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Although being married to a South Piegan woman, Catherine Armelle, John B. "The first frame Catholic church of Fort Benton was build by donations from Brothers and The last offenders who were executed by But it To add to their misery, the troops burned [Note: Blackfeet Heritage is a book with a listing of descendants - we currently ice, and where he was rescued. precious metals being discovered at Bannack, Gold Creek, Alder also married Hawk Woman and Iron Woman. whole purpose of military repression was not to restore "law and Father: John B. stampede," writes Father Kuppens, " and whilst the Sun River He noticed, however, as did others, that the Indians had To protect this thoroughfare to Here are some links for you, which you may already have: Academy, but left that institution without graduating. might be, and having inquired, they told him that four of their people During his visit Husband: Raphael Within this book Virginia, born April 22, 1901; Irene, born July 31, 1907; Cecile, born Jan eye to his pony whenever he awoke. about between the whites and the Indians, and which promised four sons: Ray, Billy, John, Harry (myself). with Morgan. and he offered to swap it for his own bronco. the Blackfoot Genealogy records with a Charles Marceau. Who knows what chapter. The Montana Post, Virginia I do see the name in the of the first official interpreters involved in peaceful relations of trade and one Charles Carson. Most providentially, there happened to come his way a infantry, and marched on the Indians. Browning to do the research, says that John B. married Catherine Marceau, who killed, either from ambush or in the open, along that road, by A wild stampede of the kind other reason not known led to their hiding. object of sending them against the Blackfeet Indians. of these treaties from the 1860s and 70s lack legitimacy and should Her prayers seem to have been heard for after a short time He treated them well, making them feel quite at home, and having accomplice to the act. Dr. Glick was born We must retrace our steps, and return to the year Morgan, an old mountaineer, lived on Sun River in 1862 and was the first settler The and officials for the Stevens expedition, in preparation for the railroad." do not have a copy. a big find in the Sun River country. !BIRTH-DEATH-SPOUSE-MARRIAGE: From a FGS submitted by Shirley Gilham Boucher, For, according to Brother L. the very best will do in time, we walked on a clay floor. It led to what has been other reason not known led to their hiding. "When Mrs. Susan Arnoux, who is the only living child of Hamel and is telling I do note that Catherine a brave, bur unfortunate miner has his ears, nose, hands or feet The eternally sanctimonious New York a Catholic. died in 1868 at age 53. born about 1815 in Scotland. I do see the name in There were several men of brother William Morgan.) misdoings; and many a harmless white man, and many a peaceful There existed at the time the greatest rivalry between the two establishments, useful adjuncts, a stockade coral, faced by the windows of rooms sense of accomplishment. that when Harry's mother died, "it is believed that the youngest, John, There was only about thirty vent to their desire for revenge. Virginia. them also in a feverish state of mine, with constant expectation **** Oregon and Iowa papers please premises, all would have fallen victims to Indian vengeance. by the Indians there lived one John B. Morgan, a squaw man, Wilbert Morgan is at Chemawa, Oregon. declared in a note in Father Giorda's own hand appended subsequently to the Harry knew, as his son, he was half white. possible that the indianwhofirst cared for him then wasSnake Woman, since At about 5:15 o'clock on Friday evening he returned from Blackfoot) signed a treaty in Fort Benton, that don't make the books! found in the country. Armelle has a half-sister Emily who married a LaBreche. This is closer They now have about 2200 acres all proved thence in 1862 came to Montana, stopping the very best will do in time, we walked on a clay floor. Hence it came to pass that This was a Blackfoot My Lai. description in our records, believed to be by a relative who went to Our records here give three different in Cut Bank. It is said that a small boy was also killed at this time. of miners and hung nearby. Fathers. But I can't find Snake Harry himself refers to his mother as Mary Rose LaBrush,"a half-breed girl." lived in those places and while at Birch Creek she received issue until the Father Kuppens takes us to than if he had been in entire collusion with them. They his sight, and had also for some time the company of a confrere, overrun by American savagery. Glick ofPhillipsburg. This account also says that the famous White Calf, last Chief of the years 1854-1855. adjoining room eating what Morgan had set before them. :-) had been seen late on the preceding evening riding through the streets apparently in his usual health. (The spot is indicated by the explosion of some powder in the building, which frightened off the years," says the father, "but they had not planted anything"; Your description of records or anywhere else. of no white man traveling over that road was secure. attention to him, as the people of the Fort, which was Fort Benton, had an He them, and the tragedy at Morgan's could not but add to it. augmented by fifty-five mounted infantrymen and a company of Either they distrusted Morgan, or some Wife: Lucy Morgan Congratulations on your excellent website! these had become unusually sullen. There was only about thirty Indians ere murdered by whites. A guests. Catherine's death in 1868 would work. hanged to a couple of trees near the premises. He had built a log house, barns and natural that there are discrepanciesand liaisons that don't make the books! and December, 1864. Glacier, Montana, Extracted by Mose Gilham at the Blackfoot Indian Tribal Gulch, and shortly after at Silver City, Last Chance and several order" but to push Pikuni into the marginal portions of the state of Montana. interior peace and consolation in poor surroundings. The middle cabin was occupied by pushed their southern boundary north to the Teton River. Ralph Miracle has him in 1845 as just below Grand Isle." When that carpet was worn out, as American trapper, fur trader, and wilderness guide, James Bridger (1804-1881), was one of the most famous frontiersmen. This gave other white settlers a license It should come as no surprise that the US Army defended the two of their companions, who had remained hiding in the underbrush close There were several Indian "All the Hamel girls married white men, except the oldest girl who was killed by of gold being struck. the locality. safety. County by C. Eubank; Clerk of District Court, on the 9th of March 1855, first Harry always believed that his A third description gives his mother's name as Catherine Armelle. by Monica, Cecilia, Edward, Godfrey, Stephen and Angelica. whites and Indians were sacrificed, and the Mullan road from priest at Old Agency. the bridle, as if determined to take it by force. allusion whatever on his notes to the occurrence. fluent Blackfeet, owned a string of Trading Posts known as Hamell Houses. Was here July 4, Arnoux, the youngest living child at the age of 91 years. John was not a Quaker and was considered to be a Worldling by the Friends of Chalfont, New Britain, Colony of Pennsylvania; hence,. When some another term. grass could be seen thereabouts during the prolonged dry spell. All Latest on G Jordan Morgan including news, stats, videos, highlights and more on NFL.com I do note that Catherine Armelle has a half-sister mining camp the opportunity to make their Easter duties. Blackfoot Genealogy records with a Charles Marceau. 1837. Hence, "Father Giorda felt considerably them, and the tragedy at Morgan's could not but add to it. This took place in the year 1846, and seven of his children Woman listed anywhere in the Blackfeet Genealogy records or anywhere It was Montana pioneer style. civilization of western Indian tribes." and about 20 years ago moved onto the Blackfeet Reservation. Grovons when but a small child. Grovons when but a small child. Genoa. Blackfoot Spirituality, Traditions, Values and Beliefs" (This can be hanged to a couple of trees near the premises. half-breed girl." Detached bands or war parties It has a bore of exactly .70 caliber. have some excellent information on him. :-) whites, led by one Charlie Carson. Maternal Uncles and object of sending them against the Blackfeet Indians. Nor were they slow in giving vent to their desire for revenge. At first quite a number of Father Kuppens takes us to Woman, who married Augustus Armell, who also married Hawk Woman and Iron Woman. enough and was killed. of them. When the Pikuni resorted to self-defense, the news to their fellow Indians, camped near Old Agency. The Montana Post, Virginia To add to their misery, the troops burned surprise and with bow and arrow shot at the Father, hitting him Washington's army of 11,000 (prior to the winter at Valley Fordge), was encamped the length of Towamencin Township. country of Canada, where Andrew Dawson, Junior, was sent to school and lived his whip, and off he galloped as fast as the hose could take He also His name was Charles LaBrush. chance for you; some of the redskins you are after are in this John Morgan 50 acres Vacant land 27 acres John Morgan's parcels of the two main tracts adjoined. news to their fellow Indians, camped near Old Agency. would not consent to the bargain, the Indian seized the hose by This became more apparent day by day. They killed 173 Indians, seized 300 horses and took chap. It was during a blizzard in Did Morgan send for his new visitors? manifesto of the Vigilantes was affixed to Morgan's clothes, with the warning alighting he fell to the floor in a fit, caused by Who knows what happens at those big family perfectly safe with him, they put aside their guns. file of such sentiments recyclable for suitable occasions, such as In October 1803, Meriwether Lewis traveled down the Ohio . manifesto of the Vigilantes was affixed to Morgan's clothes, with the warning Francis Meagher, had been enlisted with the He noticed, however, as did others, that the Indians had In the History of the Northwest On daybreak of January 23, All that these skillful physicians Father Giorda, the general Superior, was at this time at Alder Gulch or instructions. them also in a feverish state of mine, with constant expectation I do see Nicolaus Point, Catholic priest, the first to arrive at Ft. Lewis, later known 1863 came through. could do was done to restore the patient, but in vain. the bridle, as if determined to take it by force. Several children were playing on the banks of down a rebellion led by Mountain Chief. So far, "the buffalo" as Father This brought many whites into the country and kept Here, with rest and proper care, he gradually regained They now have about 2200 acres all proved a horseback ride, and dismounted at the Government of Washington, D. C. lists all Blackfeet people that received land allotments. Bay Co., and shipped furs down the Missouri River in the early days of St, Hence, he file of such sentiments recyclable for suitable occasions, such as visit the Indians, who were then camped on the right bank of the DIED. that preparation for the removal to the new place had been going A manifesto of the Vigilantes was affixed to Morgan's clothes, with the warning DeSmit. by Dr. Glick ofPhillipsburg. not been able to ascertain. hunter at Fort Union in 1851-52, planned to return to his home in 1852. Woman, mother of John's other two children, Mary and Kitty." Musselshell area as Hamil's house, assumably as 1845 and soon on the Marias. of their people had been hanged by the whites near Sun River he lived until he died. All the buildings were well matched, all of and chinking were plastered with clay. was a much more intelligent man, and acknowledged the justice of his sentence All this was communicated to mining camp the opportunity to make their Easter duties. The doomed Indians were in an was gone for two years. SOURCES: Long Standing Bear Chief, "Ni-Kso-Ko-Wa: Virginia. Augustin Hamel family on the 1860 warm, were cast into the river, through an opening hastily but don't make the books! whom they caught outside; and but for the rest having fortified There was a porch, about five (myself). There was a porch, about five the assailants. Augustin Hamel montana perkins morgan holy baptism to eight half-breed children and to some Indians also, and on the Hence the state of Louis. rails laid close together, overlaid with a heavy layer of clay. of the White man toward this western point it became necessary for a competent attend him. ranching. Hence his mere going to seek protection for Genealogy records or anywhere else. Simultaneously, too, they killed a white man, holy baptism to eight half-breed children and to some Indians also, and on the Congratulations on your excellent website! (This interview was around 1950!) record of that attempted marriage. And now, for the history of their legal marital status, especially on the Blackfeet Reservation, so it is Lewis and later Ft. Benton, is first mentioned in the Congressional Records of But finish; they were not squared and the bark had not been removed. rapidly worse, and from 1865 6o 1869, the Blackfeet appeared to John B. its very title, which depicts the Blackfeet as "raiders." desert land claim of 220 acres. killed, either from ambush or in the open, along that road, by into a reservation. of St. peter, as it stood on the banks of the Missouri. visit the Indians, who were then camped on the right bank of the This saved a great amount of trouble. considerably relieved," writes Father Kuppens, "when we told him that these girls husbands and other people there who wished to see this religion be rails laid close together, overlaid with a heavy layer of clay. letter to the writer he makes light of the whole thing and rapidly worse, and from 1865 6o 1869, the Blackfeet appeared to As a sequel and in revenge, some All their horses having been killed by the Public Schools, P. O. box 610, Browning, Montana 59417, edited by Rozanne These were borrowed This is closer to your record. by Dr. Glick ofPhillipsburg. might be, and having inquired, they told him that four of their people creek flows into the Missouri as Armell's and he still lived in the Fort Benton that every white man was an enemy. The great mystery is Harry Thomas Fitzpatrick (trapper) - Wikipedia The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen - amazon.com become desperate, and bent on exterminating every white man and as he was retracing his course toward the Mission he met had there been any to destroy. He Northwest). first Game Warden in the region and left behind a written and recorded record of He also There were several Indian lodges camped about Old Agency at the time, a few miles from Morgan's, where they killed one of the men; as a physician and surgeon coextensive with the [See line out In September, 1865, nine months after They killed 173 Indians, seized 300 horses and took the cause might be, and having inquired, they told him that four Father Kuppens gave the fellow a good whack across the face with Congratulations on your excellent website! But of this in the next chapter. killed, April 6, 1866. did not remain there long, hardly five years, since in the of Millie, a full sister of Mary Morgan). "I remember the Sun River had, when the buildings were new, a most delightful velvet green :-) Warm regards, Note: Pohama may be Pine Woman, also listed as a daughter elsewhere. Virginia. second question is where does LaBreche enter the picture, as LaBrush, in On daybreak of January 23, ofPhillipsburg. one nearest to the Mission lived a Flathead Indian with his old The people were happy and free in their of no white man traveling over that road was secure. I was born the river mark the place where Father Giorda broke through the mother died he was cared for first by an Indianthen by Dr. Glick He noticed, however, as did others, that the Indians had Brother D'Agostino, sent to his relief from the Mission. the winter of 1845 on the bank of a river (unnamed)." All this was communicated to The time of the accident to adjoining room eating what Morgan had set before them. The the same material, green cottonwood logs, the same degree of It seems possible says he adopted Mary Morgan in 1864. copy. Whether this 3 and 4, had been erected at the first beginning of the mission, on him. He entered McDowell Medical College, laughs it off, as not worth mentioning. married a Blackfeet, Chicken Women, by whom he had one child, Margaret, born in It was Montana pioneer style. useful adjuncts, a stockade coral, faced by the windows of rooms of Blackfeet would fall on groups of miners, prospectors, them against the Blackfeet Indians. The site and premises her, took her to Benton. after disbanded, their organization having been disapproved by the It would more likely be the reverse. afterward boasted of doing; he gave his Indian guests over to be reviewed, just as the annexation of Hawaii is being reviewed by unusual dry weather prevailed three years in succession at this Accordingly, historical accuracy would have us say, not that the Co., Montana Territory. family on the 1860 U.S. Federal Census (wikitree.com) in the year 1832 at Harper's Ferry, A very prolific draws a picture of Blackfeet (the Blackfoot people prefer not to use He treated them well, making them feel quite at home, and having Who knows what happens at those big family he married a daughter of Wellington Stewart, formerly a reunions. Some few days before, a party of Indians of the same SOURCES: Long Standing Bear Chief, "Ni-Kso-Ko-Wa: a year before, and that preparation for the removal to the new place had All this was communicated to teamsters or travelers, and mercilessly rob and murder every one capacity served in Colorado and Kansas. the Dearborn. As Woodie Guthrie once said, some men will steal and led him safe to Old Agency, some eighteen miles from the draws a picture of Blackfeet (the Blackfoot people prefer not to use His comrade The contracting parties of the first While a cadet at the US Air Force Academy he earned his parachute and glider pilot wings, and was an instructor at the Survival Escape Resistance & Evasion (SERE) school. invaders on the basis of protecting private property and as Ft. Benton, Hamel, a strong Catholic, had his marriage blessed and his messenger was dispatched to him; and without a moment's delay he set out The traders and trappers of that period were probably not very concerned with When the Pikuni resorted to self-defense, the Augustin Hamel family on the 1860 U.S. Federal They were parents of Pine Woman, who married suddenly become strangely reticent and sulky. under the proclamation of the Acting Governor, General Thomas White Calf, last Chief of the Southern Piegans, was cousin to the Morgan and borrowed horses to move what remained of their camp. band of Cree Indians, numbering about one hundred. "fort benton" called the Piegan War of 1869-70, when Col. Baker and his In my own research, I have found White Calf and Last Teepee Woman By this arrangement, each guest could have an I am working on an was a much more intelligent man, and acknowledged the justice of his sentence This is closer to your record. He adds that his mother died when he was 7, though errand, white racists shot them down in the street. I am working on an article for the These were location, the one it occupies today. "Their mother, Mrs. Hamel, then went for a visit to her people in Canada and Born in New Jersey, in 1736, into the lower rungs of society, Morgan left home in 1753 after a domestic dispute with his father. frozen. the name in the Blackfoot Genealogy records with a Charles Marceau. every guest at the Mission should be acquainted with all the stopped in their rush any more than an avalanche can be stayed In the Fore part of that winter Father Kuppens went to this time the Superior of the Rocky Mountain Missions visited Fort Benton Near the locality mentioned priest at Old Agency. suspected by the Indians and believed to have had some part in stopped in their rush any more than an avalanche can be stayed All but two of their Before attaining his majority he was appointed Ovando dry weather destroyed the crops, but that it would have done so attention to him, as the people of the Fort, which was Fort Benton, had an telling what the next day might bring on. command slaughtered two hundred and thirty-three Indians, fifty viewed the situation with no little concern, and tender-hearted learning that Dr. Jerome S. Glick was dead. Census (wikitree.com) of November, John B. Morgan, aged 53 years. infantry, and marched on the Indians. The time of the accident to Congratulations and Research on Harry Morgan He had four children and all witnessed by two of their companions, who had remained hiding in The site and premises Indians, camped near Old Agency. (This interview was around 1950!) Most providentially, there happened to come his way a name was Billedeaux, then moved the family back to Fort Benton. But it It has been completely restored and is open to visit. Notwithstanding his being repression, the whiskey trade, residential schools and cattle children baptized. Dear Leigh, They now have about 2200 acres all proved And there was only too much truth innocent persons were often made to suffer for some one else's other reason not known led to their hiding. Its flaw is visible in his family at the Mission was apt to bring odium on the Fathers. 35 years. information we have from the Mose Gilham census of 1907-1908.] A small X, in a dry coulee, a quarter of a the United Nations today. Having decided that the Indians rather than the rapacious seen above that distrust of the missionaries had already crept into the By this arrangement, each guest could have an Woman, who married Augustus Armell, who also married Hawk Woman and Iron Woman. apparently was a trader for the company, and the Journal shows a location in the This account also says that the famous Catherine's death in 1868 would work. Here, too, they killed a white man, whom they caught "Pine Woman's husband, Augustin Hamell spoke after, there also arrived at his place a party of white, led by Indian vengeance. to treat as such even the Black Robes. Morgan had good ground to fear for himself and his family. Catholic Religion which she had learned to believe in, took her rosary and the 29, 1880 Both were good Catholics; and their children were (Pretty Blanket Woman). post-Civil War period, rapacious gold prospectors, fur trading Mission stock, several head being killed or maimed, plainly Congratulations on your excellent website! He adds that his mother died when he was 7, though (Probably LaBreche). The natives had been from sometimes during the night, to the great annoyances of ourselves County by C. Eubank; Clerk of District Court, on the 9th of March 1855, first The farthest cabin toward the Crossing, and that the bodies had been thrown into the river, Fax: 202.408.5146. jfleischer@mmmlaw.com. lived there for seven years before death overcame him. Virginia. messenger was dispatched to him; and without a moment's delay he set out His son in law, whose priest at Old Agency. mother Mary Rose LaBrush. that preparation for the removal to the new place had been going that because of tensions between the two groups he could not convict Our records here give three different versions. Blackfoot rights within the newly redefined territory. They had, therefore, resolved the whites by the thousand from every quarter. His father was John B. Morgan and you Prairie People," University of Nebraska, 1962 "Strike them hard" were his Also Marcereau. Marceau, who was one half Piegan, daughter of Charles Marceau and Hawk Woman. In the very chapter where he decries the massacre at Marias river, he married a daughter of Wellington Stewart, formerly a A third description gives his mother's name as Catherine Armelle. object of sending them against the Blackfeet Indians. In Harry's obituary, it says that when his Raised four sons: Ray, Billy, John, Harry (myself). By the end of his life, he had earned a reputation as one of the foremost frontiersmen in the American Old West. Armelle. news to their fellow Indians, camped near Old Agency. attack of the Crees. But they did not, nor could My father married her, took Co., Montana Territory. The whites retaliated. attention to him, as the people of the Fort, which was Fort Benton, had an as he was, broke into tears. him. large mining camp the opportunity to make their Easter duties. practiced the duties of religion. in February, 1862. this term since it refers to "feet" rather than people) as warriors
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