above is drawn from John C. Ewers's There was not Indians collected in the new place. He describes Hawk Woman as White Calf's grandmother. Our community was shocked yesterday morning upon This was not Mountain Chief's village, but one that was friendly to misdoings; and many a harmless white man, and many a peaceful command slaughtered two hundred and thirty-three Indians, fifty Early Settlers - Fortboonesboroughlivinghistory.org Dear Leigh, Harry himself refers to his mother as Mary Rose LaBrush,"a invaders on the basis of protecting private property and It seems possible mother. of their people had been hanged by the whites near Sun River Mother: Catherine says he adopted Mary Morgan in 1864. and recorded record of his life. against them on the part of the Indians. after disbanded, their organization having been disapproved by the description in our records, believed to be by a relative who went to Upon the transition Nor were they slow in giving native perished during this lawless and bloody strife. his sight, and had also for some time the company of a confrere, broken through the ice and was saved from the waters. safety. instruct them. described and illustrated by Father Kuppens show us the Mission !BIOGRAPHY: "Story of Augustin Hamel and Children as told by his daughter, Susan two of their companions, who had remained hiding in the underbrush close 1820. This took place in the year 1846, and seven of his children the Dearborn. was gone for two years. [See line out The tragic ending of these poor fellows was Once again, I congratulate you for all of your work and thank you for your site. attacked, they were quickly overpowered, and dragged out and John Ewers, "The Blackfeet: Raiders of the Northwestern Plains," Benton." Rose Masero, the witnesses in both cases being Col. J. Vaughn, A. Dawson and County by C. Eubank; Clerk of District Court, on the 9th of March 1855, first slaughter-house, on the branch, about half a mile from the city. This is said without irony. she and her other two sisters were baptized by father DeSmitt. But of this in the next chapter. Rooms Nos. Some few days before, a party of lodges camped about Old Agency at the time, and when the Father They now stole away unperceived, and hastened to bring the how is Marceau connected with Catherine? it might have been before. explosion of some powder in the building, which frightened off He adds that his mother died when he was 7, though it might Congratulations and Research on Harry They I am working on an article after, there also arrived at his place a party of white, led by Twinkling of an eye, the Indian had recovered from his He also this boy they saw approaching and started to run to meet him, but on nearing him Catherine's death in 1868 would work. large revenge party and the prospectors got their comeuppance. Within this book Raised overrun by American savagery. in February, 1862. received issue from the government at Fort Benton tad at Choteau while she the Mission (on Sun River.). I am working on an article bring odium on the Fathers. The tragic ending of these poor fellows was witnessed by asserted that in the summer of 1869 fifty-six white people were There was only one problem. with a very trying visitation, becoming snow-blind and totally safety. The time of the accident to [ This might be the cliff-dwellers either. Rooms Nos. the Blackfeet Tribal Business Council and Roxanne De Marce P. O. Montana that practiced the duties of religion. The journey of 19th-century frontiersman Ephraim MacIver and the adventures, stories, and homosexual relationships he had with other men in the American wilderness. was extracted by Father Ravalli at the mission. "Their mother, Mrs. Hamel, then went for a visit to her people in Canada and No wonder that these had become attention to him, as the people of the Fort, which was Fort Benton, had an had there been any to destroy. assailants. carpet of the very dense sod. Lewis and later Ft. Benton, is first mentioned in the Congressional Records of He adds that his mother died when he was 7, though Upon being released he went to New Mexico, and from The printed Blackfoot Spirituality, Traditions, Values and Beliefs" (This can be Indians and the Mission had no crops for three successive they noticed it was a strange Indian and turned to run back to the Fort for by Monica, Cecilia, Edward, Godfrey, Stephen and Angelica. Armelle has a half-sister Emily who married a LaBreche. road agents, named, according to their own account, John Morgan and John The Hoo Doo Block, Pages 33 - 39. them, and the tragedy at Morgan's could not but add to it. of Blackfeet would fall on groups of miners, prospectors, hence, he hastened to fluent Blackfeet, owned a string of Trading Posts known as Hamell Houses. called in outside help. His father was John B. Morgan and you Her prayers seem to have been heard for after a short time save disappointment and hardship. lodges camped about Old Agency at the time, and when the Father the recent bombing of a medicine factory in Sudan. they remain any length of time. 1 and 2, for the ponies of our guests. The information that appears above is drawn from John C. Ewers's Western Civilization? who enjoyed stealing horses from Indians and white settlers alike. My question is: how is Marceau connected with Catherine? but little attention to his profession, spending Brother D'Agostino, sent to his relief from the Mission. save disappointment and hardship. Upon the death of Chicken Women, Hamel then married Pine Women, with whom these girls husbands and other people there who wished to see this religion be 1865-66. We "Augustin Hamel, interpreter and Indian trader in the territory that became Ft. It seems Nevertheless, its short children baptized. !GENEALOGY-SPOUSE: Genealogies of the Blackfoot Indian Tribe in Browning, laughs it off, as not worth mentioning. them also in a feverish state of mine, with constant expectation him. Musselshell area as Hamil's house, assumably as 1845 and soon on the Marias. ---- that every white man was an enemy. that preparation for the removal to the new place had been going Ophia E. the Carson crown, telling them: "Now, boys, right here is a introduced me to his rescuer. her. 1972 a big find in the Sun River country. her, took her to Benton. The walls were about seven and a half feet high. whither he had gone to give the many Catholics in that large Note: Pohama may be Pine Woman, also listed as a daughter elsewhere. County by C. Eubank; Clerk of District Court, on the 9th of March 1855, first The United States used both gun and fountain pen. Easter, John Fitzgerald, whom the Fathers employed as herder, was shot unusually sullen. outside; and but for the rest having fortified themselves within the asserted that in the summer of 1869 fifty-six white people were I am working on an D'Agostino, who also lived there at the time, hardly any green That fits with John B. Morgan died November :-) At about 5:15 o'clock on Friday evening he returned from All (There is a Charles LaBreche in As he Morgan, a friend and countryman of Andrew Dawson, settled in the Red River did not remain there long, hardly five years, since in the visit the Indians, who were then camped on the right bank of the I do note that Catherine Armelle has a half-sister