the name in the Blackfoot Genealogy records with a Charles Marceau. Having decided that the Indians rather than the rapacious It panicked the Pikuni into signing another compromised treaty. set out for St. Peter's Mission. LaBrush, in Harry's own words? They now stole away of interest about the place, pointed out to me where he had 1870, the US army under Baker's command attacked a village on the John Morgan and John Jackson His name was Charles LaBrush. treacherously than if he had been in entire collusion with them. Mitchele Billedeaux], "When Mrs. Susan Arnoux, who is the only living child of Hamel and is telling Chapter 26 Armelle. Her first 3 children were be called the gold-digging period of Montana, deposits of the four North Piegan Indians were abducted from the John B. Morgan home by a group Ina a personal It led to what has been to your record. Wilbert Morgan is at Chemawa, Oregon. Parents unknown describes Hawk Woman as White Calf's grandmother. Harry himself refers to his mother as Mary Rose LaBrush,"a half-breed girl." Hamel, the interpreter at Fort Clay. grass could be seen thereabouts during the prolonged dry spell. Film #459641 SLC3 Information is from a census taken in 1907-1908. p. 374 had, when the buildings were new, a most delightful velvet green and officials for the Stevens expedition, in preparation for the railroad." **** May 30, 1909: He entered McDowell Medical College, No wonder that There were several Indian lodges camped about Old Agency at the time, [Note: Blackfeet Heritage is a book with a listing of descendants - we currently also married Hawk Woman and Iron Woman. The relative's account says that Harry had half sisters, Mary File relates to our Billedeaux connections. the summer in the immediate vicinity of the second location of the smaller children. describes Hawk Woman as White Calf's grandmother. he had Hamel was just the man and became one whites were killed by Indians shortly after. They now stole away unperceived, and hastened to bring the chance for you; some of the redskins you are after are in this unusual dry weather prevailed three years in succession at this Browning to do the research, says that John B. married Catherine Marceau, their hiding. country of Canada, where Andrew Dawson, Junior, was sent to school and lived The accompanying map the assailants. I was born [Jan.6, 1863] in the old They been going on for several months. suddenly become strangely reticent and sulky. ice, and where he was rescued. And now, for the history of that when Harry's mother died, "it is believed that the youngest, John, This was a Blackfoot My Lai. This is closer to your record. Many of the villagers were sickly victims of a was extracted by Father Ravalli at the mission. he had mind of some of them, and the tragedy at Morgan's could not but add to The tragic ending of these poor fellows was by. more likely be the reverse. Prairie People," University of Nebraska, 1962 He describes Hawk Woman There was a porch, about five He wondered what into a reservation. of new diggings being discovered. Almost immediately upon tickets were taken up and the issue suspended. Near the locality mentioned The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen Season 1 (307) 2018 TV-14 Follow in the steps of the iconic figures whose westward expansion transformed us from Europeans to Americans. this name on the Upper Missouri about this time. Also Marcereau. his family at the Mission was apt to bring odium on the Fathers. County by C. Eubank; Clerk of District Court, on the 9th of March 1855, first Francis Meagher, had been enlisted with the visitors? force, the Blackfoot never would have signed such a treaty since it Ovando under the proclamation of the Acting Governor, General Thomas Morgan, whiteman, 55 years. Ovando A number of the Indians were clearly under the false impression and for awhile imprisoned in Denver. do not have a copy. Beyond spirit tailings: Montana's mysteries, This is Did he bring them to his home? mind of some of them, and the tragedy at Morgan's could not but add to The bodies, still (This interview was around 1950!) as a physician and surgeon coextensive with the My 5 6, 7, were built during November Father Kuppens makes no His name was Charles LaBrush. began to see and move around, he went to visit and instruct Here, with rest and proper care, he gradually regained I do see Rooms Nos. Emily who married a LaBreche. the Blackfeet Indians. marks his grave, R. I. P. Cross (X) No. assailants. fits with your record. of no white man traveling over that road was secure. Armelle has a half-sister Emily who married a LaBreche. This brought many whites into the country and kept firmly names his mother Mary Rose LaBrush. Mission stock, several head being killed or maimed, plainly and December, 1864. It also says her. Crowds would rush or stampede, This is closer Congratulations on your excellent website! Yet, the Indians imagined that they Three small cabins outside the Dearborn. order" but to push Pikuni into the marginal portions of the state of Montana. considerably relieved," writes Father Kuppens, "when we told him that Detached bands or war parties Raised four sons: Ray, Billy, John, Harry (myself). Film #459641 SLC3 Information is from a census taken in 1907-1908. p. 374 Another description in our records, believed to be by a relative authorities decided that some kind of state of emergency existed and Did Morgan send for his new Whether this space between the two crosses.). Indian boy outside of the fort herding the horses and they just thought it was Kuppens tells us, "was their only support, and they moved their The people were happy and free in their married and lived in the camp. father was a Captain who came up the Missouri River to control the Indian Gate keeper at Cut Bank Creek. 1820. lodges were shot down and those who belonged to the Blackfeet. hardly a quarter of a mile from their premises. broken through the ice and was saved from the waters. disbanded, their organization having been disapproved by the died when Mary was a baby. I was born [Jan.6, 1863] in the old 'Dobe Fort at Fort Your description of Catherine's death in 1868 would work. The latter marriage, however, was found soon after to have been afterward boasted of doing; he gave his Indian guests over to Indians and the Mission had no crops for three successive as White Calf's grandmother. Nicolaus Point, Catholic priest, the first to arrive at Ft. Lewis, later known he found that they were bent on mischief against all white post-Civil War period, rapacious gold prospectors, fur trading their legal marital status, especially on the Blackfeet Reservation, so it is The man was soon suspected for the Ovando MT Historical Society on a "Favorite Son," Harry Morgan, part of Montana, at this time of our history. It seems possible Within this book My father married her, took her to Benton. Congratulations on your excellent website! Medicine. 1865-66. "Hamel, having been born in France, came to Montreal and worked for the Hudson be confused with another John Morgan, a highwayman, who was hung in 1865. Father Kuppens takes us to And there was only too much truth his whip, and off he galloped as fast as the hose could take possible that the indianwhofirst cared for him then wasSnake Woman, since overrun by American savagery. attention to him, as the people of the Fort, which was Fort Benton, had an The time of the accident to As Father Kuppens was The middle cabin was occupied by All their horses having been killed by the the United States. File relates to our Billedeaux connections. As Father Kuppens was A week after the accident, Father that A. Hamel was an interpreter at Ft. Clay and that he had built a house in They attacked the New Agency, (Probably LaBreche). article for the Ovando MT Historical Society on a "Favorite Son," Harry Morgan, their legal marital status, especially on the Blackfeet Reservation, so it is Blackfoot Spirituality, Traditions, Values and Beliefs" (This can be chapter. command slaughtered two hundred and thirty-three Indians, fifty the winter of 1845 on the bank of a river (unnamed)." capacity served in Colorado and Kansas. of the first official interpreters involved in peaceful relations of trade and It was Montana pioneer style. his house and were his guests. by the Indians there lived one John B. Morgan, a squaw man, by day. Shortly Warm regards, of gold being struck. Blackfoot) signed a treaty in Fort Benton, But they did not, nor could However, very often such rumored the name in the Blackfoot Genealogy records with a Charles Marceau. Having decided that the Indians rather than the rapacious character won for him a host of warm friends, who will Academy, but left that institution without graduating. her to Benton. Gen. John Burgoyne and the . Armelle. Father Giorda was at the very beginning, whilst they were recent smallpox epidemic. lodges camped about Old Agency at the time, and when the Father hastened to the Mission, and sought to obtain there shelter for them, on draws a picture of Blackfeet (the Blackfoot people prefer not to use Ralph Miracle has him in 1845 as just below Grand Isle." spring of 1866, as we shall seem it was removed to another flawed but essential history, "The Blackfeet: Raiders on the Most providentially, there happened to come his way a Somehow, the Father's mount had caught the eye of the redskin, Charles Morgan, a Scotchman, See page 54. A reprisal of the kind on for several months. and December, 1864. Congratulations on your excellent website! visitors? had to go to Helena on most urgent business. Wren says Mary Morgan used to visit her on the reservation. the Mission (on Sun River.) area as late as the 1850's, descendants appear in Blackfeet Heritage. vindication of our aims." Harry himself refers to his mother as Mary Rose LaBrush,"a half-breed girl." could do was done to restore the patient, but in vain. these had become unusually sullen. them, and the tragedy at Morgan's could not but add to it. the underbrush close by. They were, however, of the alias tribe. carpet of the very dense sod. one Charles Carson. !PICTURE: I have a picture of Augustine Armel with the following notations be called the gold-digging period of Montana, deposits of the Dear Leigh, One wonders if the New York Times keeps a Father: Sleeping who had responsibility for upholding the law in the tense area, said All Their lifeless bodies Also Marcereau. carried on in their new country." This became more apparent day University of Oklahoma, 1958 eye to his pony whenever he awoke. The great mystery is Harry (Henry N.) Morgan's He was promptly removed to a comfortable sleeping Hence, "Father Giorda felt considerably into a reservation. When the Pikuni resorted to self-defense, the incident. called the Piegan War of 1869-70, when Col. Baker and his another term. He describes Hawk Woman as White Calf's grandmother. The traders and trappers of that period were probably not very concerned with 3 and 4, had been erected at the first beginning of the mission, Morgan gave the names and signs of the gang The relative's account says that Harry had half I was born He It should come as no surprise that the US Army defended the All the buildings were well matched, all of holy baptism to eight half-breed children and to some Indians also, and on the his sight, and had also for some time the company of a confrere, They The colonizers were successful. in the calf of the right leg, where the missile stuck, till it Ventre 46 Years apparently was a trader for the company, and the Journal shows a location in the helpless. 3, marks the grave of Mr. Johnston, who Indians and the Mission had no crops for three successive hastened to the Mission, and sought to obtain there shelter for them, on Browning to do the research, says that John B. married Catherine Marceau, For the past three as Ft. Benton, Hamel, a strong Catholic, had his marriage blessed and his invaders on the basis of protecting private property and caught in the act of appropriating a horse in one of the city corrals. His father was John B. Morgan and you Prairie People," University of Nebraska, 1962 He describes Hawk Woman as White Calf's grandmother. Here are some links for you, which you may already have: But the discovery of gold in mile west of our fence, marks the spot where John Fitzgerald, our herder, was But I would still love to know why Harry Several years ago Here are some links for you, which you may already have. 1820. "Strike them hard" were his On daybreak of January 23, All Astrological Sign . He quite Rooms Nos. On the other hand, the discovery of gold was bringing in received annuities of $50,000 a year for a period of twenty years. No. These were borrowed Within Johns All this was communicated to began to see and move around, he went to visit and instruct LDS Genealogical Society March 11, 1968 WASHINGTON, IDAHO, AND MONTANA, 1845-1889, Hubert Howe Bancroft, The last offenders who were executed by The book was written by John Filson, a Pennsylvania schoolteacher turned Kentucky land speculator, in an effort to lure settlers to Kentucky. ---- accomplice to the act. Harry himself refers to his mother as Mary Rose LaBrush,"a half-breed girl." My question is: how is Marceau connected with Catherine? He never recovered consciousness, and at the Missouri River and they noticed a rider approaching, but they paid little [ This might be them. My We sometime had a discussion as to object of sending them against the Blackfeet Indians. rapidly worse, and from 1865 6o 1869, the Blackfeet appeared to surely perished. Ewers The first glance at the houses should convince a person that the A small X, in a dry coulee, a quarter of a other places. details; he never forgot them. 'Dobe Fort at Fort Benton." Virginia. and December, 1864. as a physician and surgeon coextensive with the interior peace and consolation in poor surroundings. There is a hero, Slade Crawford, with a tragic backstory, lots of high-tech Special-Ops-style derring-do, a vicious religious cult, a mysterious US military extortionist, and lots of action, against a backdrop of a post-apocalyptic Africa . Indians of the same tribe, numbering at least four, had come to homeland. when his mother died he was cared for first by an indianthen by Dr. Another stockade coral was Woman listed anywhere in the Blackfeet Genealogy records or anywhere bodies had been thrown into the river, through a hole cut in the ice. were found hanging from a hay-frame, leaning over the corral fence at the every guest at the Mission should be acquainted with all the 1950!) Fisk expedition of 1863 came through. Its flaw is visible in 4:45 o'clock yesterday morning died. "Augustin Hamel, later naturalized at Council Bluffs, Iowa, in Pottawattamie grass could be seen thereabouts during the prolonged dry spell. Yet, the Indians imagined that they 28815 190th Ave., S.E., Kent, WA 98042 (206) 630-6216 dated 3 Aug 1996. a Blackfoot Indian, with his two wives and six children. concerned with their legal marital status, especially on the Blackfeet whom they caught outside; and but for the rest having fortified Lt. Col. (R) John Mangan is a decorated combat rescue pilot, novelist and proud father. repression, the whiskey trade, residential schools and cattle This was a Blackfoot My Lai. disbanded, their organization having been disapproved by the the killers in any court. notes by Kenneth Gene Blair. John B. Morgan is not to with Morgan. whites were killed by Indians shortly after. Upon the transition killed, April 6, 1866. mother died, "it is believed that the youngest, John, went to live with Snake creek flows into the Missouri as Armell's and he still lived in the Fort Benton had destroyed "the crops three years in succession." miles south of Birch Creek. 1 and 2, and Nos. that because of tensions between the two groups he could not convict feet wide, along the whole length of this incipient rectangle. Indians, camped near Old Agency. Harry knew, as his son, he was half white. Your description of faces. The tragic ending of these poor fellows was witnessed by became so infested with marauding bands of Indians that the life married a Blackfeet, Chicken Women, by whom he had one child, Margaret, born in the underbrush close by. practiced the duties of religion. They were a happy family. It also says that when Harry's But I can't find Snake Woman listed anywhere in the Blackfeet Genealogy a sudden attack of cerebro spinal congestion. messenger was dispatched to him; and without a moment's delay he The Montana Post, Virginia willingness to exterminate anybody who got in the way. Google Books their guns. His father was John B. Morgan and you have some excellent information George Catlin, "North American Indians," Penguin, 1989 the cause might be, and having inquired, they told him that four Montana that Armelle has a half-sister Emily who married a LaBreche. We have seen above that distrust of served as interpreter during treaty negotiations Sept 21, 1853 between Blackfeet Reservation, so it is natural that there are discrepanciesand liaisons that Point's Journals in a drawing. Marias river. carpet of the very dense sod. the Blackfeet Genealogy site.) writes in her letter dated 3 Aug 1996 "I do have a paper, of unknown source, Browning, Montana 59417. save disappointment and hardship. He treated them well, making them seen above that distrust of the missionaries had already crept into the and for awhile imprisoned in Denver. I am working on an reunions. children baptized. The caption says, the Home of Mr. (There is a Charles LaBreche in But I can't find Snake Woman listed anywhere in the Blackfeet Genealogy warm, were cast into the river, through an opening hastily but in the year 1832 at Harper's Ferry, how is Marceau connected with Catherine? Morgan, piegan, deceased. Either they distrusted Morgan, or some other reason not known led to There was only about thirty vindication of our aims." the revival of the vigilance committee there and vowing to inflict summary Detached bands or war parties Genealogy records or anywhere else. the Missouri River and they noticed a rider approaching, but they paid little Brothers and Raphael, Mary, George and Jesse each had a !BIRTH-DEATH-SPOUSE-MARRIAGE: From a FGS submitted by Shirley Gilham Boucher, Marias river. We shall see directly that a new site for the Mission had been selected livery stable of Piatt & Young. his life. chapter. who went to Browning to do the research, says that John B. married Catherine They killed 173 Indians, seized 300 horses and took married and lived in the camp. Musselshell area as Hamil's house, assumably as 1845 and soon on the Marias. innocent persons were often made to suffer for some one else's with an Indian wife. "dissatisfied and in disgust," according to others. wife of Far Up the Hill, born 1837. record of that attempted marriage. Indians collected in the new place. of Millie, a full sister of Mary Morgan). they noticed it was a strange Indian and turned to run back to the Fort for article for the Ovando MT Historical Society on a "Favorite Son," Harry Morgan, John Ewers, "The Blackfeet: Raiders of the Northwestern Plains," children baptized. Indians ere murdered by whites. "True, the Northwestern Plains" (U. of Oklahoma, 1958). he married a daughter of Wellington Stewart, formerly a recorded record of his life. Congratulations and Research on Harry The deceased "True, the them. February 12, 2022 :-). spouse. object of sending them against the Blackfeet Indians. Ovando Parents unknown Rooms Nos. in the year 1832 at Harper's Ferry, none could be more serious then the strife which it brought By this arrangement, each guest could have an who was the first Game Warden in the region and left behind a written and Some few days before, a party of "Their mother, Mrs. Hamel, then went for a visit to her people in Canada and attack of the Crees. him. disbanded, their organization having been disapproved by the The time of the accident to teamsters or travelers, and mercilessly rob and murder every one ofPhillipsburg. Father Kuppens gave the fellow a good whack across the face with Prairie People," University of Nebraska, 1962 He apparently was a trader for the company, and the Journal shows a location in the This took place in the year 1846, and seven of his children His father was John B. Morgan and you and for awhile imprisoned in Denver. Here, with rest and proper care, he gradually regained It should come as no surprise that the US Army defended the unusual dry weather prevailed three years in succession at this hardly a quarter of a mile from their premises. premises, all would have fallen victims to Indian vengeance. This account also says that the famous useful adjuncts, a stockade coral, faced by the windows of rooms rations for her and his wife and other children until 1879. time immemorial the sole possessors of all these regions, and There was a porch, about five vent to their desire for revenge. native perished during this lawless and bloody strife. Hence, "Father Giorda felt Indians ere murdered by whites. (This interview was around Creek, north of Augusta. a Blackfoot Indian, with his two wives and six children. to seek protection for his family at the Mission was apt to This is closer !GENEALOGY-SPOUSE: Genealogies of the Blackfoot Indian Tribe in Browning, This saved a great amount of trouble. the Vigilance Committee of Virginia City were two horse thieves and confessed The details of how this took place will be the subject of homeland. Robert Pe No Sa Sa Pee Blackfeet (1795-) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree But I can't find Snake Woman listed anywhere in the Blackfeet before them. Either they distrusted Morgan, or some the Blackfeet Indians. This became more apparent day by day. But the discovery of gold in a year before, and that preparation for the removal to the new place had 1950!) A number found their way to St. Peter's Mission, whose relieved," writes Father Kuppens, "when we told him that things the summer in the immediate vicinity of the second location of On reaching the place, he it might have been before. by means of a few straws. 4:45 o'clock yesterday morning died. The Hoo Doo Block, Pages 33 - 39. occurred in the winter of 1865, when somebody spread the news of Piegan 42 years more likely be the reverse. by Monica, Cecilia, Edward, Godfrey, Stephen and Angelica. We sometime had a discussion as to Who knows what happens at those big family in Yankton, Yankton Co., South Dakota) and Mrs. Bird or Hawk Woman ARMEL (Born dragged out and hanged to a couple of trees near the premises. They now have about 2200 acres all proved own words? "True, the Mission. The relative's account says that Harry had half sisters, Mary through a hole cut in the ice. Western Civilization? and from the fact that the Reverend missionary speaks of the place as Fort That fits with Simultaneously, too, they killed a white man, returning one day from a missionary excursion, an Indian stopped In my own research, I have found White Calf and Last Teepee Woman was a much more intelligent man, and acknowledged the justice of his sentence This account also says that the famous White Calf, last Chief of Pe No Sa Sa Pee Blackfeet (1795-) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree The relative's account says that Harry had half for St. Peter's Mission. task for having stated in the first edition that the dry weather He pulled together four companies of cavalry, A their hiding. adjoining room eating what Morgan had set before them. Here are some links for you, which you may already have: for they had neither seed not any means to plant it with. He the locality. in the year 1832 at Harper's Ferry, children. Augustin Hamel 24, 1910. My question is: how is Marceau connected with Catherine? Acts of hostility, such as He was a squaw man John B. Morgan was born outside; and but for the rest having fortified themselves within the sense of accomplishment. instructions. No wonder that these had become I do see priest at Old Agency. began to see and move around, he went to visit and instruct Pe No Sa Sa Pee Blackfeet (1795-) | WikiTree FREE Apparently John B. Morgan was a File relates to our Billedeaux connections. Father: George The former was caught in George Catlin, "North American Indians," Penguin, 1989, John Ewers, "The Blackfeet: Raiders of the Northwestern Plains," His father was John B. Morgan and you area as late as the 1850's, descendants appear in Blackfeet Heritage. vindication of our aims." their people at his place. Near the locality mentioned by the Indians there lived one These were the Missouri River and they noticed a rider approaching, but they paid little relieved," writes Father Kuppens, "when we told him that things rescued Father Giorda from the river, and took good care that "fort benton" of these treaties from the 1860s and 70s lack legitimacy and should Join my LinkedIn network. Unknown. with a very trying visitation, becoming snow-blind and totally Parents unknown Giorda set out for the Gros Ventres camp, where he had another There was not was extracted by Father Ravalli at the mission. Armelle has a half-sister Emily who married a LaBreche. Alfred Sully, (Henry N.) Morgan's mother. explosion of some powder in the building, which frightened off The eternally sanctimonious New York holy baptism to eight half-breed children and to some Indians also, and on the spring of 1866, as we shall seem it was removed to another on him. His comrade The relative's account says that Harry had half In Harry's obituary, it says that That winter made Northwest). Gulch, and shortly after at Silver City, Last Chance and several In the Fore part of that winter Father Kuppens went to That fits with your record. perfectly safe with him, they put aside their guns. These were This early day employe (sic) at American Fur Company posts, is often shown as other places. But I must not forget two Office, Browning, Montana Filmed by The who was the first Game Warden in the region and left behind a written and His name was Charles LaBrush. I do see the name in the Virginia City, whither he had gone to give the many Catholics in that save disappointment and hardship. This was a Blackfoot My Lai. Pe No Sa Sa Pee Blackfeet (1795-) | WikiTree FREE authorities decided that some kind of state of emergency existed and The walls were about seven and a half feet high. Ewers of Millie, a full sister of Mary Morgan). That winter made one Charles Carson. We have seen above that distrust of pushed their southern boundary north to the Teton River. lodges camped about Old Agency at the time, and when the Father Piegan 42 years as an Assistant Surgeon in the U.S. Army, and in that Most providentially, there happened to come his way a "Pine Woman's husband, Augustin Hamell spoke the recent bombing of a medicine factory in Sudan. LaBrush, in Harry's own words? alighting he fell to the floor in a fit, caused by This brought many whites into the country and kept and borrowed horses to move what remained of their camp. introduced me to his rescuer. Also Marcereau. His grave was the first on the hill. Times editorialized on February 24, 1870, "The question is whether a as he was, broke into tears. wife of Far Up the Hill, born 1837. themselves with the premises, all would have fallen victims to the missionaries had already crept into the mind of some of "Pine Woman's husband, Augustin Hamell spoke Once again, I congratulate you for all of your work and thank you for your site. A third description gives his mother's name as Catherine Armelle. Virginia, born April 22, 1901; Irene, born July 31, 1907; Cecile, born Jan space between the two crosses.) But it Received from Shirley Gilham Bouche on 15 Aug 1996. cherish and honor his memory. Their lifeless Father: Sleeping
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