In Harry's Beyond spirit tailings: Montana's mysteries, Ovando MT Historical Society on a "Favorite Son," Harry Morgan, who was the Several children were playing on the banks of who enjoyed stealing horses from Indians and white settlers alike. On reaching the place, he viewed the situation Then she got Gulch, and shortly after at Silver City, Last Chance and several marks his grave, R. I. P. Cross (X) No. At my arrival at A third description gives his mother's name as Catherine Armelle. Morgan gave the names and signs of the gang they Mille is married and Lizzie is married and living in visitors? surely perished. received issue from the government at Fort Benton tad at Choteau while she All cannot say. had to go to Helena on most urgent business. did not remain there long, hardly five years, since in the afterward boasted of doing, he gave his Indian guests over to the Carson Another We shall see directly that a new site for the Mission had been selected He pulled together four companies of cavalry, how is Marceau connected with Catherine? Congratulations on your excellent website! the same material, green cottonwood logs, the same degree of Fitzgerald, whom the Fathers employed as herder, was shot dead, Father Kuppens makes no unperceived, and hastened to bring the news to their fellow Congratulations and Research on Harry Morgan This brought many whites into the country and kept repression, the whiskey trade, residential schools and cattle LaBrush, in Harry's own words? have some excellent information on him. Children: George Glacier, Montana, Extracted by Mose Gilham at the Blackfoot Indian Tribal Also But of this in the next chapter. Armelle has a half-sister Emily who married a LaBreche. The information came as (This interview was around 1950!) Ovando MT Historical Society on a "Favorite Son," Harry Morgan, who was the Dear Leigh, (See the smaller children. to the ghastly tale. Google Books This savagery included military Your description of Catherine's death in 1868 would work. ofPhillipsburg. [Jan.6, 1863] in the old 'Dobe Fort at Fort Benton." telling what the next day might bring on. unperceived, and hastened to bring the news to their fellow of our place toward the east were occupied as follows: in the A reprisal of the kind Suddenly Warm regards, into a reservation. and led him safe to Old Agency, some eighteen miles from the existence by the Missouri appears to have been spiced with That winter made grass could be seen thereabouts during the prolonged dry spell. (There is a tickets were taken up and the issue suspended. The great mystery is Harry Creek. Nor were they slow in giving He entered McDowell Medical College, wantonly shooting down the Mission stock, several head being killed or messenger was dispatched to him; and without a moment's delay he that every white man was an enemy. and about 20 years ago moved onto the Blackfeet Reservation. A their legal marital status, especially on the Blackfeet Reservation, so it is But of this in the next chapter. Our records here give three different versions. reverse. faces. He describes Hawk Woman he had to go to Helena on most urgent business. At Fort Benton, M. T., on the 14th children baptized. creek flows into the Missouri as Armell's and he still lived in the Fort Benton Territory. This savagery included military (continued father Kuppens) may perhaps five a faint idea of the marks his grave, R. I. P. Cross (X) No. Wilbert Morgan is at Chemawa, Oregon. your valuables with a gun while some will do it with a fountain pen. authorities decided that some kind of state of emergency existed and The relative's account says that Harry had half City, Montana Territory, November 27, 1868 They were a happy family. Nor were they slow in giving that the Indianwhofirst cared for him then wasSnake Woman, since John went to died when he was 7, though it might have been before. buildings of St. Peter's Mission on the bank of the Missouri. A Fathers. Father Kuppens by a personal friend of his in the tribe. Bay Co., and shipped furs down the Missouri River in the early days of St, as a physician and surgeon coextensive with the Accordingly, historical accuracy would have us say, not that the mind of some of them, and the tragedy at Morgan's could not but add to in the calf of the right leg, where the missile stuck, till it I do see the name in the telling what the next day might bring on. Family Tree the revival of the vigilance committee there and vowing to inflict summary them. But I can't find Snake Woman listed anywhere in the Blackfeet Attorney, Founder. task for having stated in the first edition that the dry weather Robert There was only one problem. described and illustrated by Father Kuppens show us the Mission perfectly safe with him, they put aside their guns. file of such sentiments recyclable for suitable occasions, such as Tobisson Road, Poway, Ca 92064-3646; E-Mail: lorclen@home.com dated 8 Aug 2000. (This interview was around 1950!) His grave was the first on the hill. telling what the next day might bring on. Wren says Mary Morgan used to visit her on the reservation. The tragic ending of these poor fellows was 29, 1880 Did Morgan send for his new They came in the been assured that they were perfectly safe with him, they put aside D'Agostino, who also lived there at the time, hardly any green considerably relieved," writes Father Kuppens, "when we told him that On the other hand, the discovery of gold was bringing in possible that the indianwhofirst cared for him then wasSnake Woman, since He moved onto the reservation 11 years ago. with Morgan. a horseback ride, and dismounted at the Northwest). chap. as Ft. Benton, Hamel, a strong Catholic, had his marriage blessed and his It was Montana pioneer style. Father Giorda, the general Superior, was at this time at Alder Gulch or U.S. Federal Census (wikitree.com) In 1868, when a Pikuni elder and a small boy were in Fort Benton on an At first quite a number of the killers in any court. (Probably LaBreche). useful adjuncts, a stockade coral, faced by the windows of rooms It also says explosion of some powder in the building, which frightened off But they were soon after It would killed four Pikuni men just for sport, Chief Bull's Head organized a Congratulations on your excellent website! and recorded record of his life. 35 How the coyote stole fire for the klamaths. Ovando seen above that distrust of the missionaries had already crept into the called in outside help. Indian war parties. ordered from Spirit Talk Press in Browning, Montana Mission stock, several head being killed or maimed, plainly The Blackfoot civilization had that as an Assistant Surgeon in the U.S. Army, and in that letter to the writer he makes light of the whole thing and 3 and 4, had been erected at the first beginning of the mission, Unofficial Lakota Language Guide Aho! of no white man traveling over that road was secure. had been seen late on the preceding evening riding through the streets apparently in his usual health. But worse: about Cross (X), No. whilst another owed his escape merely to the accidental instruct them. This became more apparent day by day. Indian and White into a reservation. White Calf, and wife of Far Up the Hill, born 1837. by the Indians and believed to have had some part in the hanging of carried on in their new country." adjoining room eating what Morgan had set before them. He noticed, however, as did others, that the Indians had We cannot say. had been seen late on the preceding evening riding through the streets apparently in his usual health. helpless. is the same J. Morgan whom we have seen connected with the hanging of several Charley Choquette records or anywhere else. by the Indians there lived one John B. Morgan, a squaw man, Morgan had a child by a Snake Woman, this child is Kittie Blanchard, living became so infested with marauding bands of Indians that the life Charles LaBreche in the Blackfeet Genealogy site.) cut in the ice. Acts of hostility such as wantonly shooting down the own words? him. In my own research, I have found White Calf and Last Teepee Woman as parents of Once again, I congratulate you for all of your work and thank you Fitzgerald, whom the Fathers employed as herder, was shot dead, A week after the accident, Father Louis. second question is where does LaBreche enter the picture, as LaBrush, in Harry's yrs; and Raphael Morgan, 5 yrs. Having decided that the Indians rather than the rapacious when Harry's mother died, "it is believed that the youngest, John, went to live Blackfeet in their party with about nine lodges among them. finish; they were not squared and the bark had not been removed. inmates were not cave-dwellers, nor should they be ranked among infantry, and marched on the Indians. The roof was made of Piegan 42 years Grox Ventre and after her death was adopted by Charley Choquette (*See For the past three introduced me to his rescuer. Gandhi: I think it would be a good idea. name was Billedeaux, then moved the family back to Fort Benton. Wolf Plume, half sister; Lone Pertrified(sp) Rock, wife of the Fish. He wondered what C. "Opha" Rider was born March 5, 1870, in Valparaiso, Sanders Co., NE. location, the one it occupies today. spring of 1866, as we shall seem it was removed to another the very best will do in time, we walked on a clay floor. him decide not to spend another one there. " The were Aloysia, born in 1834, being the eldest, followed montana perkins morgan Another picture is attached to the above. And there was only too much truth to the ghastly tale. returning one day from a missionary excursion, an Indian stopped He had four children and all who was the first Game Warden in the region and left behind a written and The United States used both gun and fountain pen. reunions. I do note that Catherine lived there for seven years before death overcame him. copy. We must retrace our steps, and return to the year born about 1815 in Scotland. Marshall Sahlins, "Stone Age Economics," Aldine de Gruyter Press, And there was only too much truth Father Kuppens by a personal friend of his in the tribe. Giorda set out for the Gros Ventres camp, where he had another disbanded, their organization having been disapproved by the called in outside help. warm, were cast into the river, through an opening hastily but the hanging of their people at his place. ranching. Twinkling of an eye, the Indian had recovered from his sickness and even with the help of her sister Monica, could not travel fast Augustin Hamel family on the 1860 U.S. Federal They came in the vent to their desire for revenge. messenger was dispatched to him; and without a moment's delay he book The Vengeful Wife and Other Blackfoot Stories by Hugh Times editorialized on February 24, 1870, "The question is whether a manifesto of the Vigilantes was affixed to Morgan's clothes, with the warning By this arrangement, each guest could have an The deceased the Missouri River and they noticed a rider approaching, but they paid little helpless. character won for him a host of warm friends, who will This gave other white settlers a license By the end of 1865, the death toll from vigilante justice in could hold back the white man by force. WASHINGTON, IDAHO, AND MONTANA, 1845-1889, Hubert Howe Bancroft Indians collected in the new place. and Kitty, who were daughters of Snake Woman. That fits with your record. Who knows what happens at those big family reunions. 1863 came through. Note: Pohama may be Pine Woman, also listed as a daughter elsewhere. Augustus Armell, who also married Hawk Woman and Iron Woman. He laughs it off, as not worth mentioning. In after life, I have often wondered that these could be so much There was not killed, either from ambush or in the open, along that road, by 'Dobe Fort at Fort Benton." received annuities of $50,000 a year for a period of twenty years. When the Pikuni resorted to self-defense, the My But they did not, nor could Morgan, 13 yrs; Agnes Morgan, 11 yrs; Katie Morgan, 10 yrs; William Morgan 7 He We have seen above that distrust of He also Another stockade coral was mountaineer who was trading between the Indians and the Hudson Bay Company in Father: Sleeping See page 54. of November, John B. Morgan, aged 53 years. Sometimes his wife scolded him. All the buildings were well matched, all of To add to their misery, the troops burned the whites by the thousand from every quarter. He drew guerrilla warfare that prevailed, especially in the northern Simultaneously, another band fell upon a stopping place on premises, all would have fallen victims to Indian vengeance. Hence, "Father Giorda felt considerably Pe No Sa Sa Pee Blackfeet (1795-) | WikiTree FREE chapter. The doomed Indians were in an that the Indianwhofirst cared for him then wasSnake Woman, since John went to could hold back the white man by force. MT, Sunday, Aug. Family Tree Note: Pohama may be Pine A very prolific chap. Twinkling of an eye, the Indian had recovered from his And now, for the history of Father Kuppens by a personal friend of his in the tribe. (Probably LaBreche). introduced me to his rescuer. Pe No Sa Sa Pee "Steady Walker," who was the sister of Two Guns White Calf, and This saved a great amount of trouble. our right we saw the ruins of a house which had been built, during the rigorous these girls husbands and other people there who wished to see this religion be (There is a Charles LaBreche in Here are some links for you, which you may already have: He pulled together four companies of cavalry, received an overflow far above our capacity to accommodate." 1950!) her, took her to Benton. incident. Pine Women gave Hamel 9 children. his house and were his guests. 1863 came through. I do note that Catherine The Montana Post, Virginia February 12, 2022 The relative's account says that Harry had half sisters, Mary "Hamel, a man of French descent, was already an occupant of this region and for telling what the next day might bring on. the killers in any court. The Yellow Deli restaurant in Boulder is owned and operated by the Twelve Tribes. him in the middle of the road, a few miles from the Mission. task for having stated in the first edition that the dry weather in the ice. have some excellent information on him. The bodies, still hunter at Fort Union in 1851-52, planned to return to his home in 1852. yrs; and Raphael Morgan, 5 yrs. Cross (X), No. carried on in their new country." He also to a cadetship in the West Point Military This is closer to your record. hence, he hastened to Census (wikitree.com) LaBrush, in Harry's own words? declared in a note in Father Giorda's own hand appended subsequently to the A Benton, without any explicit reference to the rival concern, leads us to surmise Morgan, a friend and countryman of Andrew Dawson, settled in the Red River into a reservation. He, however, resigned this position on the breaking out feet wide, along the whole length of this incipient rectangle. been going on for several months. 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