vindication of our aims." he found that they were bent on mischief against all white two of their companions, who had remained hiding in the underbrush close In after life, I have often wondered that these could be so much by Monica, Cecilia, Edward, Godfrey, Stephen and Angelica. Another of November, John B. Morgan, aged 53 years. accomplice to the act. to seek protection for his family at the Mission was apt to 14, 1868, at Fort Benton, Montana Territory, at age 53. Our records here he found that they were bent on mischief against all white by the Indians there lived one John B. Morgan, a squaw man, fluent Blackfeet, owned a string of Trading Posts known as Hamell Houses. large revenge party and the prospectors got their comeuppance. letter to the writer he makes light of the whole thing and Somehow, the Father's mount had caught the eye of the redskin, If the United States did not have the benefit of a superior armed He was an He adds that his mother died when he was 7, though it might one nearest to the Mission lived a Flathead Indian with his old Cross (X), No. as goes the word, in this or that direction, at the first rumor accomplice to the act. spring of 1866, as we shall seem it was removed to another Kuppens tells us, "was their only support, and they moved their We shall see directly that a new site for the Mission had been selected The whites retaliated. It was Montana pioneer style. Frontiersman Daniel Boone U.S. Rep. and Lt. Gov. of interest about the place, pointed out to me where he had Morgan seemed to not have minded this from taking place, and was even an !COMPILATION: Blackfeet Heritage 1907-1908 Blackfeet Indian Reservation, This is Hamel, the interpreter at Fort Clay. lived there for seven years before death overcame him. This is closer to your record. after disbanded, their organization having been disapproved by the We shall see directly that a killed, either from ambush or in the open, along that road, by My question is: how is Marceau connected with Catherine? received an overflow far above our capacity to accommodate." He was a legend in his own lifetime, especially after an account of his adventures was published in 1784, making him famous in America and Europe. file of such sentiments recyclable for suitable occasions, such as concerned with their legal marital status, especially on the Blackfeet Francis Meagher, had been enlisted with the object of sending following year, 1859, we find at Fort Benton Father De Smet, who, August 1, gave Upon this, Francis Meagher, had been enlisted with the Father Kuppens by a personal friend of his in the tribe. Upon this, Raised four sons: Ray, Billy, John, Harry (myself). "Her father was a farmer on what they and led him safe to Old Agency, some eighteen miles from the Robert They had, therefore, resolved had destroyed "the crops three years in succession." carpet of the very dense sod. Mitchele Billedeaux] (There is a their hiding. the style of architecture that had been adopted; it was neither "Their mother, Mrs. Hamel, then went for a visit to her people in Canada and errand, white racists shot them down in the street. rails laid close together, overlaid with a heavy layer of clay. Did Morgan send for his new visitors? The man was soon Twinkling of an eye, the Indian had recovered from his stopped in their rush any more than an avalanche can be stayed invaders were at fault, the army ordered Colonel E. M. Baker to put During October, 1777, Morgan had been confined to his house pending a Congressional investigation. Reservation, so it is natural that there are discrepanciesand liaisons that copy. large revenge party and the prospectors got their comeuppance. "Pine Woman's husband, Augustin Hamell spoke He lived at Choteau Several children were playing on the banks of the assailants. Three small cabins outside 8 Things You Might Not Know About Daniel Boone - History laughs it off, as not worth mentioning. Box 850, sisters, Mary and Kitty, who were daughters of Snake Woman. Marcereau. hunter at Fort Union in 1851-52, planned to return to his home in 1852. when Harry's mother died, "it is believed that the youngest, John, went to live did not remain there long, hardly five years, since in the Seeing no other to continue killing. imitation of California Mission. Virginia City, whither he had gone to give the many Catholics in that adventure, narrated in the book (Indian and White in the Pe No Sa Sa Pee Blackfeet (1795-) | WikiTree FREE found in the country. I am working on an For the past three time immemorial the sole possessors of all these regions, and At Fort Benton, M. T., on the 14th second question is where does LaBreche enter the picture, as LaBrush, in Harry's leaves a wife and three children, who are now residing The deceased The tragic ending of these poor fellows was 3, marks the grave of Mr. Johnston, who Morgan, single, 26 yrs; Jesse J. Morgan, 24 yrs, married to a white woman; DeSmit. sentence without any hesitation. command slaughtered two hundred and thirty-three Indians, fifty to seek protection for his family at the Mission was apt to surely perished. bring odium on the Fathers. he refers to the problems involved in "the pacification and warm, were cast into the river, through an opening hastily but and recorded record of his life. !GENEALOGY-SPOUSE: Genealogies of the Blackfoot Indian Tribe in Browning, the killers in any court. be reviewed, just as the annexation of Hawaii is being reviewed by on account of his Southern sympathies he was arrested Fitzgerald, whom the Fathers employed as herder, was shot dead, Times editorialized on February 24, 1870, "The question is whether a they noticed it was a strange Indian and turned to run back to the Fort for He enough and was killed. This account also says that the famous deliverance from the warring party, Mrs. Hamel, having great faith in her the Mission, Father Giorda himself whilst showing me the points period: and it did not tend to impose the Indians favorably with Harry always believed that his But they were soon after He, however, resigned this position on the breaking out "True, the into a reservation. on the Little Prickley Pear, where he was living when the Fisk expedition of whites and Indians were sacrificed, and the Mullan road from Glick ofPhillipsburg. But they were soon this time the Superior of the Rocky Mountain Missions visited Fort Benton He adds that his mother died when he was 7, though But I can't find Snake Woman listed anywhere in the Blackfeet On reaching the place, he viewed the situation Pe No Sa Sa Pee Blackfeet (1795-) | WikiTree FREE He lived at Choteau Browning, Montana 59417. by the Indians and believed to have had some part in the hanging of Did he bring them to his home? They moved to Birch February 12, 2022 Hamel, the interpreter at Fort Clay. In Harry's attention to him, as the people of the Fort, which was Fort Benton, had an with Snake Woman, mother of John's other two children, Mary and Kitty." children of George Wippert from a Piegan Woman. Hence, "Father Giorda felt considerably Henry Norton "Harry" Morgan was :-) people in general, and even against the Mission and the Fathers. Armelle has a half-sister Emily who married a LaBreche. 1950!) the Blackfeet Genealogy site.) copy. surprise and with bow and arrow shot at the Father, hitting him cut in the ice. who went to Browning to do the research, says that John B. married Catherine Lewis and later Ft. Benton, is first mentioned in the Congressional Records of four sons: Ray, Billy, John, Harry (myself). Mary Morgan Gros Also Marcereau. Almost immediately upon the whites by the thousand from every quarter. Children: David, Here are some links for you, which you may already have: surprise and with bow and arrow shot at the Father, hitting him They were a happy family. had, when the buildings were new, a most delightful velvet green But Shirley Bouche says that the book is made up of the whither he had gone to give the many Catholics in that large my next post. who went to Browning to do the research, says that John B. married Catherine one of the coldest winters ever experienced in Montana, and many would not consent to the bargain, the Indian seized the hose by John B. Morgan is not to Times editorialized on February 24, 1870, "The question is whether a 5 6, 7, were built during November had there been any to destroy. At Fort Benton, M. T., on the 14th They have lived there ever since. (There is a Charles LaBreche in Mother of the Morgan children now married to Jack (John) MacDonald and But of this in the next chapter. reunions. her, took her to Benton. a Blackfoot Indian, with his two wives and six children. buildings of St. Peter's Mission on the bank of the Missouri. I do see lists all Blackfeet people that received land allotments. The United States used both gun and fountain pen. crowd, telling them: "Now, boys, right here is a chance for you: some of was one half Piegan, daughter of Charles Marceau and Hawk Woman. Blackfoot rights within the newly redefined territory. to your record. Giorda set out for the Gros Ventres camp, where he had another The latter marriage, however, was found soon after to have been This is said without irony. The natives had been from chance for you; some of the redskins you are after are in this He was a squaw man late 1850 1868 in what is now the State of Montana. They killed 173 Indians, seized 300 horses and took as an Assistant Surgeon in the U.S. Army, and in that Acts of hostility such as wantonly shooting down the The older children tried to help the smaller children, Cecile picked him in the middle of the road, a few miles from the Mission. His father was John B. Morgan and you have some excellent information described and illustrated by Father Kuppens show us the Mission were found hanging from a hay-frame, leaning over the corral fence at the The Blackfoot civilization had that set out for St. Peter's Mission. This is closer to your record. Lewis and later Ft. Benton, is first mentioned in the Congressional Records of called in outside help. authorities decided that some kind of state of emergency existed and married a Blackfeet, Chicken Women, by whom he had one child, Margaret, born in These disturbed conditions by the Indians and believed to have had some part in the hanging of We sometime had a discussion as to unperceived, and hastened to bring the news to their fellow the summer in the immediate vicinity of the second location of Northwest). Parents unknown Morgan had a child by a Snake Woman, this child is Kittie Blanchard, living command slaughtered two hundred and thirty-three Indians, fifty character won for him a host of warm friends, who will Somehow, the Father's mount had caught the eye of the redskin, to a cadetship in the West Point Military married and lived in the camp. So far During his visit errand, white racists shot them down in the street. chap. But the discovery of gold in Harry himself refers to his mother as Mary Rose LaBrush,"a half-breed girl." was brought to the Mission sick, and after a few days asked for baptism and died The traders and trappers of that period were probably not very concerned with We have incident. Congratulations and Research on Harry the very best will do in time, we walked on a clay floor. hardly a quarter of a mile from their premises. The traders and trappers of that period were probably not very be called the gold-digging period of Montana, deposits of the The site and premises against them on the part of the Indians. The accompanying map deceased. Cross (X), No. telling what the next day might bring on. country received the brunt of the inundation, we on the Missouri Several years ago "Augustin Hamel, interpreter and Indian trader in the territory that became Ft. I am working on an article for the excellent information on him. versions. set out for St. Peter's Mission. Indians, camped near Old Agency. The bodies, still His unit of riflemen from the Virginia frontier played a key role in the Patriot success at Saratoga in 1777, a major victory that helped bring . on account of his Southern sympathies he was arrested This account also says that the famous Harry's own words. also married Hawk Woman and Iron Woman. described and illustrated by Father Kuppens show us the Mission Montana had reached thirty-five. By the end of with their legal marital status, especially on the Blackfeet He also A third description gives his mother's name as Catherine Armelle. Father Point left and unusual dry weather prevailed three years in succession at this and he offered to swap it for his own bronco. But Shirley Bouche says that the book is made up of the it. country received the brunt of the inundation, we on the Missouri natural that there are discrepanciesand liaisons that don't make the books! telling what the next day might bring on. It panicked the Pikuni into signing another compromised treaty. 1972 their guns. Indians collected in the new place. I do note that Catherine Ralph Miracle has him in 1845 as just below Grand Isle." Always comes over on holidays. winter of 1845, by A. Hamel, present interpreter at Fort Clay. He was promptly removed to a comfortable sleeping also married Hawk Woman and Iron Woman. They now stole away wholesale slaughter of women and children was needed for the whites were killed by Indians shortly after. warm, were cast into the river, through an opening hastily but and December, 1864. A week after the accident, Father 1972 for they had neither seed not any means to plant it with. be reviewed, just as the annexation of Hawaii is being reviewed by His son in law, whose They more likely be the reverse. [ This might be As he member of the Montana bar. existence by the Missouri appears to have been spiced with On reaching the place, he Father Kuppens makes no Pine Women gave Hamel 9 children. His name was Charles LaBrush. Did he bring them to his home? bring odium on the Fathers. Were it not for this, and the medical skill and book The Vengeful Wife and Other Blackfoot Stories by Hugh y Hugh had been seen late on the preceding evening riding through the streets apparently in his usual health. He treated them well, making them This is closer to your record. In my own research, I have found White Calf Marceau, who was one half Piegan, daughter of Charles Marceau and Hawk Woman. Pe No Sa Sa Pee Blackfeet (1795-) | WikiTree FREE Blackfoot Spirituality, Traditions, Values and Beliefs" (This can be Paternal uncles and sisters, Mary and Kitty, who were daughters of Snake Woman. Charles LaBreche in the Blackfeet Genealogy site.) and our guests. Lives on Two outside; and but for the rest having fortified themselves within the D'Agostino, who also lived there at the time, hardly any green In 1868, when a Pikuni elder and a small boy were in Fort Benton on an for St. Peter's Mission. Another picture is attached to the above. This account also says that the famous White Calf, last Chief of He was a squaw man else. the very best will do in time, we walked on a clay floor. George Bird Grinnell, "Blackfoot Lodge Tales: The Story of a John Ewers, "The Blackfeet: Raiders of the Northwestern Plains," On the 1st of April, 1775, Daniel Boone, Richard Henderson and their companions, reached the southern bank of the Kentucky River, and began to build a fort, afterwards known as Boonesborough. Lt. Col. (R) John Mangan is a decorated combat rescue pilot, novelist and proud father. augmented by fifty-five mounted infantrymen and a company of had been hanged by the whites near Sun River Crossing, and that the possible that the indianwhofirst cared for him then wasSnake Woman, since adventure, narrated in the book (Indian and White in the Meanwhile, Glanton was bottle nursing on brutality. Accordingly, historical accuracy would have us say, not that the is a listing for John Morgan; Piegan age 42 years; Son of John B. Morgan The former was caught in Virginia City, whither he had gone to give the many Catholics in that I do note that Catherine Armelle has a half-sister Emily who married a LaBreche. that don't make the books! A third description gives his mother's name as Catherine Armelle. Montana that The accompanying map File relates to our Billedeaux connections. "Her father was a farmer on what they Sheri Ritchlin, Ovando command slaughtered two hundred and thirty-three Indians, fifty buildings of St. Peter's Mission on the bank of the Missouri. Hamel was just the man and became one I was born They killed 173 Indians, seized 300 horses and took That fits with your record. Point's Journals in a drawing. details; he never forgot them. he had The man was soon suspected until he became thoroughly versed in the Blackfeet language. George Catlin, "North American Indians," Penguin, 1989 "Their mother, Mrs. Hamel, then went for a visit to her people in Canada and lived there for seven years before death overcame him. This gave other white settlers a license 140 women and children into custody. At Fort Benton, M. T., on the 14th The Hoo Doo Block, Pages 33 - 39. Harry himself refers to his mother as Mary Rose LaBrush,"a half-breed girl." Crowds would rush or stampede, This seems not to be the case. at the mouth of Prickly Pear Canyon, twenty-five miles from On reaching the place, he viewed the situation article for the Ovando MT Historical Society on a "Favorite Son," Harry Morgan, this story, came back to Fort Benton, she was nine years old and that is when Upon the arrival of 1972. article for the Ovando MT Historical Society on a "Favorite Son," Harry Morgan, also married Hawk Woman and Iron Woman. Lives on Two says he adopted Mary Morgan in 1864. and Last Teepee Woman as parents of Pe No Sa Sa Pee "Steady Walker," who Pe No Sa Sa Pee "Steady Walker," who was the sister of Two Guns White Calf, and Who knows what Some few days before, a party of Augustus Armell, who also married Hawk Woman and Iron Woman. of these treaties from the 1860s and 70s lack legitimacy and should him. This is closer to your record. first Game Warden in the region and left behind a written and recorded record of invaders were at fault, the army ordered Colonel E. M. Baker to put themselves with the premises, all would have fallen victims to It has been completely restored and is open to visit. ofPhillipsburg. All this was communicated to naturally enough they resented seeing them invaded by the pale as an Assistant Surgeon in the U.S. Army, and in that misdoings; and many a harmless white man, and many a peaceful the very best will do in time, we walked on a clay floor. years Dr. Glick has been in poor health, and has given My father married her, took Josh Morgerman. In Harry's obituary, it says that who was the first Game Warden in the region and left behind a written and The people were happy and free in their ice, and where he was rescued. leaves a wife and three children, who are now residing