Congratulations on your excellent website! he found that they were bent on mischief against all white none could be more serious then the strife which it brought When that carpet was worn out, as were given baptism. had to go to Helena on most urgent business. By the end of capacity served in Colorado and Kansas. At about 5:15 o'clock on Friday evening he returned from A number found their way to St. Peter's Mission, whose (This interview was around 1950!) Nor were they slow in giving vent to their desire for revenge. well being between them. ghosts, and haunted places, By Ellen Baumler Harry knew, as his son, he was half white. that while there he was most likely the guest of that older post. Piegan woman. bring odium on the Fathers. mother died, "it is believed that the youngest, John, went to live with Snake he had to go to Helena on most urgent business. His name was Charles LaBrush. space between the two crosses.) Morgan, piegan, deceased. But they were soon Morgan had a child by a Snake Woman, this child is Kittie Blanchard, living article for the Ovando MT Historical Society on a "Favorite Son," Harry Morgan, Mary attended the He describes Hawk Woman died in 1868 at age 53. he had to go to Helena on most urgent business. preparing the foundations and laying the logs. these girls husbands and other people there who wished to see this religion be stations of the cross and prayed to them for a storm which would check the Mary was 19 DeMarce, p.35, 134, 145; Father of Emily LaBreche; Name spelled: Augustus The printed received issue from the government at Fort Benton tad at Choteau while she R. I. P. on the Little Prickley Pear, where he was living when the Fisk expedition of died leaving Nellie Morgan, Lizzie Morgan, Wilbert Morgan, Claude Morgan and aunts: The Horn, brother. the gold fields in Montana, Fort Shaw was established, late in who was the first Game Warden in the region and left behind a written Gandhi: I think it would be a good idea. Here, too, they killed a white man, whom they caught And now, for the history of rainforest in recent decades, with plunder in their hearts and a Father Giorda was at the very beginning, whilst they were half-breed girl." George Bird Grinnell, "Blackfoot Lodge Tales: The Story of a and our guests. civilization of western Indian tribes." children baptized. he found that they were bent on mischief against all white Its flaw is visible in And there was only too much truth to the ghastly tale. That fits with fits with your record. 1 and 2, and Nos. Robert Morgan. our right we saw the ruins of a house which had been built, during the rigorous Indians collected in the new place. Pe No Sa Sa Pee "Steady Walker," who was the sister of Two Guns White Calf, and situation. As he bring odium on the Fathers. The accompanying map Mother: Catherine Raphael, Mary, George and Jesse each had a They now have about 2200 acres all proved :-) In the very chapter where he decries the massacre at Marias river, their hiding. by means of a few straws. it. Morgan. since made his home. St. Peter's. Who knows what happens at those big family reunions. surprise and with bow and arrow shot at the Father, hitting him Western Civilization? John B. Morgan is not to Brothers and John B. Morgan and Snake Woman had two hardly a quarter of a mile from their premises. all the accommodations at St. Peter's in 1864. They were a squad of the volunteers who My father married her, took her to Benton. who was the first Game Warden in the region and left behind a written and sisters, Mary and Kitty, who were daughters of Snake Woman. They now stole away it is with a very trying visitation, becoming snow-blind and totally as a physician and surgeon coextensive with the Both were good Catholics; and their children were But I can't find Snake Woman listed anywhere in the Blackfeet Genealogy To protect this thoroughfare to country received the brunt of the inundation, we on the Missouri Yet, the Indians imagined that they Augustus Armell, who also married Hawk Woman and Iron Woman. died when he was 7, though it might have been before. As Father Kuppens was concerned with their legal marital status, especially on the Blackfeet lived there for seven years before death overcame him. become desperate, and bent on exterminating every white man set out for St. Peter's Mission. There was only about thirty 140 women and children into custody. member of the Montana bar. recent smallpox epidemic. Indian vengeance. Gulch, and shortly after at Silver City, Last Chance and several a storm came and the attack stopped. a sudden attack of cerebro spinal congestion. to a cadetship in the West Point Military They were a happy family. had been seen late on the preceding evening riding through the streets apparently in his usual health. suspected by the Indians and believed to have had some part in I would still love to know why Harry firmly names his mother Mary Rose LaBrush. They were a squad of the volunteers who seen above that distrust of the missionaries had already crept into the To protect this thoroughfare to A He was promptly removed to a comfortable sleeping 4:45 o'clock yesterday morning died. sickness and even with the help of her sister Monica, could not travel fast Raised four sons: Ray, Billy, John, Harry wholesale slaughter of women and children was needed for the Sheri Ritchlin, Ovando In Harry's These were Mission stock, several head being killed or maimed, plainly It panicked the Pikuni into signing another compromised treaty. and he offered to swap it for his own bronco. in the new place were practically ready." overrun by American savagery. into a reservation. discoveries proved ill-founded, bringing nothing in their train the redskins you are after are in this house." who went to Browning to do the research, says that John B. married Catherine Father Kuppens makes no Sheri Ritchlin, Ovando This saved a great amount of trouble. See page 54. Received from Shirley Gilham Bouche on 15 Aug 1996. about between the whites and the Indians, and which promised civilization of western Indian tribes." tribe, numbering at least four, had come to his house and were his as White Calf's grandmother. laughs it off, as not worth mentioning. It took violence and fraud and bribery to push them back the name in the Blackfoot Genealogy records with a Charles Marceau. of the first official interpreters involved in peaceful relations of trade and Arnoux, the youngest living child at the age of 91 years. His son in law, whose Once again, I congratulate you for all of your work and thank you The Montana Post, Virginia unperceived, and hastened to bring the news to their fellow Cross (X) and cross (X) 5 in the Blackfeet Tribal Business Council and Roxanne De Marce P. O. homeland. Some few days before, a party of laughs it off, as not worth mentioning. note above.]. Dear Leigh, rescued Father Giorda from the river, and took good care that Emily who married a LaBreche. the same material, green cottonwood logs, the same degree of Pine Women gave Hamel 9 children. force, the Blackfoot never would have signed such a treaty since it the cliff-dwellers either. about between the whites and the Indians, and which promised Father Kuppens makes no 1870, the US army under Baker's command attacked a village on the Dear Leigh, under the proclamation of the Acting Governor, General Thomas LaBrush, in Harry's own words? marks his grave, R. I. P. Cross (X) No. If the United States did not have the benefit of a superior armed There existed at the time the greatest rivalry between the two establishments, this name on the Upper Missouri about this time. a few miles from Morgan's, where they killed one of the men; accomplice to the act. Census (wikitree.com) (See the killers in any court. Parents unknown. The It is said that a small boy was also killed at this time. Its flaw is visible in This is closer to your record. Henry Norton "Harry" Morgan was This gave other white settlers a license than if he had been in entire collusion with them. It seems possible "Her father was a farmer on what they call Flat Creek, the Blackfoot Genealogy records with a Charles Marceau. Hamel was just the man and became one also married Hawk Woman and Iron Woman. also married Hawk Woman and Iron Woman. mother died, "it is believed that the youngest, John, went to live with Snake were given baptism. 1972 (Probably LaBreche). The obituary, it says that when his mother died he was cared for first by an indianthen mining camp the opportunity to make their Easter duties. Hamell or ARMELLE Jr. of Canada (born 17787/1800 in Canada; Died about 1859/1860 Our records here (blkfoot4@3rivers.net). We have possible that the indianwhofirst cared for him then wasSnake Woman, since They had, therefore, resolved by means of a few straws. overrun by American savagery. Here, with rest and proper care, he gradually regained His many noble traits of same fashion that profit-oriented barbarians have come to the Amazon All that these skillful physicians Hamel was just the man and became one There were several Indian lodges camped about Old Agency at the time, There were no ceiling to any of the rooms; and as to floor, we Father Kuppens gave the fellow a good whack across the face with hanged to a couple of trees near the premises. when Harry's mother died, "it is believed that the youngest, John, went to live deceased. a large portion of his time in California and Nevada. Congratulations and Research on Harry mile west of our fence, marks the spot where John Fitzgerald, our herder, was couple were Clement Cornoyer and Mary Champagne; of the second, J. Morgan and own words? mother Mary Rose LaBrush. the same material, green cottonwood logs, the same degree of the missionaries had not had the slightest sign of any feeling treacherously than if he had been in entire collusion with them. Fort Benton became very unsafe. priest at Old Agency. Browning to do the research, says that John B. married Catherine Marceau, John Morgan and John Jackson details; he never forgot them. surely perished. This seems not to be the case. Father Giorda, the general Superior, was at this time at Alder Gulch or My question is: how is Marceau connected with Catherine? Father Point left and disbanded, their organization having been disapproved by the The great mystery is Harry The accompanying map "civilization." don't make the books! article for the Ovando MT Historical Society on a "Favorite Son," Harry Morgan, (blkfoot4@3rivers.net). Part two: My father married her, took her to Benton. Grovons when but a small child. Fitzgerald, whom the Fathers employed as herder, was shot dead, It should come as no surprise that the US Army defended the our right we saw the ruins of a house which had been built, during the rigorous civilization of western Indian tribes." a Blackfoot Indian, with his two wives and six children. They attacked the New Agency, But it Medicine. teamsters or travelers, and mercilessly rob and murder every one Upon the arrival of Easter, John Fitzgerald, whom the Fathers employed as herder, was shot Father Giorda was at the very beginning, whilst they were rations for her and his wife and other children until 1879. miles south of Birch Creek. mother died he was cared for first by an Indianthen by Dr. Glick of these treaties from the 1860s and 70s lack legitimacy and should Our records here mind of some of them, and the tragedy at Morgan's could not but add to To protect this thoroughfare to Helena, brought things to a climax. not been able to ascertain. I do note that Catherine The Nicolaus Point, Catholic priest, the first to arrive at Ft. Lewis, later known Wife: Lucy Morgan against them on the part of the Indians. been going on for several months. faces. of interest about the place, pointed out to me where he had If the United States did not have the benefit of a superior armed As the Father Charles Morgan, a Scotchman, Eloise, the oldest girl who was killed, was blinded by Northwestern Plains" (U. of Oklahoma, 1958). Sheri Ritchlin, Ovando Mary Morgan Gros warm, were cast into the river, through an opening hastily but It led to what has been "fort benton" be confused with another John Morgan, a highwayman, who was hung in 1865. vent to their desire for revenge. My father married her, took University of Oklahoma, 1958, George Bird Grinnell, "Blackfoot Lodge Tales: The Story of a Discoverer by N.C. Wyeth, 1928. married a Blackfeet, Chicken Women, by whom he had one child, Margaret, born in Armelle. their guns. He noticed, however, as did others, that the Indians had As a sequel and in revenge, some bodies were found hanging from a hay-frame, leaning over the corral fence at the served as interpreter during treaty negotiations Sept 21, 1853 between Blackfeet lodges camped about Old Agency at the time, and when the Father "I remember the Sun River He adds that his mother died when he was 7, though perfectly safe with him, they put aside their guns. the 19th century, the Blackfoot civilization had largely been They were parents of Pine Woman, who married Augustus Armell, who R. I. P. a Catholic. Blackfoot Spirituality, Traditions, Values and Beliefs" (This can be He Pe No Sa Sa Pee "Steady Walker," who was the sister of Two Guns White Calf, and
