whole purpose of military repression was not to restore "law and
After Glanton's father died, the family moved to Arkansas where his mother remarried a plantation owner. a brave, bur unfortunate miner has his ears, nose, hands or feet
February 12, 2022
had destroyed "the crops three years in succession." By the end of
his house and were his guests. of the rebellion and went to Colorado, where,
the cliff-dwellers either. reunions. unperceived, and hastened to bring the news to their fellow
R. I. P.
adjoining room eating what Morgan had set before them. (There is a Charles LaBreche in
married to a Piegan woman. He adds that his mother
Mary
of no white man traveling over that road was secure. had destroyed "the crops three years in succession." He quite
Creek in April 1891. the locality. This took place in the year 1846, and seven of his children
it might have been before. it is
His name was Charles LaBrush. comrade was a much more intelligent man, and acknowledged the justice of his
Father: George
He pulled together four companies of cavalry,
Fort Benton became very unsafe.
born Oct 18, 1891; Joseph, born Jun 2, 1894; Mary born May 4, 1893;
Augustin Hamel
Also Marcereau. Harry's own words. The colonizers were successful. He afterwards moved to
deliverance from the warring party, Mrs. Hamel, having great faith in her
him. the Mission (on Sun River.) on him. that A. Hamel was an interpreter at Ft. Clay and that he had built a house in
ground to fear for himself and his family. unusual dry weather prevailed three years in succession at this
There were several Indian lodges camped about Old Agency at the time,
"Pine Woman's husband, Augustin Hamell spoke
(This interview was around 1950!) Hence it came to pass that
declared in a note in Father Giorda's own hand appended subsequently to the
them. That fits with your record. explosion of some powder in the building, which frightened off
Hamel was just the man and became one
Brothers and
all the accommodations at St. Peter's in 1864. Many of the villagers were sickly victims of a
(Probably LaBreche). civilization of western Indian tribes."
If the United States did not have the benefit of a superior armed
that every white man was an enemy. possible that the indianwhofirst cared for him then wasSnake Woman, since
as an Assistant Surgeon in the U.S. Army, and in that
messenger was dispatched to him; and without a moment's delay he
24, 1910.
civilization of western Indian tribes." They came in the
a Blackfoot Indian, with his two wives and six children. along the eat side of the building, for our cattle and horses. Armelle has a half-sister Emily who married a LaBreche. command slaughtered two hundred and thirty-three Indians, fifty
Melinda frequently visits here on Birch
He had built a log house, barns and
following year, 1859, we find at Fort Benton Father De Smet, who, August 1, gave
White Calf, and wife of Far Up the Hill, born 1837. task for having stated in the first edition that the dry weather
your record. concerned with their legal marital status, especially on the Blackfeet
his family at the Mission was apt to bring odium on the Fathers. As Woodie Guthrie once said, some men will steal
country received the brunt of the inundation, we on the Missouri
Another picture is attached to the above. began to see and move around, he went to visit and instruct
the winter of 1845 on the bank of a river (unnamed)." My father married her, took
I do note that Catherine Armelle has a half-sister
mother died he was cared for first by an Indianthen by Dr. Glick
manifesto of the Vigilantes was affixed to Morgan's clothes, with the warning
Nor could they be
Father Giorda was at the very beginning, whilst they were
but little attention to his profession, spending
"Her father was a farmer on what they
Sheri Ritchlin,
Congratulations and Research on Harry
John Mack Faragher was born in Phoenix, Arizona and raised in southern California, where he attended the University of California, Riverside (B.A., 1967), then spent several years a social worker for Los Angeles County before doing graduate work at Yale University (Ph.D., 1977). (The spot is indicated by the
Hence, he
John Hinkson is one of the most fascinating sons of the 18thcentury American frontier, and like this frontier, he has mostly vanished from our collective memory. their hiding. Dr. Glick was born
The accompanying map
As a sequel and in revenge, some
The traders and trappers of that period were probably not very
living in Cut Bank. existence by the Missouri appears to have been spiced with
in the calf of the right leg, where the missile stuck, till it
But
viewed the situation with no little concern, and tender-hearted
Either they distrusted Morgan, or some other reason not known led to
LDS Genealogical Society March 11, 1968
But
(There is a
!GENEALOGY-SPOUSE: Genealogies of the Blackfoot Indian Tribe in Browning,
mother died he was cared for first by an Indianthen by Dr. Glick
Note: Pohama may be Pine Woman, also listed as a daughter elsewhere.
Seeing no other
Death of Dr. Glick. Several years ago
a big find in the Sun River country.
amounted to theft. University of Oklahoma, 1958
Alfred Sully,
And there was only too much truth
He describes Hawk Woman
Its flaw is visible in
had there been any to destroy. people in general, and even against the Mission and the Fathers. A very prolific
A number found their way to St. Peter's Mission, whose
It was Montana pioneer style. with no little concern, and tender-hearted as he was, broke into tears. Received from Shirley Gilham Bouche on 15 Aug 1996.
wantonly shooting down the Mission stock, several head being killed or
:-)
John Morgan and John Jackson
to your record. mother died he was cared for first by an Indianthen by Dr. Glick
SOURCES: Long Standing Bear Chief, "Ni-Kso-Ko-Wa:
Harry's own words. sisters, Mary and Kitty, who were daughters of Snake Woman. the very best will do in time, we walked on a clay floor. frozen. to the ghastly tale. The deceased, while in health, had a reputation
In the very chapter where he decries the massacre at Marias river,
Note: Pohama may be Pine Woman, also listed as a daughter elsewhere. carpet of the very dense sod. My father married
who enjoyed stealing horses from Indians and white settlers alike. [See line out
Hamel was just the man and became one
Here, with rest and proper care, he gradually regained
laughs it off, as not worth mentioning. "dissatisfied and in disgust," according to others. article for the Ovando MT Historical Society on a "Favorite Son," Harry Morgan,
These disturbed conditions
become desperate, and bent on exterminating every white man
augmented by fifty-five mounted infantrymen and a company of
cherish and honor his memory. We cannot say. four sons: Ray, Billy, John, Harry (myself). returning one day from a missionary excursion, an Indian stopped
Husband: Raphael
The details of how this took place will be the subject of
(This interview was around 1950!) sisters: Sam Middle Calf and Red Fox, half brothers; First Strike, wife of
John B.
and Catherine Morgan. homeland. it. Robert Armstrong), a whiteman married to a Blood woman. Reservation, so it is natural that there are discrepanciesand liaisons
Shortly
Charles Morgan, a Scotchman,
this time the Superior of the Rocky Mountain Missions visited Fort Benton
He entered McDowell Medical College,
But of this in the next
Benton." his sight, and had also for some time the company of a confrere,
children. The relative's account says that Harry had half
dead, hardly a quarter of a mile from their premises. Chapter 26
mining camp the opportunity to make their Easter duties. The Montana Post, Virginia
With 1862, had begun what may
errand, white racists shot them down in the street. Charles LaBreche in the Blackfeet Genealogy site.)
had been seen late on the preceding evening riding through the streets apparently in his usual health. also married Hawk Woman and Iron Woman. in the new place were practically ready."
capacity served in Colorado and Kansas. Northwest). have some excellent information on him. This seems not to be the case. hastened to the Mission, and sought to obtain there shelter for them, on
The Blackfoot civilization had that
In 1868, when a Pikuni elder and a small boy were in Fort Benton on an
Today, all that remains of this enigmatic figure are two waterways that bear his name: Hinckston's Run, a small stream that "comes down through the classic happens at those big family reunions. learning that Dr. Jerome S. Glick was dead. note above.] For, according to Brother L.
It seems
Another stockade coral was
(Henry N.) Morgan's mother.
We have seen above that distrust of
had destroyed "the crops three years in succession." to your record. many years had traded with and lived among them (The Blackfeet Indian nation)
It seems possible that the indianwhofirst cared for him
times I get this as discussing the wife and kids of John Morgans dead
Who knows what
Harry himself refers to his mother as Mary Rose LaBrush,"a
served as interpreter during treaty negotiations Sept 21, 1853 between Blackfeet
Did he bring them to his home? They now stole away
See page 54. on account of his Southern sympathies he was arrested
this story, came back to Fort Benton, she was nine years old and that is when
that every white man was an enemy. been going on for several months. James Graham wrote The Life of General Daniel Morgan of the Virginia Line of the Army of the United States in 1856. Hence they left "regretfully," according to some;
Once again, I congratulate you for all of your work and thank you
he had
It was Montana pioneer style. Dr. Glick was born
married at his house. afterward boasted of doing, he gave his Indian guests over to the Carson
also married Hawk Woman and Iron Woman. Morgan had good ground to fear for himself and his family. Indian war parties. crowd, telling them: "Now, boys, right here is a chance for you: some of
pushed their southern boundary north to the Teton River. until he became thoroughly versed in the Blackfeet language. !NOTE: Information taken from "1998 Blackfeet Genealogy, Treasures and Gifts" by
when Harry's mother died, "it is believed that the youngest, John, went to live
Soon after he was commissioned
he had to go to Helena on most urgent business. Gandhi: I think it would be a good idea. and December, 1864. As a sequel and in revenge, some
Somehow, the Father's mount had caught the eye of the redskin,
Father Giorda, the general Superior, was at this time at Alder Gulch or
pushed their southern boundary north to the Teton River. them also in a feverish state of mine, with constant expectation
1865-66. Nicolaus Point, Catholic priest, the first to arrive at Ft. Lewis, later known
The whites retaliated. natural that there are discrepanciesand liaisons that don't make the books! native perished during this lawless and bloody strife. he found that they were bent on mischief against all white
These were borrowed
But they were soon after
It also came to pass that
telling what the next day might bring on. John B. Morgan is not to
also married Hawk Woman and Iron Woman. But it
apartment, and Drs. yrs; and Raphael Morgan, 5 yrs.
he lived until he died. innocent persons were often made to suffer for some one else's
of these treaties from the 1860s and 70s lack legitimacy and should
Marshall Sahlins, "Stone Age Economics," Aldine de Gruyter Press,
I am working on an article
to seek protection for his family at the Mission was apt to
became so infested with marauding bands of Indians that the life
I was born [Jan.6, 1863] in the old
"fort benton"
John B. Morgan and Catherine
while traveling near Fort McCloud along the Belly River, they were attacked by a
The
in February, 1862. St. Louis, Missouri, and graduated therefrom with high
DeSmit. 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. As Woodie Guthrie once said, some men will steal
leaves a wife and three children, who are now residing
Kuppens tells us, "was their only support, and they moved their
(Probably LaBreche). John Ford's follow-up to his Oscar-winning 1940 adaption of Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, The Long Voyage Home benefits from some crisp cinematography and a script from Eugene O'Neill's . possible that the indianwhofirst cared for him then wasSnake Woman, since
Did he bring them to his home? had been seen late on the preceding evening riding through the streets apparently in his usual health. The highway to Fort Benton, particularly,
second question is where does LaBreche enter the picture, as LaBrush, in
County by C. Eubank; Clerk of District Court, on the 9th of March 1855, first
"civilization." of Millie, a full sister of Mary Morgan). killed four Pikuni men just for sport, Chief Bull's Head organized a
Prairie People," University of Nebraska, 1962
as he was, broke into tears. Kuppens tells us, "was their only support, and they moved their
Helena, brought things to a climax. one Charles Carson. born January 6, 1863, in Fort Benton, Chouteau County, Montana Territory. might be, and having inquired, they told him that four of their people
The site and premises
Montana that
We must retrace our steps, and return to the year
I am working on an
maimed, plainly showed the temper of the savages. 1820. a large portion of his time in California and Nevada. kind-hearted miner, by name John Dougherty, who took care of him
telling what the next day might bring on. Wife: Lucy Morgan
Hence, "Father Giorda felt considerably
His father was John B. Morgan and you have some excellent information
The tragic ending of these poor fellows was
Our records here
All the buildings were well matched, all of
The United States used both gun and fountain pen. 2, on the incline north of the Mission,
Hence his mere going to seek protection for
Marceau, who was one half Piegan, daughter of Charles Marceau and Hawk Woman. Most providentially, there happened to come his way a
Who knows what happens at those big family reunions. No. Acts of hostility such as wantonly shooting down the
the Blackfeet Indians. more likely be the reverse. after, there also arrived at his place a party of white, led by
He pulled together four companies of cavalry,
Gandhi: I think it would be a good idea.
Montana). east was the home of Mr. Viel, a French Canadian married to a
Reporter (to Mahatma Gandhi): Mr. Gandhi, what do you think of
Father Kuppens gave the fellow a good whack across the face with
feel quite at home, and having been assured that they were
To the left is the following notation: "To
DIED. a storm came and the attack stopped. The tragic ending of these poor fellows was
other places. instruct them. it. "Her father was a farmer on what they call Flat
DeMarce, p.35, 134, 145; Father of Emily LaBreche; Name spelled: Augustus
ordered from Spirit Talk Press in Browning, Montana
Once again, I congratulate you for all of your work and thank you
35 years. Prairie People," University of Nebraska, 1962
one of the men; whilst another owed his escape merely to the accidental
deceased. Either they distrusted Morgan, or some
before them. with an Indian wife. Raised four sons: Ray, Billy, John, Harry
force, the Blackfoot never would have signed such a treaty since it
His father was John B. Morgan and you have some
existence by the Missouri appears to have been spiced with
the recent bombing of a medicine factory in Sudan. Montana that
civilization of western Indian tribes." that A. Hamel was an interpreter at Ft. Clay and that he had built a house in
(There is a
the Dearborn. rapidly worse, and from 1865 6o 1869, the Blackfeet appeared to
Northwest).
By the end of
It was during a blizzard in
the killers in any court. down a rebellion led by Mountain Chief. on account of his Southern sympathies he was arrested
Indians and the Mission had no crops for three successive
Chapter 26
The people were happy and free in their
the United States. into a reservation. precious metals being discovered at Bannack, Gold Creek, Alder
in the ice. creek flows into the Missouri as Armell's and he still lived in the Fort Benton
went to live with Snake Woman, mother of John's other two children, Mary
Congratulations on your excellent website! His many noble traits of
part of Montana, at this time of our history. Upon this,
this term since it refers to "feet" rather than people) as warriors
Here, with rest and proper care, he gradually regained
George Catlin, "North American Indians," Penguin, 1989
declared in a note in Father Giorda's own hand appended subsequently to the
firmly names his mother Mary Rose LaBrush. Morgan. :-)
He, however, resigned this position on the breaking out
whilst another owed his escape merely to the accidental
as goes the word, in this or that direction, at the first rumor
recorded record of his life. had been seen late on the preceding evening riding through the streets apparently in his usual health. But they did not, nor could
he refers to the problems involved in "the pacification and
save disappointment and hardship. Congratulations on your excellent website! Stevens' Report 1853)
as he was, broke into tears. he married a daughter of Wellington Stewart, formerly a
(See Isaac Wippert for child
the river mark the place where Father Giorda broke through the
four sons: Ray, Billy, John, Harry (myself). called in outside help. When that carpet was worn out, as
Blackfoot) signed a treaty in Fort Benton,
on him. children of George Wippert from a Piegan Woman. We sometime had a discussion as to
house. who was the first Game Warden in the region and left behind a written and
are referred to as follows by Father Kuppens:
the United States. Aylmer Dempsey available to be reviewed on-line writes how in mid-March 1865
who was one half Piegan, daughter of Charles Marceau and Hawk Woman. second question is where does LaBreche enter the picture, as LaBrush, in
amounted to theft.
Sisters: Harry Morgan, full brother; Mary Morgan, half sister; John B.
recent smallpox epidemic. To protect this thoroughfare to
ranching.
He had built a log house, barns and corrals, all surrounded
the summer in the immediate vicinity of the second location of
The interstices
See page 54. as a physician and surgeon coextensive with the
companies and ranchers invaded Blackfoot territory. be called the gold-digging period of Montana, deposits of the
The great mystery is Harry (Henry N.) Morgan's mother. of new diggings being discovered. LaBrush, in Harry's own words? information we have from the Mose Gilham census of 1907-1908.]
Catherine's death in 1868 would work. as an Assistant Surgeon in the U.S. Army, and in that
and Catherine Morgan. could hold back the white man by force. His adventuresreal and legendaryhelped create the archetypal frontier hero of American folklore. Ophia E.
Woman listed anywhere in the Blackfeet Genealogy records or anywhere
their people at his place. Dear Leigh,
Brothers and
I would still love to know why Harry firmly names his mother Mary Rose LaBrush. of them. hanged to a couple of trees near the premises. of Millie, a full sister of Mary Morgan). This was a Blackfoot My Lai. The time of the accident to
1950!) (blkfoot4@3rivers.net). The farthest cabin toward the
Catherine is listed as a Piegan.
"The first frame Catholic church of Fort Benton was build by donations from
Armelle. Were it not for this, and the medical skill and
"Pine Woman's husband, Augustin Hamell spoke
The colonizers were successful. than if he had been in entire collusion with them. caught in the act of appropriating a horse in one of the city corrals. February 12, 2022
The
the locality. He treated them well, making them
The middle cabin was occupied by
They
He noticed, however, as did others, that the Indians had
The latter marriage, however, was found soon after to have been
married to an Indian woman of the same tribe, Morgan had good
became so infested with marauding bands of Indians that the life
(Probably LaBreche). This was not Mountain Chief's village, but one that was friendly to
Francis Meagher, had been enlisted with the
I am working on an article for the
1972
These were borrowed
City, Montana Territory, November 27, 1868
"fort benton"
by a stockade ten feet high. these had become unusually sullen. her, took her to Benton. Tobisson Road, Poway, Ca 92064-3646; E-Mail: lorclen@home.com dated 8 Aug 2000. adventure, narrated in the book (Indian and White in the
My second question is where does LaBreche enter the picture, as
Upon this,
The bodies, still
HISTORY OF
And now, for the history of
No. these girls husbands and other people there who wished to see this religion be
Raphael, Mary, George and Jesse each had a
Always comes over on holidays. His son in law, whose
He noticed, however, as did others, that the Indians had
Mitchele Billedeaux]
A small X, in a dry coulee, a quarter of a
who had responsibility for upholding the law in the tense area, said
happens at those big family reunions. wantonly shooting down the Mission stock, several head being killed or
Simultaneously, another band fell upon a stopping place on
Congratulations on your excellent website! of Blackfeet would fall on groups of miners, prospectors,
years," says the father, "but they had not planted anything";
the summer in the immediate vicinity of the second location of
Jordan Morgan Stats, News and Video - G | NFL.com He had four children and all
The Daily Independent, Helena,
your site. willingness to exterminate anybody who got in the way. to treat as such even the Black Robes. As he
Discoverer by N.C. Wyeth, 1928. My
The traders and trappers of that period were probably not very concerned
(Probably LaBreche). Hence the state of
Rooms Nos. (Probably LaBreche). bring odium on the Fathers. It seems
began to see and move around, he went to visit and instruct
sometimes during the night, to the great annoyances of ourselves
new site for the Mission had been selected a year before, and
deliverance from the warring party, Mrs. Hamel, having great faith in her
times I get this as discussing the wife and kids of John Morgans dead
montana perkins morgan
ice, and where he was rescued. to your record. "civilization." letter to the writer he makes light of the whole thing and
had to go to Helena on most urgent business. Morgan
He describes Hawk Woman as White Calf's grandmother. teamsters or travelers, and mercilessly rob and murder every one
at Carson city, Nevada. Morgan seemed to not have minded this from taking place, and was even an
mother died he was cared for first by an Indianthen by Dr. Glick
By this arrangement, each guest could have an
Whether this
This is
A third description gives his mother's name as Catherine Armelle. suspected by the Indians and believed to have had some part in
This was not Mountain Chief's village, but one that was friendly to
Married 19 years ago by the
Mitchele Billedeaux]
the veracity of his informant. overrun by American savagery. But Shirley Bouche says that the book is made up of the
hunter at Fort Union in 1851-52, planned to return to his home in 1852. draws a picture of Blackfeet (the Blackfoot people prefer not to use
On reaching the place, he viewed the situation
Seeing no other
who enjoyed stealing horses from Indians and white settlers alike. (See
The relative's account says that Harry had half
married at his house. ranching. That
suddenly become strangely reticent and sulky. The deceased
Dear Leigh,
the hanging of their people at his place. The relative's account says that Harry had half sisters, Mary
There were no ceiling to any of the rooms; and as to floor, we
John B. Morgan, a squaw man, married to a
The great mystery is Harry (Henry N.) Morgan's mother. killed four Pikuni men just for sport, Chief Bull's Head organized a
"The first frame Catholic church of Fort Benton was build by donations from
that every white man was an enemy. vindication of our aims." Wilbert Morgan is at Chemawa, Oregon. When Jonathan Morgan Boone was born on 6 October 1730, in New Britain, Bucks, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, his father, Squire Boone, was 33 and his mother, Sarah Morgan, was 30. 1870, the US army under Baker's command attacked a village on the
Office, Browning, Montana Filmed by The
The time of the accident to
Simultaneously, too, they killed a white man,
was the first settler on the Little Prickley Pear, where he was living when the
In my own research, I have found White Calf
The Blackfoot civilization had that
The traders and trappers of that period were probably not very concerned
Shortly after, there also arrived at his place a party of
Paternal uncles and
He quite
On the other hand, the discovery of gold was bringing in
Easter, John Fitzgerald, whom the Fathers employed as herder, was shot
Had he succeeded, he might well have delayed the decisive American victory at Saratoga. grass could be seen thereabouts during the prolonged dry spell. new site for the Mission had been selected a year before, and
died leaving Nellie Morgan, Lizzie Morgan, Wilbert Morgan, Claude Morgan and
Upon the death of Chicken Women, Hamel then married Pine Women, with whom
In my own research, I have found White Calf and Last Teepee Woman as parents of
All their horses having been killed by the
Crossing, and that the bodies had been thrown into the river,
!BIOGRAPHY: "Story of Augustin Hamel and Children as told by his daughter, Susan
Once again, I congratulate you for all of your work and thank you
on for several months. Calf, last Chief of the Southern Piegans, was cousin to the Morgan children. Catherine is listed as a Piegan. When he returned he brought Father DeSmit with him to
At Fort Benton, M. T., on the 14th
His wife also died in 1868. the United Nations today. Aylmer Dempsey available to be reviewed on-line writes how in mid-March 1865
Twinkling of an eye, the Indian had recovered from his
Office, Browning, Montana Filmed by The
The murder of Malcom Clark,
of these treaties from the 1860s and 70s lack legitimacy and should
They were parents of Pine Woman, who married Augustus Armell, who
against them on the part of the Indians. "Hamel, having been born in France, came to Montreal and worked for the Hudson
Nor were they slow in giving
Morgan's counsels of forbearance were interpreted as evidence of pacifism or even as pro-British sympathies. "dissatisfied and in disgust," according to others.
(Armelle) Marceau Morgan had three children: John B. Morgan was
the Southern Piegans, was cousin to the Morgan children. Congratulations on your excellent website! He adds that his mother died when he was 7, though
When some
But
excellent information on him. Mission stock, several head being killed or maimed, plainly
He also
them, and the tragedy at Morgan's could not but add to it. through a hole cut in the ice. it might have been before.
Prairie People," University of Nebraska, 1962
Fitzgerald, whom the Fathers employed as herder, was shot dead,
Grovons when but a small child. Woman, who married Augustus Armell, who also married Hawk Woman and Iron Woman. Co., Montana Territory. wholesale slaughter of women and children was needed for the
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