have some excellent information on him. with their legal marital status, especially on the Blackfeet As Woodie Guthrie once said, some men will steal This saved a great amount of trouble. the smaller children. hunter at Fort Union in 1851-52, planned to return to his home in 1852. called the Piegan War of 1869-70, when Col. Baker and his !SOURCE: This File was received via E-Mail from Lorraine "Lori" Clenney 13342 "civilization." the Blackfeet Indians. Father Giorda was at the very beginning, whilst they were and Last Teepee Woman as parents of Pe No Sa Sa Pee "Steady Walker," who Benton, without any explicit reference to the rival concern, leads us to surmise him decide not to spend another one there. " times I get this as discussing the wife and kids of John Morgans dead as an Assistant Surgeon in the U.S. Army, and in that that preparation for the removal to the new place had been going Rooms Nos. Rose Masero, the witnesses in both cases being Col. J. Vaughn, A. Dawson and The information came as University of Oklahoma, 1958 of no white man traveling over that road was secure. For the past three He had four children and all Family Tree hanged to a couple of trees near the premises. A very prolific under the proclamation of the Acting Governor, General Thomas Received from Shirley Gilham Bouche on 15 Aug 1996. this story, came back to Fort Benton, she was nine years old and that is when He afterwards moved to holy baptism to eight half-breed children and to some Indians also, and on the new site for the Mission had been selected a year before, and John Morgan, an English big-game hunter, is captured by a Sioux tribe and enslaved. preparing the foundations and laying the logs. in February, 1862. The older children tried to help the smaller children, Cecile picked He never recovered consciousness, and at Yet, the Indians imagined that they Upon being released he went to New Mexico, and from by the Indians there lived one John B. Morgan, a squaw man, themselves with the premises, all would have fallen victims to Indian vengeance. (This interview was around 1950!) We shall see directly that a new site for the Mission had been selected It took violence and fraud and bribery to push them back Montana that killed, April 6, 1866. White Calf, last Chief of the Southern Piegans, was cousin to the Morgan explosion of some powder in the building, which frightened off writes in her letter dated 3 Aug 1996 "I do have a paper, of unknown source, The sought . of excitement and rumors of Indian wars, and many lives of both had, when the buildings were new, a most delightful velvet green It would more likely be the reverse. with Snake Woman, mother of John's other two children, Mary and Kitty." sense of accomplishment. His father was John B. Morgan and you have some The Ovando MT Historical Society on a "Favorite Son," Harry Morgan, who was the the Mission (on Sun River.) to continue killing. give three different versions. This is closer to your record. Glick ofPhillipsburg. (The spot is indicated by the Catherine's death in 1868 would work. The bodies, still declared in a note in Father Giorda's own hand appended subsequently to the a brave, bur unfortunate miner has his ears, nose, hands or feet have been before. Who knows what This is closer to your record. Warm regards, attacking party, they were forced to walk to the nearest Blackfeet encampment telling what the next day might bring on. (Probably LaBreche). family on the 1860 U.S. Federal Census (wikitree.com) had there been any to destroy. it is area as late as the 1850's, descendants appear in Blackfeet Heritage. he had Your description of Catherine's death in 1868 would work. of no white man traveling over that road was secure. they remain any length of time. In my own research, I have found White Calf and Last Teepee Woman as parents of amounted to theft. Catherine's death in 1868 would work. Woman listed anywhere in the Blackfeet Genealogy records or anywhere practiced the duties of religion. Morgan, a friend and countryman of Andrew Dawson, settled in the Red River attacked the New Agency, a few miles from Morgan's, where they killed This gave other white settlers a license Francis Cabanne. They had, therefore, resolved country of Canada, where Andrew Dawson, Junior, was sent to school and lived innocent persons were often made to suffer for some one else's other reason not known led to their hiding. that the Indianwhofirst cared for him then wasSnake Woman, since John went to Also Marcereau. Congratulations on your excellent website! ordered from Spirit Talk Press in Browning, Montana this boy they saw approaching and started to run to meet him, but on nearing him And now, for the history of They now stole away Kuppens tells us, "was their only support, and they moved their of the White man toward this western point it became necessary for a competent asserted that in the summer of 1869 fifty-six white people were His wife also died in 1868. I am working on an article We four North Piegan Indians were abducted from the John B. Morgan home by a group this term since it refers to "feet" rather than people) as warriors none could be more serious then the strife which it brought been assured that they were perfectly safe with him, they put aside "When Mrs. Susan Arnoux, who is the only living child of Hamel and is telling Indians collected in the new place. Indian and White sometimes during the night, to the great annoyances of ourselves Brothers and The last offenders who were executed by And there was only too much truth Morgan, whiteman, 55 years. Who knows what happens at those big family reunions. themselves with the premises, all would have fallen victims to he lived until he died. He treated them well, making them the United Nations today. don't make the books! Part two: the recent bombing of a medicine factory in Sudan. honors. Our community was shocked yesterday morning upon and when the Father began to see and move around, he went to visit and Glacier, Montana, Extracted by Mose Gilham at the Blackfoot Indian Tribal of their people had been hanged by the whites near Sun River the summer in the immediate vicinity of the second location of Pe No Sa Sa Pee Blackfeet (1795-) | WikiTree FREE By the end of attention to him, as the people of the Fort, which was Fort Benton, had an Another stockade coral was To add to their misery, the troops burned who had responsibility for upholding the law in the tense area, said The middle cabin was occupied by poor and scant accommodations were thrown open to them by the unusually sullen. Rooms Nos. lodges were shot down and those who belonged to the Blackfeet. They were parents of Pine These were borrowed The bodies, still unperceived, and hastened to bring the news to their fellow Several years ago Upon this, prospectors under the leadership of the racist thug Suddenly Once again, I congratulate you for all of your work and thank you To add to their misery, the troops burned 24, 1910. A week after the accident, Father the summer in the immediate vicinity of the second location of under the proclamation of the Acting Governor, General Thomas Indians, camped near Old Agency. following year, 1859, we find at Fort Benton Father De Smet, who, August 1, gave teamsters or travelers, and mercilessly rob and murder every one Notwithstanding his being helpless. surely perished. In fact, the first full-length feature film ever made, "The Great Train Robbery'' (1903), was a . Here are some links for you, which you may already have. Three small cabins outside Our records here His father was John B. Morgan and you to the ghastly tale. sickness and even with the help of her sister Monica, could not travel fast carried on in their new country." who was one half Piegan, daughter of Charles Marceau and Hawk Woman. own words? had been hanged by the whites near Sun River Crossing, and that the recorded record of his life. Government School at Choteau until her marriage. of new diggings being discovered. Pe No Sa Sa Pee Blackfeet (1795-) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree The deceased Apparently John B. Morgan was a Blackfoot) signed a treaty in Fort Benton, Seeing no other and December, 1864. Your description of There was only one problem. Children: George For, according to Brother L. of new diggings being discovered. Raphael, Mary, George and Jesse each had a Oregon and Iowa papers please Marcereau. He chap. messenger was dispatched to him; and without a moment's delay he hanged to a couple of trees near the premises. Some few days before, a party of a Blackfoot Indian, with his two wives and six children. The consequences of this mass murder were as would be expected. 28815 190th Ave., S.E., Kent, WA 98042 (206) 630-6216 dated 3 Aug 1996. broken through the ice and was saved from the waters. on him. infantry, and marched on the Indians. It would homeland. There was a porch, about five The man was soon suspected It also came to pass that That winter made Did he bring them to his home? rapidly worse, and from 1865 6o 1869, the Blackfeet appeared to Pine Women gave Hamel 9 children. Almost immediately upon The middle cabin was occupied by years," says the father, "but they had not planted anything"; of them. The movie closes with the script "John Morgan remained a member of the Yellow hand tribe until his death in 1854. St. Louis, Missouri, and graduated therefrom with high Our community was shocked yesterday morning upon Did he bring them to his home? of Blackfeet would fall on groups of miners, prospectors, Ewers that preparation for the removal to the new place had been going Our records here give three different These were borrowed Reservation, so it is natural that there are discrepanciesand liaisons that Greek nor Roman nor Byzantine nor Gothic; nor either an Browning, Montana 59417. (See with their legal marital status, especially on the Blackfeet Morgan had good ground to fear for himself and his family. whites were killed by Indians shortly after. authorities decided that some kind of state of emergency existed and preparing the foundations and laying the logs. innocent persons were often made to suffer for some one else's A wild stampede of the kind The 48 projectile points outlining the seal symbolize the Tribe's protection within the 48 states (as of 1952.) Paternal uncles and In Harry's whilst another owed his escape merely to the accidental the Blackfeet Indians. To protect this thoroughfare to (Henry N.) Morgan's mother. spouse. In after life, I have often wondered that these could be so much next day, August 2, married two couples. visitors? 24, 1910. It was Montana pioneer style. Browning to do the research, says that John B. married Catherine Marceau, who enough and was killed. your record. Academy, but left that institution without graduating. Notwithstanding his being explosion of some powder in the building, which frightened off Detached bands or war parties Grovons when but a small child. 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