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A History of Montana Volume 1 (1)[...]een difficult to portray. The actors in the state's great
drama, however sincere in the suppor[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (2)[...]PACE
NAME- BOUNOARIF.S-TOPOGRAPH~-CLIMATE-SCENERY.. .• . . . •[...]19

II GEOLOGY OF MONT,\NA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . .. • . • . .[...]•.•••.• 119

IX INDIAN i\<I1ss1011sS..... . . ... . • . . . . . . • • . .[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (3)[...]278

XVII Tm~ O.\\'S op •r11F. GREAT RANCE ..•......•.• . •.[...]432
XXII lXOVSTRlf.S ANO MAXUF,\CTORU-::Ss OF NATUR,,t. RF'.souRces--
HvoR[...]8
•X' X'\1 1 R1-:r.IGIOX-T ITF. C JI URCIIF.S[...]J O~T.\NA ••• . , ••••[...]6<)o
XXXll Tui-:: JKDIANS OJ~ ~ •( oxT,\NA ,\T TJJE PRESENT Tnt£-0~£NINC OF
TOE R£SERVATIO:<S . ••..•... . .... . ... , •. , ... . ...[...]695
XXXIII Toe COUNTIES, CITIES ANO Tow,s-~f1ssouLA COUNTY . .[...]. 703

XXXIV T111<: DEvELOPMHNT or MoxT1\NA IN TH£ LAST DECAOE- POPULA·[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (4)[...]Almy, Jiunts S .• 1231
Aborlgtnn1 lnhnbltnot8. ro[...].\rmlhllntlon or U1e S1>:1nlsh flC!Cll Gl-1
AIIJrlJ;ht, Jl\tOb, 1270[...]Att1•ro11rlntiou~ ror m:1lntena11ce of s rntc go,·crn•
Allee m_lne, 440[...]Annl!-lron;:. f"mnds 1'\., JJOS
Allen. Ch11rlc,s H., 1821[...].\s.burr. John F .• 14,,13[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (5)[...]rre~ Allee c., 801
.:Ublc-y, Jo.mes M., 342, 700, S03 Barrett. Mar Un, 001[...]Bnrta, Willlnm }',, 1270
A$$0Clt\te Ju.S U~ $()1 &rtb[...]note.man, ne,·. Fro.ncl$ n., 671
Ai;tor·s two CXJ)('(lltlons. l23[...]Dnttle or Pierre's llole, 127
Audltol'3, S03 n[...]Bt-a,·cr He:\d Vttllc,r, il:S
0:kh. 'l'bomns C.. GOO. COO[...]ld, 1-•r aok, 10$6
O.t1('h Cldc r. •~tc ric-k s .. HSC lle<k. JO$lnh F .[...]Becwar, Andrew J., l,$19
8:1.er. F.•dwnrd S.• 100$ Bee Ith'~. C'iO
Th,~.:s. C«>rs;c ·r.. 1:{4:;[...].. 14SO Ilcld1cr·sS
H:1ktr. Chnrlcs It.. H25 Bell, Charles S.. lG5S
Haker, Gt'Or:;:e W .• 1223[...]<>r Grc:tt Polls. co0il field, 4 17
nnker. J ohn S .• 1r,.,;~ B[...]., 1o.;1 nc-ml.s. Rnl1>h H •• JlOO
Unktt'. '_l'h(IIUlll'l 1.'.[...]8crry. RogcJ'!J W. , 1500
Barker, S.-imue1. 1Zi7 ntm·nmn. Wllllttm n., 1700
B:trnan,1, Anthony "-'·· ns,S Bcrtbot. Ar[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (6)[...]"Blue Sky Lnw,0 3SS
Blelenbcrg, Nlcboh,s J., 000[...]llonnp..ntc, Nnpoloon. 7S
Big Horn counts, creMlon or. a:.H. :.JS7 : lx.im1[...]'U ··BootS HUI/' 2S3
BIii or,;n.nl:dng tcrrJtory J>ftggcd, 327[...]Mluln:; Company, 457
Blllln,,"S Corey Act i:u·oJcet. 7!JS[...]lRD."l $tnt'ltcr, Ml, 750
Blllln~ 1>01ytech11ic h1s tltutc. 50-I Botkin. Alcxnnde-r C.. 402
Btllln!!s proJeer. Gl~J[...]n-0ultlcr Hot SprlnJ:s, 71~
BIiyeu.•T- 1111 $., 1-108[...]noul'(}uin, Gcor'.;c lL 608, J270
BINl's--e.,·c \'ICw Of K:111.sritll ( , ·Lew). i 5,1[...]Ho:r.cmtm, J. )( .. J(», 2i0
BlshOI), John F., S90[...]T .. 1001
Ditter Root Rll"er !'111(1 Mouut:1ln5e, S tc,·tmwlllc llorcr. l s.inc, 1151
(,·Jew). ;oo[...]B1·cchl1ill. John " ·· llOG
Blockfoot Glnctor.s. GSS[...]ichmond, 571. 573
Blncktoro. "\\"llllnm ).J .. l42S Brld~rr. J tuu~ 1~. 133, Hl, 27S, 658
Blnck Growler, Cii[...]Brl11I.~. ;\IO~CS. lf,Gi
Black RO('k mine, -14S[...]e, 7Gi; nn~a. i GS :
Blnlnc couuty n~rlculturc. i S1 : creation of'. 3$7; crc-ntion of. 361 : horses, 707; mtnc-s, 405. 450.
mines,· 400: mining, 7$1; rn.llronds. i S1 : :-stock •IS2 : mloln.;. 767; populntlon. i6S ; rntlro:.ds.
r:-.lslng, i Sl.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (7)[...]Cnn>ente r. B. Pll\tl. 3-IS. 350, 40S.. SOO, ~~
B11t<-11er. l>:tnl<'l. 14'i:l Cnrp('nter. S:i.mtu:~1. li.J::; '
Buth". .tSI. 3tJI. :JGS. (H'i. 73'i: s:r(';H~t m lnh1~ Cnrr-ler. Pettr 1:-::.. 1787[...]n.,·. l.td.. -1-4$ C'lrroll. William 1-:.• J4S1
Jlutle Cc)l'I llt Ion Co11111erny. •U-l[...]Cn.~ de, 740
n,nctrritld. ,JOhn. 2S2 C::tS(':'.ld[...]Uniled $1Att$. 740: e llmnt<'. 74S: tnlls nod
( '~hh• 111111<'. -lGO[...]C:iS<'. J ohn 1-'.. 1315
C.tlifornin trriil, Zi'S Cnt;tle geys<'[...]K .. JO'ii'
('nllawrty. 1.tewtloll,·n I..• 10 1S
A History of Montana Volume 1 (8)[...]5.'3. 370, 414, -IIG.
Ctttlln, Ccor:,:e. 131. t-1S 439. 4.S•I, 80"2. $-1: cxtrnc1s front Ccntennlnl nd-
Catlin J)Ortrnll or two IIK.llnms. HS d""8s. :lJO. 4.3"2. 43~. 400
Cntt1e brands. 31•1 C J::,rk':- Pork. 2S. JOO \
" Cttttle klnt$-," 3JG[...]!:i J.'ork coal field, 47G
Ciwnnaugb, J . ll., 39S Clnrk·~ Fork[...]Clrirk's rh·er. 1o.;
ccnsu:it ot lh·ln~ butrnlo. 00.1[...]Clitrk(\ l(nlCOlut (r:)C)1•trnlt) 1 23,S
centers or l"°JmlnUon In c:trl,r dny~. V92[...]Clem. John 7... 1420
Chon,s:lng the C.ttJlltn t to \"lr;:1nlA City, 412[...]l•::u1ter-n '.\.lontnun, 712
Cbarb<mnenu. Too.s.-mlut. SO, !>:'.>. 114 Cl h1to11, Hobert 1.: . 1404
Chnrdon•s mussnere, 23 1
C11nrles, O rwld J.. 12.52[...]urn, John W .. 18 14
Chc\'l::ny, (:llbert A.. H 3S C()huru, \\'lllltl m[...]'(Ml)'. \\'lllltim I-'.. 2$4
Chico Hot Spr1n;;::s, 7 4$ Coffman. Hen[...]Coh ('n. r.c\\' A.. S7S
Cbter Nlcholns, 1~1[...]Coleman, r~ wls:. 9S2[...]•
Chouteau ·count.y, 331. 334. 710. i5S: area. 710: Colcmnn. Willhun. 10'2$
c[...]".? ; Collins. Cbnrles. 132i
rollrond$. 721 : s tock lnduslr;\' . 720; timber. 720 Collin~. E[...]Ted I•:... 1278
Christle. Atexnnde1·. Sr.• 14S0 Colomdo :1nd :litont[...]otter..Joli n. 00. 121. 050; battle w-lth tndl.nn.s. ~3 :
Chrls to1>her. \\ri1lter F. •• 1C02[...]0, 584 commerclnl ex1llorer s. lll
Cl:1rk, Chnrle,s B •• 1125 Co[...]imeot tor clt1es, 379
Clark, George Rogers. G'9, S1 Committee or Safety, 58.S
Clnrk, Pnlrlck, 44$[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (9)[...], Tltomns:, 1200
Cou1pcmy A., f.'ltst 8:tttallon, S33 Cou1ter's Falls, 541
Comi,ony n. i,;·1rst Bnttnllon. 831[...]Counties. 703
Comfk,n~· O. ..'l'hlrd Bnttnllon. S,Jt Counties In 1864. 320
OomJl[...]3attallon, $44 County ralrs, 36S. 391
CODIIX\lly :r. First Bntrnllon. S2S County orgonb..'ltlon JAw,[...]Dtlttnllou. $42 Courcur des bOt.s. 57
Comi,cu:1y fl, St"(!()u(I lk\llfillori, 83-1> Court$, G79
COlll(i{llly l. Fir:J;( UntlOllon. S20 Cownn ()flrty, 00G
C-0111pon[...]ent." 610
COWJXlll)' J_.., Se-oond tliHtnllon. $3.S Co:<. Home[' F .. 1750
~:~,~-}'~~[...]Crane, Gt>Orge W., 001
omeera. S.14 Crt[...]Cronin, John ft.. 1 lO'l
Col'lgcr, R:\ymOll(l s.. 1129 Crook, Gen. Gror[...]Cro$br. 1-:. 1;•nmk. 1420
Conrnd. nowcn s.. 172C Crosb)'. J . Schuyler, 3'17, $03
Conr:.td, CharJ(!S F.., H H Crowell. J[...]1 O.. !>i O Crow rt-S,Cr\'tttlon, iOO
Conm d, Wllll:u n G., 001[...]Crow$, ;J5, G3, lG.1
Cons11tu1ton ndoJ>IC'd. S02 Cruse, 1.•110mns, 45!>, OS t
Constltutlotml com·cntlons. 3:rl. S02 C\11bertson, 756
Conslltnt[...]JG02

c.,m·c-nt Ion or .1SrJ:. S02 Custer b.'\HleOelt[...]734; prize pumpkin: 732 ;
Cook, Chnrlcs \\'., G.5S. !U!l rnUro.ids. 732[...]Custer. Georsc A., 247, 2.54, :WG
Cool.e cur. i -1Ss .-ic,·otlon to duty, 2G2
Coouey. 1-:dward II., O[...]13i G Daigle. S•n!ord, 1301
Cor~l:nul. C('(II F..• l i OO[...]lon. Chilrtcs E ., lOSS
Copper mining, 4.Jl. 4•1S O:, ly, J:uucs H .• U5S
(.'opJ'ICt o ut1mt, •l'iO[...]Onrllng. '.\rurk S.• 1•192
''Corrupt pmctletS nct." 3S2 Dn,·ce. Hc-nry A..[...]o.-·los, Geo~• R., 1S00 .
O>rwln Springs. HS[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (10)[...]01.!K'(),·ery or Tb:)ll's body, 201
D:1.,·1:s. "'tllJnm, 1059[...]Di~trle-1 cour1s. rtS2: 01'8t ~:-ilon of. r;...~
O:lwson, n coJo.m[...]District Judi:'-"'. SIO
D:1wson, Jomes )t.. 17S» Dls1rict[...]11 : nrea. il:l; cc,.'\l fields.. Dlftlric1s l:lld off'. 320
713: cror>s. JOOS. 712; tJllnb!e soil, 'ill[...]Donlan blll. 37S
Otc1· T.o,lgc etty, 3-14, 5!>'2. i71[...]Dono,·:,,n, r.ools P .. 1730
In::. 70S: 1>0rm111tlon. 7J I[...],
OeLnt•<w. \\"o.ltcL· \V.• c::,s Dowlin~. John. J 1!)'2
Oelc;mtc-s In ('()ll,i:rd!S. ~ Oowlln::. Pnt[...](:e,or;:c f·.. 1761
Ocrncrs. Alexander r..., Jl:\S Ornln:1~e ~·t1t[...]:?70 Dmi><r, Odd S.. Ul-'l7 '
DcschtUUl)S. (::'ISJ~U'tl. _1 03C[...]n. J.152
Do Vncn. Ah'nr :'\ow. Ca1,c,,-.:1. :?·; s
"Oc,1l's Card 1.'nble-.'' Zl[...]Dry r,, nuln:.:: eo11_::~-t or 1!>11. -1S$[...]ourr.,·. Johu I l.. 11s1
DeWitt. \\'tllln m H .. f.Oi[...]$ of Durand, J tunes H .• 1537
s tnte or i\Iontann. $17[...]tory ot the office!'$ o( tcrritor,· or :\Iont..'\na. ow,·er. John v •• l&lf)
S03[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (11)[...]1-:,·crts. 'J\•unmu c.$ (;5!)
Enrly )f1\\"S1 l;S() Ewe[...]E:qlcdlllon or )Jlchmu:. 73
E:irly S<'.hools. (H!)[...]1~ of [..<:\\'IS Ctllll Clink. 10;;
i::arly ~ton s or Hie su1m~mc court, 5-..~[...]F:x.tmct from ··Sllllm:tu's Journnl.'' 119
f:d;;::cr1on counts. 331. 3-.~[...]f:x.t.i·,,et rrom Jn111~ Stu..1rt's "A<h·cnturc on t he: .
.t:d.i;:e rtou. Sidne y.[...]00 652
1-:~h1(':Hlon. 5~S : oompuh,,ory, 367 F.:ctr:tct rrom \Velkert's journal, 070
Edu<ittlonnl lu.stltutlons . lands set ttJ)(lr t for, 3:}S Eyernl1\n. )foxweH B., 1631
Edwftrd$. R ex . (;co)1:"C. &70, 677
1-Mwnn:t:s. John •: .. J.133 1-'tllr, S . Hobert, J;Jl'i
J•:trroote ry or the d~ 1-icrn[...]unt<'<'r $1g unl Cor1JS, 620 f'alrwMlh er's cUsc<n<t'r\• elnlm, 173
1-"!lghth dl~trltt. S20 1-'uh~,[...]"l\llnng . O. A .. 1107
J,;Jdo rndo b:i.r• . a;;s Falls or the )Ussourl, 22
t:ldr<d. 111,el $ .. 13.1S Fi11te r n1eyer, l,ewl.s c.,1617
l':lccllo11 he ld ()etober 24. JSG-1.[...]l ...t\rm s l3tlsUcs, so.;
EIJ.horn Slh·er )tlnlug ComJ)(lny[...]Farris, Jn~s T., 1264
t:lllugw o<>d. Charles W .. 1100 1-..urui;w<>rtb, Cbttrl('S £,, 179::»
BIil~. Alonzo. J5-IG[...]Farnum. Lo\·tl1. 1443
Elllt;. J. Sidney. J3,"S2 F'iuber Co[...]Federal Jud~,s. 821
F.11rl1,:ht.~ Willl:ltn )I.. JG·JG[...]John K. 1:;2:; 74S ; mttronds , 744: un:.lJlJlrol)rhtred pubUc l o.n[...]1-•errls. \\"nrren Au:rus. GSG
F:s t hn:lled uumlM'l" o r <111110 on J;rnu:1ry l. 18[...]Field nud gtafT. First Mouta1\a Jnf.nntry, S2i
E\·:mtt. J ohn 11 .. 007[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (12)[...]Floor rlots, 184
F'irst ch·ll low s uit., 684. i,iowcl"$[...]F loyd, Clrnrles, 00
Flrat courts, 5S1 Ftoya·s denth, 91
First c1cdsion of tbe sttJ)fCme cou[...]01
First clestrlptlons of the geyser b."\Sh1.s , G5C Fluent. Amo$ lt., 1422
}'lrst dl.[...]OSOrlbod by Henry Edi;er, 175 Ford, Robert S., 95-J
E'lrst grist mUJ, 484.[...]lcxnndcr, 139
First Montano. Iotnntry. 365, 610. S27 : b:rnd, S2S: Fort As.,:lnnlbolne, 392
hospital corps., S27: non-commissioned st..'\rr, $27 F'ort Belknnp t1s;C:ncy, ro9
Flr$t lfontoun Infantry mnrchlng up :[...]oo return from the PhlllJ► Fort Berthold, 11S
l)lnes (\•tew) I 037[...]cxpe(}ltlon to •Hsco,·er Fort l'loyd, 12S
Yellowstone Park, 650 Fort Ht'\H, ZiS
First s.,wmlll, 484. Fort Ho"1e, 2$
First school district. G4S Fort Keogh, 202.[...]rt Owen, 140, 166, 183
f'irgt trial tor murder, 5Ss;:rnln thrtshcd ln 1011, 752: tom• Fo[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (13)[...]Glbbou canon. G7S
F:-Ourlh district. $20[...]Glb.wn, Paris, 110'2
Fnmklln. Wesley l".. JS2S Gi<ldlogs. Amm[...](;lln route-. 27S[...]Gilmore. Hlrnm N'., l 20S
"Froc tr,,J)ptl'S." 121, J~ HO, ~ i Gilmo[...]-"ill1)1no 1>00plo ror the Amerl· Godfrey's n.ecount or Cus ter's dde:\t. z;;s
rons, 030[...]GOltl. 11111 mine. 71S
"f'ur Country. '.fhc," 110[...]r and copper mines. 34
Furstnow, Albert f·.• 12S2 G-01<1. slh·e[...]Gold yl•l<l or J errorson county, JSG5-1SOS. 1s1
G:ilCn, Uu~h F., o-J<l[...]7
72i; l:lrge sl7,e rnncties, 72i; mines. 402, 4S0: GoOdall, HerlM'rt A. B., J70S
1>01lulallon In 1000. 7~: railroads, 728; unn1>[...]rccl:'1mt\tlon proJects, 515
G:ilt. \VUlinm \T,, 1S07 Oo\'ernors,[...]('.{)ver r_\Or F.dgerton·s me$8Uge, 896
Gamer. Ch:\rlNs \\"., 1007[...])Oj Go-/.t1, S.,mtiet D.. JGiG
Gan~. ,l osel)h, rot[...]Graeter. Au,g,1s.tus F .. 870
Gnrd htCL" rono u. 674 Graeter, :'.\(niy J .. S77
C:ullchl t reaty. J{l.5 Grnhnm, Jnmes D .. l32S
Garr. H. H.. 1335[...]Crnlu warehouse nod elevator lnw, 3S5
George. William n.. 132-3[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (14)[...]G\lnst;:;ht Pns-s. OSG
Gr:u1tte county, crea tion ot, 30l : nrc:t.[...]'\"Cd J)UIJIIC' c;wiu, Wllllnm P., lOlC
Jnnd.s, 'i62
GrnnHe districts, 463[...]nnu, Etl;a'" M., 1000
Gl'RS.',hOJ)J>Cl" Dl.;glu~"S-. l'i3 Ilnll, T-ltlr\'O[...]H:\11, J . fl., 376
Grnv("S, Andrew 0 .. l4S3 llnll<r. Johu. 1531
Gray. Au.g:ustu.s: H., 1002 Hah·[...]flnmllton. Alc.xnucler, iS
Gr:\zh1s: 1nuds, ~ 7$7[...]Hammond. nol)(!-1·t E,, 134S
GrMt tails ot t.be :'.\.Us.wurl rlver, 100[...]1430
Grcdt flgurts 1.n the O\·erlrrntl stt1.gc, 2S5 lino.son, H :welock H .• 1310
Great Judith b.1s.tn, 7•J l . Hn[...]-1
"Grcnt )f('(l.ltlnc Ro!'ld ot the \\lhttcs." 27S l-f ardcn, SSi, 782
Grcnt NortbN·[...]· Jl:.trmnr, Gen. Joslnh, 72
Grrot St. Mary's l:-tkts, 6$7 tlnr[...]llnrnois, CbnrlC'S A .• 1J34[...]423
Grrot S.nlt LO.kc trnU, 27S
G1·C'nt S.11t Joke, 44!; : dl.S(()\"Crcd, 1$ Unrr,tr. Wtllltun \[...]Itnrrls, Ch:'ll"IC-S L., 1ro5
Greeley, Borneo, 283[...]Htnrifl. John n.. 1054
Grtenc, Frcdedek T .. 157S lfarrlson, \V[...]nnrtm-i.ln. Cbnrles $., )220
Gregg, Jncob n., 174S J·Inrt,[...]Hnthhorn. Fretlerlck 8 .. 1c:-ro
GriS,:$:b:(s. farewell to \ he regiment. GH) I·Intte~ey. nnl1>h )J., Jlii
"(;1•lf;$by's nough Rider.,." GIS, 010[...]g ,.i;; )falling Com11nm·. 1723
Gt'O!t Yeo tre::s, G3 Tlaw[...]Hawkinson. (.'al'l F .. 1S10
G1-owth of the Americnn Northwest. 300[...];l-owth of the rountry ei\U$td bJ' rntlrontls. 2!\S ttaynes. OW.! c.. J 15-'5
Growth or the[...]nn. MO llnytt. Gt."Orgc )I., 123S
Growth ot the Catholic d.locesc of Great[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (15)[...]llolmt'S,, Olh-er :U •• 14$4
uc.1Jy, John J., 171[...]c-tHl exemJ)UOn lnw, 341
l:led.ges. c.>1·11C'lh1.s, SS-t. 05!1. 024 ''ftOOdOO$," 070
llC<I:;<'$, Rnlph S .. J2G2[...]Hopkins, Robert P ., 10-tS
ffoO'<"rlln, ChnrJes S .. 12()(;[...]~'!) nor,;,'S, 319
ll<'h11.c,, t,•. Au,::ustu.S. 30•i . ,J2I • ..J:?G. .a-1:J H[...]IIOSl>lfal COrJ).S, 1,..lrst Montana Infnutry. 827 .
Uclen:t $tntc f[...]Hosplt:11 or tbo S.1cred Henrt. lCOi
Hehir, F. Cc<>1~<'. OH[...]Hot $1)rlns,-;,, S4
lfondershotc Geor-;;e w .. 17$0[...]ouse or reprCS('Oftltl\'CS, state :uisemblles, sp!S,-$10
Herd. John G.• 15-12[...]nuason's Bay OOmp•ny, 119, 120, IGO
llfgglns. ).fnrlin J[...]Rueoe, Harry J ., 169$
fllgsl11s. nonnhl. sco[...]raH;lng, i SO Hunter's Hot Springs, 74.$
fllll. Ch arles c.. l3ii[...]nuse. J. ·wnrd, 147S
Jltuklc-. Jntu~ :\f., lGSG[...]lnclfan eampnlgn or 1S77, 0(,5
Holbrook. f"re(I P .• J 120[...]lndl:'ln rerlamatlon S)roJcct:,, 6l5
A History of Montana Volume 1 (16)[...]Otto H., 1804
Imtustrlal schools established, S67 .Johll.Son, WlllJam J[...]Jones, Jennison P., 1321
Instltutlon.s or le:\rnlng. 54S Jordnn, Arthur, 154[...]OS Judlelnt districts, lSS2, GSS, S10
h·rlgatlon c..'\nals. 714 Judith Basin coal fletd, 47S
In·lgatlon (lat..'\, 532[...]f, G33 Kain, 'l'homo.s, 1368
Ir,·ln, Gc<>r~e \V., SSS[...]K:\llSpC.11, 7S5
It·,·Jnc, Thomns fl .• 965[...]to iutning Kean, Thomas, 1113
c.'nn1>s, 100; nJ')penl, 212: counectlon wJlh rcb- n:enrns, John P., 1016
lleries nnd wurde1-s, 209; ae.weauor during the Keene, Fran[...]Kelley, Robert L .. 9S2
hJnckSOn's Bole," 127, 6'i9, GSO[...]Kell;, Jffle V., 1S13
Jnrrettl \Vllllnm G., 1577[...]Kemper, Simeon 'V., 1022
Jny's rreaty, 77[...]trel'son county, creation or, 331; agriculture, 71S; Ketrntdy, Jobu lV., lt.73
!'l''Cr4ge we:11t)) 1:>er capttn, 719; climate, 71S; gold Kc.nwOOd, 727
yicht, 1'-~·0S, tSt; granite, 71S; mines, 467, 4SO, Kenyon, Cl:\t'encc E .• 17S0
•J S2; rutnlu,;, 71S; mining districts, 718; noted Keppler, J[...]iue1-:tl springs, 710; popu1ntloD, 719; rnllroo.d.s, Kepplcr·s t:\Scade, 679
iJ9: s t~k growing. 718; unreserved and un- 1<C1'1CC, J:i,me,s D., 1372
:\J)111·oprt11t('(t r,ubllc 1nn<ls. 7[...]l(esslcr, Ch:U IC$ N., 899
Jct'r'erson's tribute to Cnptntn )Awls, SS K[...]ler, Hnrr,r C., CHG
Jcft'.erson ,·nne~·, 716, 71S Kessler, Nicholas[...]Kicher. Chnrlcs D.. 167S
Jcnh:cn, Ec.twt1rd i),f.f 10"'.:>S J(tenltz, Blnnchc B .,[...]King, Jame$, 11S0
-lesult Fo.tbers. 567[...]Klr<her. Albert. 1003
,J ohnson, Albert S .. 1000 Kirk, "'llllnm R., 1737
JohuSon, Arthur D .. 14S9 Kirwn[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (17)[...]SS Mnrch 2, 1$67, 'i05
l(lll('\'CI, ~.uton J., 154S L..'\ws or third terr[...]Lca\'<"lUJ, nobcrt, Jl!:>4
KOOtCu:\1$, 0,:3, 6S6 Lc.t\'CLlsworth nod PU.e's Prok Express Co., 282
Korn-Id, ncrnt1rd. JG20[...]!) r~tom. J'mUt"S , v .. 17~
Kuchhoro. George, li23[...]L<,o,;. Air"'<! T •• 1059
Kupb:ll, }'. W., Jt6S Lee's fnttue.oec o,-cr tllc I ndlnns, 146
Kuster, Erncg[...]t.-enbnrt. Cbnrle-s ,\.. 1534
J..,:tlllb<'rl, Ed\\':lrtt It .. lil2[...].lt'<l, X. R , G55
Lnud ~mn1 to r:'1ll"«\(ls. 3-;S, l.epkc. Joseph. 1365
lAltul Pl'O(h.lCt!l Sho..:,•. -!S.1 l.<'rb"r'.;. r_.nrs :\£.,[...]LC$liC Brothen. 172$
T..nnc. Jnm('S f:.. J5JO r~lle,[...]l•J-l r..cwls, '£bom:1s E. , 10.10
Ltu•=,tn •.\., 1:i~i[...]Lteurenant-eo,·cruons, S17
r...au1er1.>:ic11. ;\[:ixlmilltln. 1250[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (18)[...]XXIII

l.1nc<>ln conuty, crrotlon or. 37S; ngrlcullo~, 7i5: :'.\lnc.1ulcy. Alexouder lf .[...]7i0 :\fnckcnzt e. Duncnn S., lGW
l.111<'0ln, Cor1)()rt\l \Y. $,, 632 )f:tckcnztc, .Jnmc,g A., 1701
l.1nootu's b1rthda)-. 3:75[...]:'.\fncKnlght's nccount of m1ues of CN\ulto <.'< nmty•
·. tnt[...]30 )f:\('l(nl~ht's ncoount or the flC{'l:'l m ine. -100
.Infield.[...]:\faddeo, \Vllllam E .. 1770
,.,Lsn's 1>ost, 1·11[...]4$2~ 7JG : nlinlug c:)IUJ)S_, 710; llCWSP.'ll~l'S. 717;
IAttlc Rock Ink<', 76'1 J>OIHllll,liOn, 71S : prJnelp:ll crops, 717: rnilro:hli,,,
Little St.. lfary's lnkes, GSG. 7[...]re:scr,·ed 1>ubllc lnnds. 71S
J_.lvc stock ~rnltory t,oard; 373[...]'.\foln street, Rcl~na. In 1$70 (,·Jew). i Z
TA>Ckwood, :u. '.\1., 10()[...]:'.\folus. Wllll:un J.,, 1001
r.og:rn, Andrew. 10S3 :'.\fn[...])fall ltquo~. 00.3
J,(ln$:. Thorn:1s o..JG.$2 '.\ftlmmoth hot $1lr1ngij, OH. 681
Loo111l~. J:HUt"-S II,, 1370 '.\l[...]:'.\fonbntltu,, i2S ·
.,oulslnnn Pur<'h:,ge. CS. SJ, 324[...]nning. T,loncl E .. l .(H!3
..o,·cll. l'hllllp, S'Sl :\lnnnln[...]\lnn~ure. Chari~ '.\t., 170i
,()W('. G••y n., S)3
)lnntlo. l.oe, :i.,;s. SOO
.owe-. \\'IIIIRIU, $02[...]:'.\fnnufacturln$! s t:ltlstlcs, 00-.1,
.ower Yellowst one lrrkatlon c[...])ln~hnll. Ch:1rlc-s J., 1743
.,1~llcr, Cllnrle-s n., 1415 ) l:1[...]:'.\fon;hnll . .John S .. 126.3
usk. ••rnnk $., 1752[...])1:trlln, .Tnm(!S E., 9w
Lu.xton, Tbowa.s v., 1204 :'[...])l:utlnC. Js.1ne $ .• '1 s11
(_.,ynes. John, 1514[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (19)[...]hlcQultt.)'i }~well :6'., li43
:\lnthew-s. WUlh.un A., JOOG )lcQultty, 1,1><11 S., 1743
Mntt.lugly, Ignatius. 135i[...]33(;.. 354. 308. so-;, GS), i05, S03
'.\lnxhulll11n. 1-.rincc ot Wicd-~euw1W. )11, 1[...]Mear;ticr·s dt!'lh, new t11oory or. 33G
115[...]:\ledlc:'ll cxtuntnci"S, 350
Moymtrcl. A. o.. 1111[...]Medicine men and women 1·~lvlog: sun olTcriu-e,-s
'.\ICCAl'r"r-Oy, JOSCJ)h J,, 14G3[...]\V., 1730 :'\lel~s. \\Tclllugton B., J7il
MeC:ult1.,\·, John r .. 1[...])leUI. Henry 1.•., 13.S2
'.\tcCn rthY, Fntrltk n .. JOOC[...]um, Rob<lrt. 130
'.\J{"Ch("$nt)•y, $ylv<'6tcr. 1S11 '.\_lt'IS.101\C, ii7
)1¢Cltt$. S:"1lUCl E., 1342 Melv.lu, Wheeler H., 1707
'.\t<:Clur<"'s :1«-ount or hn1..1n.ls or stnge conch l'r:wcl,[...]~tlzner, A. B., l 'i31
2S3[...]805
McConnel1. S,unucl. J t C2[...]Members of ('OD.Stltutlonnl convention or JSOG. S02;
;\lcCor1111c1.. W. J .. 5S4. 010 consttt.uUonnl COn'l'cnUon of 188-J. S02; cons.Uto·
;\l(.-C.,lrmh:J.. W:1shlngton J., 0[...]clonal co11vcntlon of 1$$0, S02
:'tlcCu1lod1. n. r.ec. 1412[...]emb11es:, 700·
'.\lcCullou~h. (;eorgo T .• 14C.S
'.\tcCulthCOD. I&i:tC D,1 $03[...]'.\Jemt>ers ot tho house, territorial n$$ewbU~. 70S
:'tleO~nlel . •\. Cnrlton. JC32
){('l)errnou[...])re$islns. wenes1ey c.. 1040
)leG1nley. Hugh s.. 1$12 '.\tctnl vroduclion, 1012. 4'i0
)le-Glouess. Robert s.1-1., 1072 :\let11ocllst[...]litrm r~Uco lnw. 373
'.\Ct(;ow:rn. Ji\nl<'$ A., J2S3 :\JNtl<'r, J.' r[...]ot ttll rallro:\ds, 3 10
)tcJ.urc, Chl'lrlcs D .. S90 )fil('1:, Ar[...]:-;e1son A.. 2C2-. i:W.
'.\lc '.\lurly, J.ouls. 5.S4 :'tlllts Cll.[...]iilk rh·<'r proJect. (,19
)lcfhcrson. Edgar n.. 1S03 Mil[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (20)[...]ooroc. J ose1)b E .. 151-l
)Illler. Jnm~ ~J.. 1$0.S ltonro[...]during the Civll war, 183: fn.rnous tor v:1s1 nnt,.
)fill~ James n .. 803 uml resources, 421; ftr!it rtprcsentntl\'e In the
){1[...]me.r,·Mlons. C05; son s, 30
Nlnernl producllons. 787[...]n, fi.!.)7. 001
Jhter,·:, terrtloo, Mnmmoth HOt S1>rlngs (,·1c:,,•), llontnna Deae[...]fl,•ttlll county, -JCG; San/Jcrs 04.S. &JG
c<>uut.y. •10,i;: Sweet Gross eounts, 4[...]ll'.>ntnn:t Stt110 Humane Society, 36S
~ llnklCwJt.1., Wlllhtm J., 1$10[...]St:1tc :\tining Com1>.,ny, •JG7
6 rtmte"l\1)011S lnnd show or 1012, 400[...]fonh\nit Stntc Xorma.l School nnd College. ::.00, S02
f)Usslon r1m.ge, ,JOO[...]weti:I' ASSoelation. 3lG
l\Jls.,;lon or St. Mary's, 100 )tontnn:[...]:\tont~lth. JamciS n .. 017
:'.\11~~tou or the s,crctl lleart. lGl :'[...]teen ycnrs nt Ile-le-na.. 723

l
Usslsglppi rl\'cr, 24, 76[...]llOothly :lll<l :lllllUlll tcmpcrohlt'('S Of Helenrt, t'Olll·
Hssouln, orl,gln ot nnme[...]wHh other lo«tlltlea. i23
ll$SOt.tlo, 326, 34S, 301. 502. (HO. 707 :UOnl[...]lumberln:: 1>0tnt be- :\tooncr, Albert. S.. 1067
tween $:it. P11ul :uHl Se:ut1e, 707:[...]er• )foor~. Clinton n .. 700
est.S, 707: mines. 40S. 4$0. 4$2: mining. 705: or- :\.foorc,[...];\!orford. J. nea. 1$03
lls.~ourl Ft1r Company's '\'cnowstonc cx1>Cdltlon ),Jorr1s:. Albert A .. 12iG
tr:lt;l'(Jy. 124[...])fo~e. GCOl'f,;O ,v., 87S
lobcrly, Oschor H .• 1758
tolt, Rtulol[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (21)[...]New J::hlorndo, the. 1S3
Mount McDonnld, 703[...]Newman, OrSOn N., 801
Mud volcano, 6S2[...]New tork htn(l show• .JS9
l.fulcnhy, JttmC'S B., 1767 1'ez Perc<·s, G3, HO, 156, 263
M ulholln1id, Lnwrcnce, 1345 Nez Pcrc<,s rompa.l.;u, 271 •
Mutlnn. John,[...]Nickola.I, Henry, 1808
)fuUan's sur\·~· work, 270 N'lle,s, J.::dmtrnd "·• 1714
Mulltgnu, 'W lllhuu J .,[...]Nllson, Nels c., 1021
'.\lullh1s, Jerry, llG7 Nlnth d1$trlcl, S:20
~\1nson, Lymnn E., SS2. t>SS[...]Non-treaty :Kez rer('(!s, 203
M\lrphy bill. 3S3 N[...]lhern Pttelflc R. n., 245, 201, 295, 207, 311, 34.S,
ronl mlnh.1$!'. 7jG: r:iUroad.s, 7ii; sugar beets, 777 35$
:\luSSCl$he11[...]est Comp:my ot llcr<:hnnts or C:rnndn, 1.20
'')ly S lxly YC:\1"$ on the PJ:llnS," 656[...]O'Oonn('ll Shoe Company cup, 4S9
="nrmlh'c of :\.(n;. G. J,i'. Cow:in. 2GS[...]OO l)' F"":lllOn's N'.'llOtl ()I\ JndL'\U tragedy or 1823, 124
N:Hlo[...]• 0 ld Em:rnucl." 2SO

~ elll, John S. '.\I., J.257[...]Old :f':tlthful .Jon. 6i S
~ <'ltton. Ncl~. 12i5 Old $1)anlsl1 tmtl, 27S
XCO<:rnc l:\kc b<>tJs cont are:e, 47$[...]Olmsted , 'l'homn s o.. 1008
New count.let orgnnt1.<"d. 301[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (22)[...]I"assmorc, Charles S., 1424
Ono ol tbo bitterest pQlltieo.l fights, 4[...]tween ch•1Ut1ns Patterson, Carrio H., 126S
and Jndlnns, 234- P:utersoi1. Jnmes o., t26S ..
P i\Jy means or travel, r;92[...]PAxson, Etlgn1· S., 1073
rder tssoed by the Malolos governmen[...]Llne Railway Company, 292 ,Pc:try's Juke, O.S7
regon Steam NavlgaUon Company, 281[...]Pern•: Qr,ille \V., 10$3
Orrick, ,J. C., 11S0 Perl',r, \V[...]P eter$On, John. 1471
Osenbrug. Jucob, 112S Petea-son. Potor O.. JSO.SS2 Pbyslcot c[...]ro, 505 "Pll{e:'s Peo.kers,•• 172
Parchen, Henry )£., !)27 Pincus, Jacob, 1S2S
Park commissioners. l:)Onrd of', 3GG[...]school rcvort1 54$
1 minh,1g, 7·10; r:Hlronda, 74S i stock rfllslng, 746 Pio1.1ccr tr.i.ppers[...]' Pipestone SJ>rin.,,""S, 710
i Parker. Dr. Samuel, 147[...]246
Parmly BIiiings library, Billings (view), 5S4 PinC<lr gold. 482
~arr, C.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (23)[...]INDEX
Plummtr, Henry, 1SS, 200, 202, 20$. 2.1S► 2:10, 222., PrlcklY Pe,ar yall[...]PrimHh·c llontann, 69
Plutumer•s se,.'\trOJd (,·Icw), 2:24[...]Prb1co )JnxlmUlnn's senlce to ethnology nnd phll,
t•ointlcner, J0.$[...];Jt;S
Polley·s Lumber Com1\:'lny, 7'07[...]Producelon or gold, s1h·er. copper nnd lead in Mon•
Pomeroy, Charle[...]nes ot the Butte dlst.rlct from 1882
··Pompc,r's 1>111:tr ," 247 1 7Si[...]>ectlug 1X1rties, 173
J'•oore, J1,mcs A.• 107S P ros[...]Protect1<>n of underground mlnct'S, 364
Po1>ul:ll'ltv ot tbc l'.ellowsconc park, 6S4 rrotcirnnc E1>ISC01ml cbureh, 5il
P01,ul:1l10°u, i S-1 : lOl!ll for JOJO, 790[...]20$ Provost, Etl('UU('. 12::i. 27S
POJ)Ul:1tlo n :,t. Ct\Ch (!t11$U8 from lSiO to U)lO, 78:i Pruelt, Cbnr1C:S J., 114~
POJ)UhlllOu or lHSsouln cou nty, iOf Publlc bulldln;::s nt the Ct.\J)lh,1, lnnds tor, 353
POJ)Ulntlon or[...]Purdy. Holli, C .. liOS
r•ortcr. Earl S., 1$10[...]uit or Chief J osc1>h, 26-:1. 065
Porter. 'l"hOmi&S J., J247[...]:"lit$ : Jomes Stuart, 16$; Mnlcolm Clarke,
2.'3S; to(lltln g:rou)), 249[...]Qun11s, George w., 1561
Post or In :\(er de l'Ouest, l>t[...]432
Potts. UeuJntuln F .. 3-13-, 3-H. 3-17, 79i, S03
roulsson, ,vmtnm c.. 17$0[...]n,11,or~. 11. Mnson, 1500
Pouliry n.nd b«:S. JOJO. •JSS[...]de,·clop,ment, L-40
<-litnnte. 'ii'O ; min('s. •JGf., •JSO. 4$2; mining, 770; Rainb[...]ttt F :.llls_ 540 H.a11.1s.cy, Hnrr)' ll., 8.5'2
P OWN. llal'ry W., ](;20[...]Rarn.$ eY, John M.• SS2
.f'OW('r, 'fltOm:1s C., On$[...]llnthelmtller, Rem;· J., 1213
['re,s:ident Jefferson. o$.&[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (24)[...]noster or First }lont,'\nn Inftlntrs, S2i
Ucmo,·111 or the <1.wltal to Jlclcnn, 693 Rostet· or Mont:urn. Signal Corps, S-17
1Jlc-nsh:iw. x,~n'"'d 1=: •• J~">O[...]l rycs, 55

l ctom or ltonlim.:1 rcgiments, G4S ROwlnnd, ,'.\(Orrts D., 17[...]RubOttom, Ell V., 1224
'noynoldts, S.-un\lel G., 1:545 Ruby[...]U., 1600 nutrner," S:mrord. S79
HIN'• .AIOn7.-0 1-\, )420[...]. WIiiiam D., HOG
IUC'lmrdson, Er,·ln A., 121S lhrn()Cll, RObert J[...]10"20 H.yct;nt<", 'i7S
UC'kilrdS;. Jobu E .• ·107. $07
lck[...]'.\Inrton B., 1783 S11ca.Jrtwe:n tt'lblet, 109
tmhoud, Consl::r[...]St. CICl.h·. Ch:n-lC:S rt., J:520
Rh·11lry bet.ween Helena nod Vir[...]St. Cl:\ir. Crn. Artb\1r, i2
!th'rn<.'S. Jeni,, 1198 S[...]Je, 251 St. )htry's ACtL(lemy, 7il
oaring :\Iouult11n, 6l7[...]St. P:rnl :rnd Pn.clflc CotnJ,:tl)Y, 30S
Obbln$-, G«>rge E .• 13JG[...]St. P:n11 At:-...ocl:ltlon or Commerce cup, 4S9
loberts. AIOOrt J., JG,00[...]1110 St. Pctcr·s mission. 100
o~rts, Helen C., llSSl[...]Sntnt•Plerrc. V2
obertson, Alu>oo S., 1161 St. JtC'~li[...]S-1 St. \"in~nt's AC'ltdcmy. 5GS. 726
oblnson, Fierro.an G.,[...]Snlcs, lteno n.. ll64
oblnsoo, Libbie s.. 1203 Salin~. John H., JGSl

S Oblnson, Thom:\$ W .• JG92
oblson,[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (25)[...]&-lwar. Hawley J., 1105
S.nmuen. llenr,r P.. 1s1:; Stl[...]$flnntor Clark's :\CQOUllt or[...]told <llSCO\'Cry, Jii
$:ttul('l'S' nddrt'$$ on code ('Qmmi#IOU$, :mi[...]llc l:uul~, 7-J-l Sc,·enth dis.trier, S20
$anders County t.e() ..er, llSO[...]Shnunon. A.udrcw S., 11~
$t\1'1d('h' stnt('nt('llt oc '.\Ceagher'$ d[...]. ii2, 8:>I ; OtOlllllUCUl to, 3 i 0 $hnw, JC'S:SIC E .. 14l>i
~:u11len;0n, 1'""nrnk, JO.,,;;s Shea, Thomas: Jt.. l i02
S,mllerson, Geo~c 1·.. J 3-19[...]Sheep In Austrolln. 500
S:mtn 1-·e TrnU, 27S[...]She<.-Jl In Oceanln, GOO
S~wor)', Erne-st A., J3Ci1[...]he rnn,ge, (,•lcw), 321
$ ayt'i$. 1-'rnnk D., 11S7 Shee1,.rnlslug-, 320
s~olnncl, J. lf.. 1011 $ heille1d, i~tlwt\rd. ~
S<:bofll, Albert., liG2[...]5 S hellou, John A., 1GS7
:ScbnrllC~O\\'>, t:d\\' t\nl. 1S2S S heJ>hcrd,. Russell E., 1720 ·
Sehatzleln. Chnrlt[...]Sheridan <"Otmty, 3S7
Sehltrmnn. Jn<"Ob :\F.. 1007[...]Sho,·lln, A11thons, 1350
S<·lnunnC'hcr. H enry J •. 1033[...]Sle,·crS, John n. E., 1576
~rlbnC'r. WIiey S .. S03 S[...]$1Ulma11's Journnl, llO
*~•t or ;.-O\"Cl'llUICnt 1,erm[...], creation of. 347; ropl)('r and
Sl'<'Ont\ t-on,s;tllntlom\l t•(Ul\'('1ltlon. 3;,4 zinc 111lnC"S. i ~: gof<l yield, 1864-6$, 181 ; Jk')puJn.-
Sttond dl.s·trfct. $10[...]2-'37 $1h"1r Bo\,. creek, 1S1
~rNarl<"ii or stnrc. $ t i Slh'e,r Gllle, 076 .
&x:rN:'lrlC'S ot the terrttory, 803[...]$1h·erthorn's nccount of gold dlscovery, 170
SeC'ley, 0:K"ar J.[...], Sln,scr, $1\muel S .• 1301
Seh·ldg<', WUHnm ,A,, 1440[...]Slu-Ynl•Mln \'Oller, 153
$C'Jwfly. Ern("S.t O., 1014[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (26)[...]Sioux or the plains. 250 S1>rntt, J tHUCS G., 5$<1
$loux wnr, 2-15[...]Sitting nun, 25~...<le-nth of, 2;,t S1>rMt, Robert l\l., 1700
Sixth district~ ~'V[...], liOl Stnr)teton, G. w., s.,o
Sla1i,shtcrlng llU<l llltnt !Xt<'klut, 503 Sll'lplcton, Ignatlu$, 17S1
Sl:mghter ot the butrt\lO, 61[...]1754 $canton, George H., J3?S7
S1»nrt. Boward D., 1412[...]State nthleUe connnlsslou, 3.03
Smclte11S, 400 State nud[...]St.Rte dnlrr tomntls3loner, S93
Smlt,h , Fronk M., 1518[...]y O., J383' State Ong. S'iO
Smith, Hedley F., 1340[...]Sb\te Btstot-lc:\l So<'lct:y. &>S
Smllh, Je<ledlab, J25[...]State normal school. SCO, S61: lnuds for, 353
Smith. Robert B., 416, 612, SOS[...]ate ot Otserct," 198
Smith rh·er C<>.'\1 area, 47S Stnte Orpbnns· Honle. 3Gl,[...]St.nte School of Mines, s«>, 361, G:SO, 737
Snyder. Carl B., 1551[...]ocialist porty, 429 S tate treasures, 81S
Soeko1-son, John, 1 ~[...]. 1113 Stewnr~ Thomn.s P., 1669
S1>elm::r n, Jnn:ics F., HolS[...]StUtwater county, 38.S
Spengler. Cbnr1es H., 1643 Slimpcrt, ,!.dam, 1S21
S1>0nge, Gi9[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (27)[...]Swlt.2'.cr, J,e\\', J39S
St~kwcll, Allie B., 1207[...]Sys tem of lou,s-<JIStilnt-e go,·crnmcnt disastrous, 252
St one,[...]Tnft, Robert L., 1700
S t ory, Nelson, 202, GOO, SG"i 'l"nklus JXIS$t'S$lon ot f.Aulslnnn territory, S-1
Story, Nel;;on, Jr.. 1051[...]1\,xntlon or 011nt'S, Sanders remarks ou, 354
Strong, :Unrk .\ .. 17~7 Tn xcs, 300, 37S, 385
S trnsscr. J ohn, 15-IG[...]'J.'nytor, Snmuel G., 1707
S trug,$:lc OOtween i-·. Augustus Ue lm:c n 1u.l n[...]029
Stunrt. C:rnnvJllc, JG7. 310. 331, 70$, 770, S'i3· TclegmJ.}b llnes, 290
Stuart, Jome[...]. 168 • Tcmpcrnture:s And· A,·erage monthly prC<'lJllt.ntlon
S tunrt. Jn1nes.. 23<1 · ror 1010, 701
S tu:trt's ncoount ot gold dlsco,·c.r)". 167 1."CIIIJ)lt llHlU, John L.. lG31
StUJ\rt's s tory or :\Je~1~her·s deoth, 337 Tenney, F·r:1nk :\f., 1C34
Sturgeon. J 08CJ>h. J07S Tenth distric[...]Terw.ewskl. Stephen, lCOl
S nd~hllh. WIJll:\111 X., J(i;2$
S uhr. r.cwls \Y., 1454[...]T e rrilorl:11 nudltors. S03
Suli;ro,•o, r.eslle, 1300 Terrltorlnl election low, 331
S u11h·nn, Jere. 007 ,[...]Territorial trmsures, S03
Sully, Al(red, 231[...]f_"l.ttlon, 7G7 ; pomllatlon, 7G$; rn.Uronds, 7GS
S u,1 rh·cr ~ftmc 1>re-scr,·e, 391[...]Sul)Crlntendcnts or rmbllc lns tructlou, MS, 803, S1S "The Xnrrows," GS7
S upre mo court, (;St . SIS : ossocloto Just!~. SIS : Thie u. Henry, 1822
ehler Jus1lces, SI S; tlerks, SlO; eommls.•lonel"l!. 'fhtrd Cou[...]Third Unit«l Stn.tes Volunteer Cn\'nlry, 617, S23
Snrwrnt. J ohn. J:;()3 Thirteenth district, S20
$unc-y :i ror trnuseontinentnl ronds. 29.t[...]•Ttttrts-seven (lnys of peril," GG3
S utton. "'nkerni,n. 13G-1[...]Thomrison. Amos I,.. 1,104
Sweet. Edwnrd A., JC7S 1'hom1,son.[...]-1 Thompson Falls . S·iO. 774
Sweet. \\'Hlinm i•.. 077[...]Thorot~hmao, Thomns. 584
Swcc1 grnS:S hllls cont field. 4i8 Th[...]Three foremost tn.w:rers of the northw~ t. GOO
S w~twate-r rh~er, )27[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (28)[...]·rurrnnn. o. J:i'•• J73S
Tiedt. \\'llllnm J.. JOSI[...]. 1331 ·1·wo yc:u·s ot bitter ooutro,·<n-s~-, 330
'.l'lpton. \Vatter D.. lOSl
T obn<"CO ptn1[...]lsl:111\'C nsstrnbty or 1013. •128
Tooker. John S., S03 , 0']Z. ~..,, Uulrnl'inn church of )lonrnn:i, 6 7S
Toole. t~. \Vnrrcn. 397, :,&I. 612 n:.A·~ Unllccl ~1i,1cs nttorneyft, S0-1. 821.
Toole, Fmnk. 1573 r~ J Unlle(I S1ntcs 11rn rsh:11s; SO.J: 821
'foole. John R .. 12SS / Unlrf'C.1 S1:1tC'S rcclnmntton scn·lcc, GIi. 'it3
Toole, JOS<'pb K.[...]United StatC",( senotorg, 821
Totman. J::uu<!'S E .. 1605 Untted ~tate-s trt"Rtment. or Jndt:rns. 24S
Towering Tetons, 651[...]Ul"l>,1 11 llOJllll:UIOn. 100, 70°1
Towers. John s., 1002 mm[...]\':rn Cle\'<', Pnul r ••• $1.000 s lh-cr cun• .J.SO
Trntl cnx-k cont field. 476[...]-&Si
Tr~rn,-..contlncntal cooch nnc1 mnll lines. 2S2 \"nhtt' or l:an::est lfont:uut nugget, 1s1
TnrnstlOrtnllon or go1(1 dust. 2...~[...]YCr<'ndryc cxplomtlons. 3S
'l'r:H'Clins coudllions In )lontm1:1 In t SGG. 200 ,·crcudr."C letter. -&!)
"'rr1h·e1s In rite Interior or Amcrlrn:· 052[...]\'lclnl. Charles K K.. J1S-I
Trenty with the 131nckfoct. 23G \ 'lcw11:- ne:,r1001h mounrn1t1s uc:.tr C:Hc of the
'l'rensure•. 803. SJS[...]fontnnn, 31!) : $he,c1) on the rnngc. 321 ;
Troo1>S reacht'<l ltnnUn b.1.y, G2➔[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (29)[...]r, 4G7, 709
llller,•, bulldln; brldi;e acre;;s Bli;on river, llnrch \Yater, 491
20. 189!), 620: lJnlolos, c,·ncut1t M nmt A gulnntdo's \Vntcr power. G37. 750
hctlc,lqunr[...]ws:tone. · \\'nter r ights, 513, :,s;'S
001: F.:nglc i:'\'e:st rod•. Onrdlncr r;_rnton, Gi3: \\'oters. F.ln C.. 91S
Mlu~rn1 terrace, :\f:lminoth Hot SJ>rlogs. G'i'-1: \'\' athey, J C$Se S., 1384
Goldc.u Gntc, CiU: Castle s;ryscr, GiC; New Crat er \Votklus,[...]1
geyser, C17: 01<1 P nlthfut ln cn11)t lon, 67S; Glunt \\·:,t.kins. 'Wolter \\",.[...]pld• or tile \V!ltson. Jnmes s.. 1780
Yc1lowstouc just nbO,·e the rnll. G$[...]x .. 1621
shlpr,erg outshJc the Sunlodge. l~: S un diln('O \\·ro,·er, on,·ld B .. 9.S
l-Crcm oulnl, the Plc~an 111di:,us. iOO: ilgrk[...]\.fain strcot. n etena. \Vtbb. \Vlllinut B .. S03
lu 1870. i25: F'lrsr ~:\llon:tl Brank. :.\J[...]\\'ebster. Fredorlek C.. 1302
73.'3 : nmin~s. :.\Iontntt:.. t"·c11ty•fh•c years n~o. \Yebs tor, M. t'.. 44S
, ~10: nn:t log Cflbln bul1t ln r.h·ln;:-st o[...]\\'edum. Albert J .. 1500
mo11ntoln!t. s rc,·cnSt,·tllc. i GO \Ycdum. Jomes \Y.. 137S
Vl,i::111\ntcs. JSG, 2 18. 2"20. 2"2G, ~~[...]\\'e<id, Wnltcr Hnrn\1·, 441 , 443
Vlthtt-s. J<-$51-0 R .. JiO."l[...]\Yetkcrt's journnl. G'i'O
\'ltt, )l11x. 1C7C'[...]\YCntltl, John. 9SO
\Vn(le's. c~-Ch lN .lrnst l<-c, :uhl~l(S o n rodlflentlon o r \Vcrthclmcr.•,aroo K.. 1[...]" "c~t Cnll:\ltn tool tlctd, 477
\\"n 11c. oec-1t1s s.. t.;j()• •u a. ~7~. 5,S.j. or-. COS West • .Jo,e11h c .. 13$[...]n climate. 'i04
·w nkeflel<I. C:e<>~• \\' .. n,s \VC:'ltcrn S[...]stnt c 1>rlson. 3.Ct
w ,,lkCl', J,'rn111, . 13"1S ""C$tcrn[...]\Vhcclcr. W. F .• 170
,vn Iker, r.. A.. S0.1 \\'hl111>lo, (1,nrl('S A .. 12.'l-l
\\'nlker. :Soble )I.. 1039[...]\'bl1>PS, \\'llllnm c.. ll H
\\"alkCr. Sh:lr1>l<"$S. 1 004 \[...]\\'hhcmnn. Glenn E .. l S25
\\·,,11oec.•f:rn1~ r•.• 1-;;,:;;[...]\Yhll""ldc $-10.000 Incident. 41S
\\'nllaeo. Hohert RrnN'. zo.;, GIS. CSG. G-13[...]y. lrn TA, 1199
,,·:,lsb. :\llr h:\el J .. lU'i'S ""hllten. n c[...]·httworth. J ose1)h. l OSi
\\"alsh. •r. J .. 3S:t. SC•~[...]" ' hit<'. R<!nj:unln F .• S0:3, 1115
\Vnlter:s. lftu·r.r P .• _IGSI[...]e. Dnnlel F. .. 140,l
\\·nnl, Colin :'\ .• 1:;s<;[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (30)[...]n ot N'ortb .t.\ mcrlcn, 501 .
\'hlte, Su11)httr S1>riu1;,-s, 730 \Yool production of[...]production ot the worlf.l, G()J

t iu2
\'hllo's gulch, lSO
~\'hlte tfflJ)l~rs. 110[...]\Vool wnrcllOust'S. 134[...]Wood, Royal s.. 1605
l'lckc,. 710[...]\VOO<IY, f'rnnk n., GOO. 870
\'llry. A. S., 320 \\~o[...]0., JCCO W right. S1e1>hcn P .. JGOS
\'1Hh11us. George L.. n72 " -r.reth. Cbnrlts A., 1S1S
\"llllnms. J ohn F .• 1460[...]\\':,1111, Jnmcs O.. Jr,$!)
,·111:;;, ~1mr)S()n :\t., l2i3 \Vutz.[...]738: clln1:1t~. ;:lS; lrrl~\tlon. 73S: IIIOSt J)()lllllOUS
,·11:-:on. J ohn B .. J 14[...]n. 501 1/.luc m1nln,:. 4-1S[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (31)[...]CHAPTER I

NA;\I £-BOUNDARIES-TO POGR/\ PH Y-CLI ~IATE-SCEN ER[...]third United States Geological Survey s.1ys in his
largest stale in the Union. O nly Tex[...]is 3,900 feet. The average ele-
is about 146,201 S<Juarc miles. From cast lo vations of othe[...]states. If we go farther says U. S. Census Bulletin 153, " it has been
afield[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (32)[...]much farther northward. At a point about
S,S47 feet above the sea level. The highest[...]n the extreme northern section and imincdi-
Clark's Fork river, finally leaving Montana at[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (33)[...]though it was late in July, their highest
strean1s rise which Row to Hudson's bay, to summits and gorges were still st[...]the united rivers, which almost de·
within a day's ride the traveler may behold serv[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (34)[...]regular and unfailing in their discharge s wift current five or six feel deep, and some
than[...]rrents created great
which source their principal s upply is drawn. swir1s in the water, which near)y swamped
;.\1/e found[...]ompleted the reconnoissance
hundred and fifty mil~s below the extreme of the Upper :'.11i[...]d at this time. • • •
miles above S1. Louis, which c ity is still twelve "The s[...]and 10 four thousand three hundred taken s helter in one of these ravines from an
mil[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (35)[...]to pass around by climbing 11p
three miles below S un river, where the de• the cliffs and around i[...]heater just under and
remaining is a black eagle's nest . \\/hen T below the falls.
first approached[...]alls a
pearcd on the bluff above it, an old eagle s.1iled short distance, is a cataract or cascade of[...]dam stretching from shore to shore,
ter a moment's survey it alighted on a jutting with the abutment[...]a pistol at it, before I could stop the ·Dcl'il's Cardtable,' a slab about fifteen
him. He m[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (36)[...]treasury, and one of Jefferson's principal sup-
"The area of the water-shed of t[...]it would be navigable for a
and character of its na\'igablc waters; in the longer distance, in[...]c reek, which runs through the present coun-
s.1lubrity of its cli111ates, ranging from the[...]the sources o f the )ifis~ mind Jefferson's characteristics. It is a great
souri river arc th[...]ame of Big Hole.
rists and students o f 1\lontana's history writes : "On August 8th they[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (37)[...]state. It was formerly called :tv!aria's river.
Rock lake, near the Yellowstone Park" in o[...]honour of ~'liss ?v!aria W-<l called it llfaria's
the waters of the mighty ~1issouri in sear[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (38)26 HISTORY OF i\lONT)\NA

tween the Virginian l\:[eriwethcrs, Lcwiscs, ·' i\s far as 1he high (Rocky) mountains
and \tVOO<ls; b[...]the foo t of the hills, which he
courcurs ,Jes bo;s at the winter haven of the descended to the[...]u1 n t~,e eodices commonly the Yellow S tone

A History of Montana Volume 1 (39)[...]Lewis and his men were over on ~laria's
when the ~l issouri was la Rivitrc Ja,mr oi[...]The Y ellowstonc is in every sense a noble
Codex S . This is no other than the first fi[...]y o f Glendive.
happy arrival of the party. It is s igned by The most important tributar[...]es.' The Tongue, the llig Horn, Clark's Fork of the
document is full of intcrlincations and era- Yellowstone, the S tillwater and the Boulder
sures, showing how Lewi[...]dent. This letter is follo"'ed grass and S hields rivers. The history of the
by another. now[...]as that rivers of western i\'fontana arc Clark's fork
of j. In the codices, passim., the word rang[...]ich extends for 1 5 miles north and ",\s they went along their hopes of soon
south. and th[...]ch turn had been to the west),
"Captain Clark's party, of the oresent ex· they reached a[...]ne, on mountains, which recede on each s ide, le;wp
the return journey, in 18o6, w[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (40)[...]-as they which Captain Le,vis named Clark's Fork is
sat down by the brink of that little[...]. 36o) left reluctantly this inter- Clark's river. It empties into the Columbia
esting sp[...]road at 49 degrees N. The name Clark's Fork is
through the interval of the hills, ar[...]" \Vhatever its name, this branch of Clark's
stood fom1ed the dividing line between the[...]Columbia; and mouth (i6 miles to Traveler's rest creek). In
a her a f cw minutes followed[...]he bound- is the Nez Perce river, from the S. \V. formed
ary line between 1\'fontana and I[...]one of which rises in
The source of Clark's fork of the Columbia the mountains which the expedition has just
is the Bitter Root or St. ~!ary'ss fork by the Lewis and The Deer Lodg[...]rseh•cs, proceeded at the same time, Clark's fork of the Columbia. The Flathead
tak[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (41)[...]son valley, Boulder valley and Prickly
into Clark's Fork of the Columbia. Pear val[...]Park county: Yellow-
ern )lontana, namely Clark's Fork and the stone valley and Shields[...]er, Rosebud \'alley. Sanders county: Clark's
the Yaak ri\·cr and others. To the east of the[...]alley. Sil-
Kootenai is the beautiful St. ).Iary's river ver Bow county : Summit vallCy. Swe[...]r valley, Big Timber valley,
empties into Hudson's Bay. Yellowstone valley[...]Teton county: l\·farias River valley and S un
.<luct ivcncss arranged a&ording to counties a[...]d has SC\'cral islands, the chic£
county: Clark's Fork valley, Rock Creek val- of which is[...]uster county : and the Great St. ;\Jary's on the eastern slope
Yellowstone ,·alley[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (42)[...]n character and the air is dry. The
ald, St. Mary's and the Jocko lakes where the summer seaso[...]e Rockies divides the state
important work. It is s.afc to make the general imo two une<1ual par[...]nges are generally speaking
:\n eminent authority s..1ys that the soil is more heavily timbere[...]periment Station at llozeman writes as fol•
s1atcs :[...]aterially the rainfal1 of certain sections.
:\s ~(ontana is huge in superficial area, and[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (43)[...]eastern col- of the Rocky mountains.
lcgc.s and scientific institutes make regular pil-[...]depths with sedi- at pre,5ent. Palms, date,s and banana trees
ments characteristic o f sea dep[...]et to appear. many of 1\lontana's great ore deposits were
About five ,nill[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (44)[...]It is not so valuable for steam• in southwc,s tcrn 1\1'.ontana in commercial quan-
A History of Montana Volume 1 (45)[...]er work- stamp mills and chlorination mil1s were erected
ings in the mountainous sections of[...]ducing locality in the world and the largest
s ider. The gold, s ilver and copper mines of silver producing[...]wth of the state, but they arc inti- per orc.s.
mately interwoven with its history so that a[...]mainly found filling fractures in the earth's
· The i ,1ontana pioneers that followed[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (46)[...]be paid by a monopoly chives in Paris S3ys of Charlevoix and his
of the fur trade in the[...]ouri to its source and beyond, and
Charle\tOix's final conclusions were that the decided to es[...]: Charlevoix'$ \Vcstcrn T ravels. Also Parkman's
hy means of which, once having mastered th[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (47)[...]in that section. of a post s itu.,tcd on Lake Nipigon. In his
The little par[...]kes, which had been
:: Sec History of llucJson·s Bay Compant, 8ry0c.
prepared by La Verendryc's Indian guide.
Chap. X. p.•g• 8 1,[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (48)[...]39
Beauharnois approved of La V Crcn<lrye's terrupted journey and having gained the[...]Charles. Near Lake \Vinni-
spite or the governor's ~rncst recommenda- peg, on the Assinibo[...]ed, not without prol,.1bility, that these
mc--J.11s of his own to finance such an expedi- rivals[...]is sons, his expedition by La VCrcndrye's fourth son,
nephew La Jcmcrayc, a Jesuit priest[...]desperate quest In June. 1736, La Vcrcndrye's eldest son,
of the \.Yestern Sea.[...]pious1y towards ·heaven. La V<:rcndrye's son
The party had divided and while one por-[...]about the middle of the Lake of
• Sec Neill's Disco\'ery of the Rock>· Mountain$.
Vol. I, Mon[...]\1/oods and camped on an island near
Dr. Neill s.ays La Vertndrye joined the part>' :n "the[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (49)[...]Frenchmen, that the lake was still red
his son's murder was brought to him. Nor with t[...]Sioux
La Jemerayc was tlie son of L, Vercndrye's had made upon their land."
sister, ll[...]im for for the massacre of La Vc!rendrye's son, Jean
the first time, to the French king.[...]iefs
the Crown never responded to La Vercndrye's said:•
appeals, the constant friendsh[...]nois were a never ernor of Canada) desire,s ; the Sioux should do
failing source of comfor[...]e Contributions. Second Series,
A fcer one day's rest they were off tow.irds the page 114.
A History of Montana Volume 1 (50)[...]the Mandans.
same• river was given La VCrcndrye's Chris• It was indeed a desperate venture[...]railless wilderness. On the
Ja $fatque, la Marque's brother, Sicur Nolant twenty-first of October, af[...]traitor and a
chose ten of the best of La Marque's party thie f by stealing a bag belonging to L a V[...]ong and danger-fraught journey to various article.s of grc.at importance.
the lllandans.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (51)[...]white, many with blonde and fair hair."S
calumct,- thc ceremonial :md sacred pipe of[...]man•of-arms, which his journal contair1s the first written account
seemed C\'Cr to dominat[...]was surprised, ex• tion of the ,·i11age.s~ which were on or about
pecting to see a differen[...]ed only with a 1SS<), p:\gt 13. Maximilian's Tr:wds in North Amtr-[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (52)[...]Through their interpreter the Frenchmen
S iou;x, had reduced the once populous nation[...]d fifty men. Prince i\·J axi- summer's journey distant o n the banks or a
miliau found t[...]interpreter, falling under the
On that winter's day in December, at four charm or an[...]doned the Frenchmen were helpless so far as
S<1uat mud houses must have looked curiously[...]It had been La VCrendryc's intention to
o usly heralded by the loud report o[...]possible. Therefore, he left two men with
milian·s Travel$ in North Amtriea, Chap. XXV;
\1:itthC\\'.S-Hidatsa, Norih American Indians.; Catlin.[...]ndaus 10 learn their language and gain
Br:\dbury·s Tr;l\'(')S., ctt. all pos[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (53)[...]hat he had earned. to avoid the Ge11,s de Serpe11t, Snake or Sho•
The following Sept[...]missioning him to secure guides and push on
s trange tribes, who, during the spring had[...]y rich. In all my misfortunes J have
,o PMkm:in's J·b lf Ccntur)' of ConAict. Ch~p. XVI, u Sec: P:i.rkm:in's Hnlf Ctntury of ConAict, 0,:ip.
page 1$.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (54)[...]M tr de Y01ust, in Margry, vi. 585. Sc:c Parkman's men started out on October the 9th in[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (55)[...]to the lodge of the princely chief of
the vario~,s g roups oi primitive people 1>0s• the Bows. Parkman quotes from the Cheva-
scsscd o f inordinate c uriosity, joined fortunes lier's 'journal the following passage: ,
with the wh[...]stern heard of the Great \Vater from certain S nake
Ocean. They were, however, ac<1uaintcd with[...]f the Siou:,.., who were reported to quote.s him as saying:
have traded in the west no t far f[...]"Come with us. \ Ve arc going towards the
Pacific's shores. The Horse Indians were mountai[...]the chief's i11"itation and when the camp broke
the prairie,[...]mighty cavalcade poured its hosts
ing of the Cc11s de I';Jrc. across the pra[...]d waste. The Bow In• u Sec Patkm:-in's Half ,cntury 0 £ Conflict, Chap.
dians gr[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (56)[...]m very high."
To quote again from the Chevalier's jour- The Chevalier was anxious to[...]his father, his brothers and himself-the v i.s
numbers constantly increasing by villages of ion of the \.Yestern sea.
different tribc.s which joined us." At this[...]s and his flying legions, driving
H Parkm;1.n's Hilf Century or Connict, Chlp, XV I, swi[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (57)[...]with
dead than alive" according to the Chevalier's which they were familiar. Such partings in[...]late plain The journal of the Verendrye.s says: " \Ve
in search of his young white friend.[...]O'Gorman
the Great Chief of the Bows. Travel was s.1ys of the location of the stream :
slow. Deep s[...]. mainly on P3rkman's Half Ccntur)' of Conflict, Chap.
The t[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (58)[...]. ·~ ~J(text, at w 1c season nav1ga110n 1s open 1O'
the monu.ment of stones had been btult ,[...]dren of the great explorer,
:o Bishop O'Gorm:tn's Address, South Dakota His-
;orical Society[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (59)[...]ere, a
ant. Bryce, in his llistory of the H udson's passion from which it is impossible to pro[...]azed the its priuciplcs the stri\·ing to s;>cak evil in
trail .: with his own slender resour[...]fortunes. ~Ty name is La zealous for hi s scheme, persuaded that sooner
Vcrendryc; m[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (60)[...]ing points agreed on with my agents, to s..·wc
with the cross o( St. Louis and re<1ue.s tcd their lives .:md receive the returns[...]ds for trad- only on such conditions and re.s trictions put
ing. had ins1>ired me and my brot[...]g me without further ceremony
losing my father. S ucceeding to his busi- of having loade[...]ha"e satisfied himself sooner. He
from sickne,s s which had come upon me and joined me at[...]sorry not to have either me or my
\·e.i, 1-S
A History of Montana Volume 1 (61)[...]uld be really sure
pliments; however that may be, s uch was of the correct route to reach[...]"CuR. DE LA \T£RE?\DRY£." 1s
this year amount to half, and in consequ[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (62)[...]nd done so much, yet Fort L.1 Reine. Saint-Pierre's force was re-
he was thrust out and ignored. Just[...]handful and he was dis-
the Sieur de la Verendrye's death he had sent g11stcd with the entire project[...]others La Vcrendrye were forgotten.
I.a Verendrye's friends,-to the point of open In 1753 about[...]11th who was
the ground. Saint-Pierre and his men s11f- first among white men to behold the Ro[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (63)[...]ary
on the seas, far from the object of his heart's that the travelers gi,•e up all view of persona[...]ocky moun-
more than any other factor, to make 1>0ss .Bay Company writes: fur[...]location.
these affairs given in De Bougainvillc's 1\1cm- It is interesting and well worth wh[...]\Vcstcrn Sea" (La ~'lcr l'Ouest) .. Bou- ·Neill's article on the "Earliest Discovery or
gainvillc s[...]"Starting from Ft. L1 Reine, on the J\s-
Ca11adia11s. \ Ve can push further the dis- siniboine river,[...]s." they passed up Deep or Smith's river, and over
" The Post of La Mer de l'Oues[...]to the establishment of which, they went up Pryor's fork, and through[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (64)[...]55
Prior's gap, to Stinking river, which they told,[...]most part wdl wooded and seem
other band o f the S nake tribe. Flere the party \'Cry high.'
turne[...]ence a lendcn plate of river, coming to the S hoshone camp near the
the arms of France, and rai[...]ri\•er of this name tributary to the Bighorn
s tOllCS, which they called Beauharnois.t"[...]hrough the whole of the present century told's paper map I doubt his opinion that the[...]with platting of their more than a month's travel below the Mandan
courses as narrate[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (65)[...]e at the head of Rainy river where
1,c Vc!rendryc's monument. The Indians of it ftows fro[...]ame. In
those regions erect no permanent momtment.s.1' June of the year following he reached t[...]aure1>as, he founded in
cember 23d, 1904, by ~1r. S. ~{. Corson an,) 1733 at the mouth of th[...]reasure will be exhumed to shed light son's Bay Company of the English, to the
upon the_ earl[...]ater. :o Sec Oryec's History or the Iludso1,'s Bi))' Com•
La Verendrye was one of those her[...]:i P:lrkm:m·s J,131£ Century of Conflict, Ch:lp. XVI,
1[...]ur de la Vcrcndr-yc in a letter quoted
\"erendrye's ::md Lewis and Oark's Expeditions in in this ch-apter spe3ks of Fort Bourbon a.s Hthe fost
) lontana.'' 8y S. M. Coatson, M. S
A History of Montana Volume 1 (66)[...]t$tCrn Tta\·tls-Ch.trlcvoix.
History or Hudson's Bay Co.- Brycc. North American[...]ions. A Brief History of Mont3na- Huriman.
Montana Historit.'11 Society Contribu[...]arrcn Upham to the librarian o f the
Maximilian's Travels in North Amcrie3, Montana Historical Society.
Rocky Mountain Exploration- Thwaitt-.s.
A correction in Our History ronccrning Vcrcn-[...]tate Historical Society of South Dakottt, by
drye's and Lewis and Clark"s Expeditions in Mon- Bishop Thom:is O'Gorman.
tan:a, by S. )I. Corson (M. S. )font;in.a Historical South Dakota H:stork3l Collections, Vol. II. 1904,
S0<iety). ,[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (67)[...]ie and yellow asters, brown-eyed mountain
1he cye.s of the early explorers. It was char- lilies, snow-lilies, and pale queen's cups, gcn-
:t<.·tcrized by the Huge spine and l[...]summer snow-fields of the cone•shaped
horizon's rim. Bear or S<1uaw grass. These are ex<1ui.sitc,
Traditio[...]go·e s until it ceases at a point where the rari-[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (68)[...]wed Not only was the buffalo the Indian's main
him for some distance." The joun1als[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (69)[...]t the belief tl1~t it had been dis-
of the animal's body was carefully turned to covered is responsib[...]o twelve men in each tance offered by the buffalo's thick hide and
party, mostly Englishmen, all well[...]heavy Sharp's rifle, against which Nature's
These men reported that they had had 'joll[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (70)[...]e be gathered by him in the spring, and a s an
of these shelters before dawn and if undis-[...]ly dig up, blindly accepting the
the same fate as s0611 as their movements report of oper[...]dvance was •asked. In one sense, it was
thirty, s ixty a day were the scores. Perhaps :t ca[...]e killing had been largely over-
dropped. The day's killing was regulated by stated ; that[...]0at and rail, about 18o,-
things; many did not. /\s a general thing, ooo buffalo hi[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (71)[...]Tio: T RA\'01s. ,, Rm_.1c OF' ·r11F. PA:,;.T.

to the cast[...]r Ramsey
The earliest accounts or these tribe-s are of ~ri1111esota in rS50, he[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (72)[...]hey had a large village of earthen houses at S iksika were a powerful Algonquin confeder-
t he[...]dered them as unwelcome in- three village.s o f the l\fahantas." These were
terlopers[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (73)[...]ing. Lewis and Clark assert that : "The
dered by S hahaptian and Selishan tribes, in custom, in[...]hern Idaho, wC$tCrn \Vyoming, J)art of or S nake natio n, are designated by the com-
southern[...]r Salishan family. The term "Flathead"
To the S hoshone natio n belonged Saca- as a1>plied[...]- They intermarried with the Nez PcrcC-s of
posed of 33 •lodges which sheltered a[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (74)[...]is thrilling account of Captain Cook's third and
tremendous stroke gave to us a territo[...]acific. Lugten-
was the ripest fruit of Jefferson's statesman- berg's chart, prepared in 1700, fron1 the ac-
sh[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (75)[...]and opened the channel of to the river's source, across the Continental
trade to the Orien[...]the above YeS1m1C, we may form a
pire. Champlain's agent, Jean Nicolet, ha.d fairly correct[...]when, after
:\longolian Empire. Not until Bering's ex- a period of inertia, interest[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (76)s11irits, the Empress refused p-e rmission at on[...]e typical l'rolling stonen who knows not s idering the enterprise as entirely chimeri[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (77) HISTORY OF :\fONTf\NA 71
cry, b[...]into effect: Gray reached
ticularly Captain Cook's glowing account or Canton, disposed of hi[...]ll, its environs fom1cd an island which w.a s
Samuel Brown, Charles Bulfinch, John Derby,[...]rn.e separated. T he "\:Vashington" tember 2S, 1790, and reached a point near the
proceeded through the Pacific waters and entrance to Fuca's Straits on June 5, Ij91.
reached the northwest co[...]sions. On On this cruise he met Vancouver's expedi-
1hc lith of September the "\Vashington" s.'\iled tion. He told two of the English office[...]were also
''Columbia'' continued there during the s um- most persons of observation on board, t[...]ka and he from Cape ~·lendocinus to Fuca's Strait."
and Captain Kendrick agreed that[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (78)[...]. at that time in command of the western
Bulfinch's harbor, for Dr. Bulfinch,, one of the frontier with headquarters at Cincinnati, in•
ship's owners. It is now known as Gray's forming him of the importance of securing
harbor.[...]air, governor of the Northwest
trance of Bulfinch's harbor bore north, dis- Territory, with th[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (79)[...]productions,-anirnal, vcge•
regions of Hudson's Bay. Verily, the rest- table and mineral. U[...]to Governor Shelby.
At the time of Michaux's proposal to the · Unfortunately for i\Hc[...]had come with'
sccre1ary of state in \Vashington's cabinet. a secret and sinister purpose. The[...]ent, excited by i'lliranda, the noto-
and Michaux's pJan was directly in aceord rious[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (80)[...]ucncc ber and in the spring of 1794 he was with h:s
of this, during the spring of 1793, Genet was[...]a. If possible the Frenchman Jefferson, i\1ichaux's part in the proceedings.
was to enter into a[...]nswcrvjng in his attitude of neutrality. Thus S panish tyranny.'' In summing up this rather
b[...]confederacies, which
reason or another Genet's plots did not mature flanked them to[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (81)[...]arted from Fort $ liami in De- by France's bestowal of Louisiana upon the
cember, 1681, bent[...]f i\lexico. , During April, 1682, he France's cession of the territory in 1763 and
built a colu[...]ion La Lo1,isia1111e in honor the Americans her s upport but also obtained
of his Sovereign.[...]ial possessions of Spain and she loyally
Th11s at the sacrifice of his own life La[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (82)[...]estern frontiermen or get for
and St. .,1',1ary's rivers, \Vhat was of grea.tcr them the boon fo[...]erceiving this unsculed con-
way of which she w3s in actual military con- dition promoted o[...]e key to her monop• yond the Allcghanie.s, hoping thus in time to
oly of Spanish America."[...]Greek and Cartha,gincan, Roman ton's presidency the French Re\'olution, at
and Persia[...]virtu- ana. This mutual check had been a s.::i.fc-
a1ly without protection. .-\s early as the close guard to the U nited S tates. Now a fresh
of the Revolution we h[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (83)[...]hy and support of France: Accord-
were done Spain's sovereignty would be over- ingly, pursuan[...]. This should embrace In 1795 Jay's treaty en_ded England's hold
in a confederacy the whole of South America[...]al Amer- ness and fearing that under Jay's treaty Eng-
ica, ll{exico, Cuba and Louisiana. If[...]to recoup her power. She signing of Jay's treaty, that France could
held Canada and was li[...]he foreign relations of Spain and sought
'.\fary's on one side by their possessions, on[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (84)[...]e \'acatcd. As in the days of \Vashington's presidency,
Because of his indc1>endcncc and ho[...]spondence" revealed the arrogant claims of king's son-in-law. Spain Stl\bbornly refused
France. a[...]to cast and west Florida.
gress that in 1798 it s.:-inctioned •the capture · even though[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (85)[...]ans and the Floridas. If
her. It has been aptly s.,id: such action were necessa[...]west Florida, at least, as the only permanent S tates. He was moved to this sudden change[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (86)[...]s, to sign a trec'lty
chartrain and the ri\·cr's mouth.,, with the Ameri[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (87)[...]ANA S1
TilEATY BETWEEN Tlll? 1JNIT£I) STAT£$[...]18oo, relati,·e to the rights nances, a.s fully and in the same manner as
claimed by[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (88)[...]w Orleans, States; it is, however, well under.s tood, thal
and o ther parts of the cede.cl t[...]in the course of lations that the U nited S tates may make con'•
three months after the[...]merchandise of the United Statc.s, or an)' riglu
Art. 6. The United States p[...]gukuions.
execute such treaties and articles 3s may have J\rt. 8. In future and forever[...]be treated upon the footing o i
of the United S1atcs and the s.1.id tribes or the most favored nations i[...]the present treaty, re1ath·c
or rnanufacture.s of S1>ain o r her Col• to a definite ru[...]r" Spain or any of their Colonies, fication s hall be exchanged in the space of si:-:[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (89)[...]retrocede Louisiana to sioner was Capt. Amos S toddard, an ollict r
any other power." The A meri[...]ow officer, in N ew command of Captain Stoddard's adj utant.
O rleans which reached him on No~·cmb[...]Stcplicn \Vorrell, crossed the rivN.
Jn spite of S1>ain's attitude both the Spanish and escorted Captai[...]he United States. On the document was duly s igned by Lassus for
thirtieth day of November the[...]Louisiana to P ierre Clement signaturc:Ss upremacy on the i\'!ississippi and in
troo[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (90)[...]LE\VIS AND CLARK

Three months before the s igning of the the solitary trapper found the way[...]the encouragement of friendly relations with
ton's cabinet, had cherished for his country.- t[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (91) HISTORY OF ~IONTA NA 87
course[...]Jef-
carry, and with an expectation of a soldier's ferson was one of those rare characters who[...]reat tions under Michaux was formed, Jefferson's
expense to enlarge the boundaries of knowl-[...]erson penned this message, the wether Lewis's uncles married a sister of
country therein design[...]ough bitter ex- became President Jefferson's pri,·atc secretary
(>ericnce that upon the men c[...]success of the enter• venture of Jefferson's in western exploration
prise depended. Geo[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (92)[...]ise forethought Jefferson determined
son' s ltftmoirs the fo11owing tribute to Cap·[...]unting life; guarded, Clark's people changed their place of resi•
b[...]anted by that during Clark's military career Meriwether
nature in on[...]eferment was intended for him, but
cnce.s and readiness in the astronomical ob-[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (93)[...]etailed instruc-
:o patriotic devotion, arc world's heroes in the tions prepared for them by the Pres[...]y hostile abruptly ended his diary. Sergeant Gass's ac-
'""ages, those being most feared dwell[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (94)[...]d his duty," but because of his thrilling _ Lundy's Lane, and left the army for the last
adventures after his discharge, upon the re- time in 181s:
turn of the party to the Mandan villages. His[...]ing phenomena of the Yellowstone, long years Gass's sole income was a miserable pen•
known as "Colter's A:ell/' all form a story as sion of $96 per year[...]ature keen in woodcraft, was fired Floyd's ad,,entures with Lewis and Clark
with the[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (95)[...]91
the i\lississippi. Gass's journal speaks thus of It is not within the scope of this narrative
Floyd's death: to gi\[...]utmost importance to re-
it the name of Floyd's river, to perpetuate the member that, "of the[...]n the rosters,
sible to the place where Floyd's comrades had but it may be that it was assu[...]entury later, As we have seen, Jefferson's message to
recognized even more keenly[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (96)[...]and that they wilt find in us At Harper's Ferry they supplemented their
faithful[...]most particularly to make a friendly impre.s- another .}representing somC dome[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (97)[...]rtly after
,·ario us members of the party during s uch a the momentous news of the Louisiana P u r-
uip. Therefore, the g ifts for the Indit1.11s were chase was received. i\s l~eubcn Gold[...]to the o riginal com- T hwaites aptly writc.s: '·The two friends-
mi:;.s.-.ry stores. Je[...]ere the leading spirits in
l.~Hh.·astert Harper's Ferry, and other places in- this daring cntcrp[...]is to start from Pitts-
<, r the west. l*IC also S~\(>Cn1 iscd lhc building burg and to beg[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (98)[...]icans to pro• the fourth of July, Floyd's Bluff perpetuated
ceed through the ter[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (99)[...]On April 26th the party gained the mouth
son's Bay Company, and what was of far of[...]1
ities within the whiterncn's headquarters on ' This river, whic.h had[...]near those of) the Platte; it may be
Snake or Gc11s d11 Scpc11t nation. She had na,,igated in canoes almost to its head. It
been tak[...]eadows and low grounds, suffi•
hut in such case.s the terms "slave" and "wife" ciently.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (100)[...]two streams. The success of tlic journey \v2s
The latter river was discovered by the party[...]her opinion. \ Vith keen observation and un.
milc-s from our camp we came•to for the[...]heir way to the Pacific.
111orning a large (Maria's) river whi~h comes From this po[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (101)[...]eam,- the actual "This, (the Beaver's Head), she says, is not
source of the :Mis[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (102)[...]reaching the open grounds on Sacajawea's predictions had come true. In
1he right side of t[...]ent on till he reached within
be distinguished. A,s they went along they about half a[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (103)[...]e quite as dark as their own. She custom, <'-S J\!t] afterward learned, which indi-
appe.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (104) .HISTOR,Yt;OF MONT!(NA[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (105)[...]ing for some news, when an In- first embraces and s:ilutalions were over, cou.
dian, ,,•ho had str[...]d by these people, who pro,
in the warmth of his S..'\tisfaction, renewed his cure them in the cours[...]han a jawea was sent for; she came into the tent, S.."H
mile before Captain Clark saw Sacajawea, dow[...]ng harangue the pur-
the war with the Minnetaree.s they bad both poses of our visit, making t[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (106)[...]s- Clark "accompanied by the old guide, hi,
s ions of friendship toward himself and his[...]morrow, been ascending and those ( of Clark's river)
bring all his own horses, a.nd enc[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (107)[...]villages of approximately thirty tipi's of Cho•
men'ss ight of
addressed the tribe saying : the Pac.ific ocean and camped at Haley's bay on
" 'Take buffalo robes and put on the[...]ed during
On September 6, the name of Clark's river, the winter of 18o5-6. This camp, they called
or Clark's Fork of the Columbia, was given Fort Clat[...]rsory manner the journey of the ex- Clark's river." •
pedition from the Bitter Root moun[...]y found a Selish (Flathead) (called Clark's) river."
, who conscnte~ to remain with th[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (108)[...].
\ \Tith the remaining six he will ascend ~Jaria's Captain Lewis shot and mortally wounded :l
riv[...]ry and ascertain Gros Ventre, the ponic.s were rceo\'crcd and
whether any branch of it reac[...], Captain Clark with fifteen mc.-n
Ca1>tain Clark's party, which will then be re- and fifty hor[...]o- 3 rd, followed the west bank of Clark's ri\'cr
ceed to the Y cllowstonc, at its nearest a[...]) the year before.
horses by Janel to the ~landa1~s. From that At this point Sacajawea's scn·kcs were oi
nation he will go to the British[...]lashoots (Flatheads), up a gentle ascent to
Clark~s ri,·cr. The Indians, who knew the the[...]n reacl1-
wonld lead to the eastern fork of Clark's ( the ing the side (cast) we ~ame to Glade[...]alo; and as the animals have wonderful
~·! aria's river. On this excursion the party en- sagacit[...]e strongest assurance that it was the
stoic Field's rifle. A fight ensued during which be[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (109)[...]river, and that on reaching a re~tion S. 78 degrees E., and passing over
higher part of t[...]grounds, and are dammed up by the beaver in
:1s well as Fish creek, in. a snowy mountain,[...]aw, icinc (Sun) river to the gap (Bozeman
hearing S. 56 degrees E." Pass) they[...]and the wife and child of Charbonneau, ~vere they s truck one of the streams ( Billman's or
to proceed . by land, with fifty horses[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (110)[...]e r.eturned to share the loage of the
tain Clark's party below the rnouth of the Yel- dissolute[...]down the river. the man just a.s he was dealing Sacajawea
They arrived a[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (111)[...]Farmer J. J.
Charbonneau was Prince Maximilian's in- Guyer, Carpenter G. A. Bell and Teach[...]village."
"April 9, 1884. Bazil's mother, Shoshone, So ended the Lewis an[...]se~- house of shady reputation, known as Grinder's
\·kes of this woman w.Outd warrant.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (112)[...]bsolute honesty and
age was undaunted. His finmtc-s s and pcrsc• his quiet authority. T[...]St. Louis, his home, was lo them "Red-Head's
tcrcstcd, liberal, with a sound understanding,[...]ly borne out by his r~(>er years.

Au·r1m1<1T1a-:s
Hi,-tory oi the Lewis :rnd Cl.irk E xped[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (113)[...]r daring spirits, who ·added their contri- s,rva11t returned to the little sovereignty[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (114)[...]ation of the trans-Mississippi country. s topped to visit a settlement of naturalists
H[...]\,Villiam Clark, who invited .him to
Bodmer's painstaking brush, and as a result we go with a p[...]and the articles of daily use Jefferson Barrack·s. This was the prince's
amongst · them. Bod mer, who was born in fi[...]uring the winter at Fort lon and other authoritit;s advised hini against
Clark, his paints froze[...]sed it
The Ohio \\'as low at that season and na,ri• constantly.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (115)[...]lection
post of the great confederated Blackfeet na- of small quadrupeds, birds, botanical specimens
tion on Maria's. river,-Fort McKenzie. and fossils; ke[...]to study the Indians, the country and the fur ell's keel-boat to Fort McKenzie and was al-
traders.[...]th ::his party he descended to the
Maximilian's stay at Fort i\icKenzie is l\1andan villag[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (116)[...]tching a Piegan that he was
"During the prince's stay at fort i\IcKenzie helping in. . This Lu[...]were suddenly Agency, when the Assiniboine.s received their
charged at dawn of day by about fi[...]exploration unduly dan-
seventy men rushed to am1s and opened fire gerous on account of the[...]his Bodmer, Dreidoppel, a few VfJ) ager'1s, "two[...]ed near the ~Iandan settlements. i\1c-
the prince's intended victim. Kcnzie, wh[...]It is an interesting fact that i\1aximilian's
the gateway with them, impeding their en-[...]enworth. On July 16th, he sailed for his na-
easily have killed him, but forbore to do[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (117)[...]wed upon him.
Thomas Say, entomologist of ~Iaj or S. H. In addition to these trium1>hs the French gov-
Long's expedition; George Catlin, ~lajor e[...]ts aboriginal pop- p:lrcnts on his father's p1antation in the vi-
ulation, the traces of whic[...]e set out
The English edition contains the author's ac- on '.\larch 11, 1843, from New York[...]face o[ results obtained. He and his com -
s1:ss1pp1.[...]the Alleghany mountains to
This was the prince's last journey •abroad. v\' hceling, then[...]to Jefferson City and
i~hcd as the chief trcasurc.s of Neuwied, where[...]nephew, \-Vilhelm, still directs the
principality's aft'airs."[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (118)[...]ume treatise
Benton" writes thus of Audubon's visit: "Quadrupeds of North America."[...]iajor household word today.
Culbertson's co-operation in his researches,
who[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (119)[...], to the superintendent
crossed "\:Volf's Tooth" creek flowing through of Indians aff[...]en Forts Union and Bert-
Sir George's route now lay from \:Volf hold,[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (120) l!S HISTORY OF l\lON[...]ed associations and chose to remain be•
man's inconsistency: hind i[...]the trail of Lewis and Clark.

Au·r110 Rn1£S
Tr,:wcls in North :\mcric-.3. Maximilitrn, Prince of lcr. (Mont~na Historic.al Society Contributions, Vol.
\Vied[...]dited by his widow.) Sir Goorge Gore's E:.:pcdition (1854.56), F. Gcor~\·[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (121)[...]S illim:rn·~ Journal fo r January, 1834. makes[...]output of various sections.
:md the United Statc,s. Lahontan writing in The first compa[...]upon the field was, of course, the Hudson's Bay Com-
trade o f skins or furs, three-f[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (122)[...]d the St: within the boundaries of the Hudson's Ba,·
Lawrence river and the great lakes, to inde- Company's grants on the north and the terri,
pendent trade.[...]arrns, became shameful and debauch- Hudson's Bay and the North West Companie,
ing. With these[...]ch to secure title to the country adjacent
Hudson's Bay Company, exchanging their pct- to the[...]imate commodities, were lured The Hudson's Bay Company determined to
away. The Jattcr corpor[...]ity, were threatened Although the Hudson's Bay Company had
with bankruptcy. Therefore, they[...]{erchants of Canada,- rival, a dangeroU.s source of futu.r~ wealth 311d
popularly known as[...]ere: Fort Assiniboine, Fort rival,-the Hudson's Bay Company', which.
A History of Montana Volume 1 (123)[...]s, who had accom-
1:ird (Drewycr) Lewis and Clark's hunter and panied the expedition, chose[...]s upon the land that only a
~lanucl and l\1anuel's Fort. );'eculiar inter- small portion of th[...]the fort, a blacksmith's anvil was left behind,
The result of t[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (124)[...]rsis-
rangemcnt is given fro1n James Stuart's Ad· tently and relentlessly that they sc[...]er cold of winter, finally settling at Henry's fork
room between the gates. \Vhen the Indi[...]ans ,\•anted, to the valµe him. 1\mong Lisa's party was H. 11. Brack-
in trade of[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (125)[...]nd Arikaras
!'rice Hunt of New Jersey, all Astor's partners had failed. Their establishment a[...]ce on the 1\fissouri.
lonathan Thorn of the U. S. Na\1y, then o n In 1819 the original ~[...]n St. Louis, Aug•
t:aown scientists. Bradbury's Journal has ust 12. 1820.
-.iucc be[...]New O rleans. September S. 17;2, and while
1111111 feared the enmity[...]of th~ rc-
fhcy followed Snake river to Henry's post. d,·al of the fur trade. In the s[...]uest of establishing friendly relations with
w~s the first white man to travel the route[...]arrived at the ill-starred site of Henry's post
The disasters befalling the To1[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (126)[...]a long time on this river,
Missouri Fur Company's Ycllowstone or first an officer in the United Sta[...]ient servant,
that the British traders (Hudson's Bay Com- "Ben O'[...]the Indians against us, "U.S. Agent for Indian Affairs.
either to dr[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (127)[...]Yellowstone. The Aricaras, al-
ginia, where he w3s born i~ 1778. He ·remov~d ways fickle in[...]. Associated June 2nd, they attacked Ashley's force.
with Ashley in this enterprise were Major[...]vivors es-
inal .Missouri Fur €ompany, Jedediah S. caped to some sheltering timber. Th[...]which none had yet been able to and found Ashley's little force unharmed. The
hold. On the way up t[...].
t>etuatcd in the \Vest by O;Fallon's Bluff on the white man having beheld that body of water,
Pfattc Rh·cr in Nebraska, and O'Fallon's Creek in though it had been visited by the[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (128)[...]to the southwest which Pro,·ost, Henry, Smith , S26. He had amassed a fortune in the fur
and B[...]nch,-a licentious, and libertine The firm na.me of the Rocky i\lountain Fur
breed. There[...]moun-
masters of the situation. 'fhe article.s offered tain fur trade degenerated into a shamefu[...]ng was whiskey famous as that between the H udson's Bay and
which would clinch a bargain ~"hen a[...]om he knew
articles of ,·aluc in return for s hoddy trinkets, nothing, and he a fterward[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (129)[...]stern Department begin
,he wanderings of Jedediah S. Smith, the battle operations with St. Louis as headquarters. r\
of Pierre's Hole, and innumerable other ro- number[...]ly to souther)l California, the the company's affairs. The transfer of the
1irs1 10 cross the S[...]effected simultaneously with Ashley's third
( ;rcat Salt lake, and the first so[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (130)[...]is his previous service with the Hudson's Bav
attention to the hitherto unconquerable Black[...]in with Fitzpatrick, Fontenelle the Piega~s' village. The Indians were willing
and Robert Cam[...]d•
intentions and their trust in the hospitable na- vantage. He at once sent James Kipp, in c[...]that within ten days after the post was opened
t&S w:is called Fort Floyd. Fort Union, a ~con[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (131)[...]g of 1832 Kipp was compelled the water' s edge," l\+litchell built his pos.t, which
·10 ta[...]post was isolated and in a wild nnd de.s igned to withstand anncd attack, and is <I[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (132)[...]granted Chouteau, for
and 10 inspect the company's posts. Fort Tc- the American Fur Company;[...]celebrated artist and student, was a Company's agent, and the disastrous and dis-
passenger. Th[...]:ill the papers here." S ublette. The opposition chose a site con-
S[...]t \Villiam and its founders did not pros-
1.. 11s of alcohol, he at the time of Leclerc's de- per. Their capital was limited; so was[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (133)[...]had won. He would listen to no company's affairs. l\1cKenzic .was prdcred to
overtures fro[...]as "only intended to promote the
without McKenzie's knowledge entered into cause of botany"[...]which ended the ator Benton, the company's political repre~n-
operations of the latter on th[...]lution, but i\icKenzie's day was done. He left
The rival concern out of[...]34 and went abroad.
present, at least, l\icKenzie's chief concern was \'Vhatcver n1ay have been[...]o pioneer of the Upper ,Missouri." , He w:,s
the des1ierate measure ,,,hich proved to be his[...]n auto•
"that irrepressible Yankee adventurer/' Na- crat and his extermination of the desper[...], DeChamp, by shells and fire, durin.~
Bonneville's right-hand man, M. S. Cerre .. In which their old mother was shot[...]ey, chagrined, reported him to the Campbell's room, to find myself in the pres·
authori[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (134)[...]he prin- where he directed the company's affairs until
\·ipal companies we have consider[...]aniel J. \Vyeth, scoured the of Doniphan's Regiment of llfissourians. He
land for be[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (135)[...]ls be•
with compelling authority refused Harvey's came no less i1Jdefatigably pursued than t[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (136)[...]awaited in ambush in the ·reton ,·alley. :\s
kilicd by a P iegan.[...]t he bluffs
Fort Union in charge of the ycar··s accumula- to reconnoitre, and received a s[...]eturned with the body
was abQut to Set out on hi.s journey back; of Reese to t he for t, Chardon and I farvcy
he and S:mdo,·al got into a <1uarrcl in the com- \'Owing a bloody revenge. ~<fajor C ulbertson's
1,.,,,uy"s store. '·Harvey was standing behind the polic[...]e dccish·c mo -
lnrned unmolested with t he year's supplies to ment attra,·t attention and[...]bertson remained at Fort plans, Han·ey"s J>istol was to be charged with
L·nion until No,[...]mit o f long waiting on the part of the con-
w:1s a man of surpassing ability, through whose[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (137)[...]the the plenty and comfort of l\1ajor Culbertson·s
villainy that was being perpetrated, a[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (138)[...]it." He as•
;crred. Through l\{ajor Culbertson's inter- sured them that the "ground had[...]ed under good again by Major Culbertson's return, and
<'O\'Cr of the night down the river,[...]be the first to stain
:t new guise,- the company's enemy. it with blood."
~fa[...]f good-will..
" site about five miles below Pablo's island, at Trade was at once restored. In the next
the head of the first rapid.s above the present four months ele,•en hu[...]ted States inspector was coming
~lajor Culbe~tson's address, directing his re- up the[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (139)[...]ompromise" which, upon 1heir pay- Benton's ascendency overshadowed.
ing twelve thousand do[...]Scotfand, on April 25, 1817. He w;1.s descended from
before the holidays and on Chris[...]unation of his plans. During the merry- in S t. Louis he c:nnc west. For many years he livc1![...]Dawson was marric;.1
wi1h favor and the head o[ na,·igation on the three times. He left thre[...]i became Fort Benton, the name which Thom3s. James ~nd Thomas are residents 0£ Gl:ici[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (140)[...]ha<l fallen into disuse and in its place Charlc.s
ih:m twenty thousand. and there were, besides,[...]ond, located on the same stream about a s " one oi the mqst remarkable men c ,·c:r em•
1[...]hacl Champaignc. These o utposts were :1s its predecessors had been. ~fajor Culbert-[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (141)[...]as appointed to going down in the spring to Clark's Fork and
fill his place. Andrew Dawson remained i[...]nd wide for the hospitality
In 1847 the Hudson's Bay Company estab- that its generous propr[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (142)[...]me and destroyed in their remote re- Lisa's Post, the fort of General Ashley and
tr<at[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (143)[...]Urackturidgc's Journal.
Ewnomic Beginnings of the F:.r \Vest-[...]t.1na Historical Society Contributions, Vol. VI I.}
Hr~dbuty's Tr:wds. ( Early W cst<'rn Tt.'l\'ds Se·[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (144)[...]:1. little The Seli:sh practised a simple, s1>on1:mcous
hand of French priests of the order of[...]a martyr. moose were sla in and the season's yield were
:-:.1rt1ngcly enough, his teachings li[...]lous ascents .;ha<lc pas:-cd into etel'nal S ummer time. to a
11i che Rocky :\lountains. This[...]1cllcss herds o f the bclo,·cd buffalo.
11..: w~s a man of lordly stature and puissancc[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (145)[...]Old around them, reached their journey's end wilh
Ignace, and from him learned to make the[...]the autumn.
sacred sign and repeat the white man's prayer. Curiously enough, it happened th[...]Flathead Indians, by Major p. 104- ''\Vhitm.i.n's Ride Through Savage 'Land~:·
Peter Ronan,[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (146)[...].
pleasant glades of their _na!ive valley,_ they crossed the country wh[...]eph thew Condamine was one of Bishop Rosati's
Rosati, the Great Black Robe, whom th[...]s the Rocky ?.fountains near the torians a,s to whether these Indians were ever
Columbia river (Clark's Fork of the Colum- able to communicate wi[...]our church and invented by the Hudson's Bay Co!npany,"
appeared to be exceeding[...]which "was to all Indian tribes from Hudson's
• it. Unfortunately, there was not one[...]from a Canadian, who has Palladino, S. J., Ch:iptcr ll, pp. ' 12-13.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (147)[...]and zeal and worthy o f the responsi- ous s ilence, kneeling when the prcad11:r
bility of his[...]ble stand- appeal for ;,The \ Vhite l\'lan's Book," Lee a111I
ing in sodet)', who ha,·c array[...]towards the Bitter Root valley and seuk
dcrnc·s..,: amo[...]o ur men. as well as the whole o f ).Ir. ).fcKay·s the \ Villamctte c\lission and in 1838 fonndc<i
A History of Montana Volume 1 (148)[...]re assembled. There
adamantine rule of the Hudson's Bay Com- lns.ula met Dr. Parker and Dr.[...]d. He man, with two devoted young Nez Perces,
\\'3S sup1>ortcd in this by ~lareus \Vhitman, we[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (149)[...]lousse once
man had made them, that the white man's more led the way and in his charge[...],v. H. Gray, who had come
party died in St. Lou,s, and I traveled two ,vest with Dr. \Vh[...]urvivor of ing farour or mercy at the enemy's hand;.
that brave liule band of four retu[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (150)[...]ANA 149
,on's Bay Fur Company's men and making had the appearance of a patriarch.[...]he kindred tribes, he offered to the
their heart's desire. From out of the East priest his he[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (151)[...]then ing it, and the highest peak, St. ?11ary's, so
returned to St. Louis to urge the establish-[...]glacier and roaring stream, fit to be Jove's
promised to meet the party at a given place[...]base of the \Vind River mountains, on i'lary's, did not shock their notions of the
the first day[...]ink, in his The good fathers of St. ilfary's had no such
haste to make good his promise to mee[...]he brought. He took back to his Selish
St. ~lary's. The good priests went farther charges at St. i\'fary's "a few bushels of oats,
still and renamed[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (152)[...]ing, ripening the simplicity of the Indian's racial childhood
, nd reaping of the crop, a thing hitherto un- reflected in hi s own nature, stood before his
known to them, thoug[...]m as he was, and certainly in the eye.s of unpreju-
through an ancestry so ancient as to[...]se days when every sense pioneer Sister s, and clergy, a man so beloved,
was strained to fi[...]human sweetness. He
of their straying converts, a s ituation which possessed that breadth of sympathy which
was to result satlly for St. l\1ary's. i\ifcantimc sheds mercy on good and bad equal[...]onary priest. That he might0

From St . iWary's, the ~-! other Mission, be most useful m[...]ille Under a skilled physician of Rome he s tudied
river. ,Vith these two offshoots from the par- medicine: in a mechanic's shop he learned to
ent stem o f St. ~(ary's, it was necessary for the use of to[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (153)[...]"road agents" respected him of St. 111ary's. No power could restrain the
and suffered h[...]ffalo hunt, a rumor reached the anx-
Ravalli's impartial ministry; the more astute ious w[...]d
financiers who held the keys to the church's in a great war party upon the defenseless[...]isper through the years by war whoop and s:wage ycH to see swarming
that there were tim[...]ldren were all of their hated foe who
~-(ary's. Indeed, looking back through the remained at St. ~fary's retreated to ·the
perspecti\'e of ti[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (154)[...]y abandon- For a time we leave St. Mary's in the sad
u1..:1n of St. :viary's. oblivion of desertio[...]ed to a site chosen
p.111y, appearing on New Year's Eve, clad in by the advice of Alexander, chiel of[...]r gifts of meat and pass in the mount.aii1s, the s~ret of his people,
,lrink. The trappers were, in[...]the mien of these mountains
They went to St. Mary's as to other ~hrines, whose jagged peaks s[...]e new
or promise of salvation, so the Mission w:i.s Mission of St. Ignatius was bttilded. Ther[...]again ch11rch and school, forming the nucle11s of an
10 seek refuge in new fields. At Hell's Gate agricultural comnmnity. There gathered par-
or Devil's Gate, the inferno of the Blackfeet,[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (155)[...]ounded at St. Ignatius the blow to St. wlary's.
first girls' school among the Indians of the ter[...]hey dark and silent for sixteen years. The S.CI•
taught not only the rrench and English lan-[...]ndicrafts as seemed most sence of the church's influence, save such inter•
necessary to the de[...]that they wcr<.
gone forth from the Mission sho1>s. Thus, if they had been misled by tale-[...]elter them whc:i1 they as• the best of men's characters was called imo
scmbled to celebrate su[...]h which makes heroes. The
of its removal the Hell's Gate treaty was cry of gold ran[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (156) HISTORY OF :IIONT;\NA 155

~:[...]ck stalked the two race strains commingle. But in s1>ite
1hc trails ; the bizarre ·glamour of the <l[...]e Sclish, St.
,oo,n camps' thronged streets; the s.,loon and ).fary's faithful to the end, drew to her little
~;tining[...]dian, and generally he fell. It was also true the s1>lendidly defiant Charlot and his band.
lh:u in[...]Root. This was the death
So, when St. i\'Iary's opened her doors in of St. l\Iary's. It remained standing, a church
1869, it was up[...]er, peaceful, cold, from the altar of St. ~'[ ary's still sl;onc, how-
int\'itablc, overwhelming, br[...]ople-the beginning of the The sequel of S t. Ignatius is, happily, less
end . And that calm[...]melting into the gathering twilight. l\'l ission's growing strength and today it
:1t once welcoming the stra1iger to the land s.tands, substantial and prosperous in the \'al-
;m[...]ly, cruelly, · garden patch, St. Ignatius rcmaii!S a beacon to
with a dark hint of treachery that we[...]rs, which the Indians
the existence of St. i\fary's as an Indian ~'!is- kneel to kiss befor.e[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (157)[...]inning fast. The once popu- three of our men's guns and ran off with them.
lous nation of t[...]tribes. the guns. Another had Captain Lewis's gun;
•And sometimes, bands from far away, d[...]One of their allies had been shot l\•faria's river.u'
and killed by Captain Lewis in a fi[...]em
of the· tragedy is given in Patrick Gass's Jour- and the feeling of hatred had been fostcre<I.
na1:[...]ds of the Selish, Koot·
the mouth of l\faria's river, where we met enais, and other neighboring[...]was small wonder, then, that the earlicH
milc.s since yesterday morning, when they had missionary[...]e Comm;md of Capt. ·
the plains up ~·! aria's rh·er; of which they gave Lewis and Capt.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (158)[...]o; he
sons from the cold of winter to the summer's acted, ever since. the part of a most e[...]ing successfully ministered sigh escape.s him. • • • The remains of
10 so many other[...]e funeral serv• ·
Pend d'Orcilles and Nez Per~s, ice were uttered, 'l\fay[...]busy stir breaks the death-like silence of the
na1i.,n, in the camp, with his son and his li[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (159)[...]ng our neophytes soon communicate thcmscln:s
to the usual fa~hion, it is fas tened above his.[...]ds, young and old.
resembling a rhinoceros' horn. S uch a tail, all show equal pleasure to fin[...]; the Tail-Bearer thirsting ft>r each other's blood, now bending
gives the prclcrcnce 10 trade. The chief's the knee before their common Jathcr in p[...]ad chief, gains the good-will oi
tensive line, in s ingk file, proceed through a all,-charms e,·[...]confirm the statemenlS
tionatc shake of the hand. S,noking came of Victor, and reco[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (160)[...]elings of revenge for many white employe.s of the fort, Major Culbertson
\'ears. How long w[...]the holy faith, sternly reproved every exhibi•
s<:Mccly less than a miracle,-the peaceable[...]In the spring of 1847 Father Point tell
,s1ablishmcnt of a permanent mission for the[...]in Thomas \/. 1'1oorc:
hi, ( Maj. Culbertson's ) absence. Father De " '1 knew the person to whom you refer.
~met, S. J., the celebrated Indian i\<fissionary, H[...]rt Ucnlon, from Lieutenant Brad•
l'ather Point, S. J. Leaving Father Point at lc>•'s Journal. Montan."l Historical Socitty Con1[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (161)[...]t stay long, only about ten days, named St. Peter's, was moved on February
and his wife got homesick,[...]who came the little missionary band at St. Peter's. The
to Fort Benton in 1857, just after the depar[...]The doors of St. Peter's 'were thrown open
· In 1858, eleven years after[...]That which he finally selected was near St. Peter's was moved to its present location
the modern town[...]On account of this deplorable warfare, the
Edwar~s. Montana Historical Society Contributions, position of the priests at St. Peter's became
Vol. VI. pp. 290, 291, 292.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (162)[...]in the sight of God that few would
St. Peter's now became a dependency of the have the grace to[...]mbled in the balance. At the oi fortune St. Peter's i\l ission has endured
('nd of that time it was dctermiitcd that it through the yeai·s. Many co1wcrts to the
;lu>uld continue only as an[...]to oflicialc at its deserted From St. Peter's two other religious estab-
~hrine. \Vith him wer[...]ordained priest and almost im- St. Paul'S i\{ission, situated in the L ittle
mediately was[...]s V entres of the
In 18i3 he went to St. ~1fary's Mission where Plains and the Assiniboines was fou[...]85 by Father Ebe1sd1weilcr. These lndi3ns
Peter's. The salvation of the recreant Black- h3d been vi[...]t and
feet became the dream of the young priest's Father Point and subsequently by other mis•
l[...]cst3blishmem,- situatcd on People' s creek, "a
~lajor R. C. \\lalker, U. S. :\ ., wrote of stream o f sweet clear water, whi[...]to. the self-abnegation and The mission h:i.s grown and prospered and
A History of Montana Volume 1 (163)[...]th the
Father De Smet ,·isitcd them and first s1>0kc Cheyennes· assert that they arc more 1>octk[...]ily ordered to leave was C\'Cr a safe guide to ,u s and never faik~i
their old home on the Ton[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (164)[...]\'e degenerated in number and also
like St. Peter's, in spite of many difficulties in physiq[...]to 2,456. Their rcscn ·a-
the report o f the U. s: I ndian Agent, R. L. tio n lies along the Yellows1011c r i"cr, in the
L"pshaw, for the year 18S7. He says in part: Big Horn Valley wi[...]church one could look
!\c,·. :\. Van dcr Velden, S. J ., who devotes southward to the Oig[...],·en-
h.·ri$1ic of his society, in drawing t he.s c people turous young C hc\'alicr de la VC.:r[...]~i:,ni~c:h·ilizcd savage, copying all the ,·ice.s o f In February, 18S7. Father Prando and two
hi" white neighbors~ w il[...]1 :\(ission, callcij St. Xavier's, was begun. The
The Crows, Absaroka o[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (165)[...]shots into offshoots sprung 'from little St. Mary's, ninv
the government buildings,· terrif[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (166)[...]e Indians of ages into the Indian's skin, the sun-worship
but in the more vicious fur[...]stcrn Travels, 1748-1846, edited by R. G.
lad;no, S. J. Thw3ite.s .)
Ortgon Missions, by P. ]. De Smet. (E.uly \ V[...]Affairs at Fort Benton, from Lieutenant Bradley's
c-rn Travels, 1748-1846, edited by R. G. Thwaites[...]rical Society Contributions,
L<ucrs and Skctch,s by P. J. De Smet. (Early Vol, Ill.
Wcu[...]gerald Sa.ndcrs.
Whitman's Ride Thrcu8h SaYagc L.i.nds, by 0 . \V.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (167)[...]ose he had seen gold washed from in Cali.
Montana:s history- the discovery of gold. fornia." F[...]Columbia to California. He dealt of the Hudson's Bay Company, at the post
in "'trinkets, beads, fa[...]it and sent it to one of the
profitable in Finlay's case as in most others, company's posts to be passed upon. It provccl
for it is sai[...]tent of furnishing him a month's provisions
Having thus become somewhat independ[...]carried on his sue. i\<loreover, the Hudson's Bay Company
trade to the coast. After one[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (168)[...];ind party, and the diggings on the head of
:;in·s train of 'cayuse' pack horses that the Nor[...]on the Slack and party. The mines on Willard's
Sth day of wlay they set the first string of[...]ry is understood. It is in part as follows:
Pike's Peak gulch from the. fact of the dis- "In th[...]ctober (1856) a stranger
coverers being from Pike's Peak, as Colorado appeared at the Fort, comin[...]Benton and Helena
began to straggle 'in from Pike's Peak and stage road. He was evidentl[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (169)[...]his diggings, but always
dust a supply of horsc·s, arms, ammunition, declared that his mine[...]apparently laid no claim
on Gold creek, l'l'1ont.1na gold had found its to the original discovery[...]parent powerlessness to lift any part see's or Gold Creek. Silverthorn and Finlay
of the veil[...]of such
an enduring impression. \\1hen iVIontana's supplies as Finlay needed. Arrived[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (170)[...]it came, and the sum he had paid ' \Vhite's Bar. Soon alterwar<l other bars
for •it. At St.[...]ity for provisions,
:u1d charged all the employe¢s of Pratte, the town of Bannack was l[...]es and Pacific
don at Philadelphia,' in 1876, he s1>oke thus of states and occasioned a large i[...]yielded continuously, and added to the world's
c;corge Grigsb)•. This discovery, in paying[...]tracted thither from Colorado and 1863, minc.s of considerable extent were dis-
01hcr Te[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (171)[...]of this amount gulches contiguous to those na.med, some oi
in the first three ye.a rs of its wo[...]s sive, if inelegant motto was "Pike's Peak or
rcmO\'Cd in 1874. A government assay office bust!" The term Pike's Peak at that time
and many handsome public and pr[...]re, . ~•Jany of the HPikc's Pcakcrs," like their
"The distance from[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (172)[...]into Bannack City "they went one clay's tr.avel up
two parts. One, organized into a "comp[...]afterward famous as Fairweather's discovery
The personnel of the second[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (173)[...]of miners."
,\bout the present site of Daley's · ranch, on Thi~ first great "strike[...]e as president and pect. It was Bill's and my turn to guard
James Fergus as recorder[...]r prospecting and doctored the horse's leg. Bill went acros~
of the gulch developed[...]l
"'Thus it will be seen th~t James Stuart's dug the din and filled the pan. 'Now go[...]ran the sand around, when Bill s.,ng out 'I
liule creeks and camped on a third[...]." cents; weighed Bill's scad and it weighed the
Granville Siuart a[...]Four dollars and eighty cents! Pretty
brother's journal: goo[...]p, dried
would have been discovered by Stuart's party and weighed our gold, altogether[...]ols with them.
1
Sec Granville Stuart's note, to "Th~ Yellowstone 'Have you f[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (174)[...]got same again and on down the valley (Ram's
hold of it and the next minute sang out[...], too. 'A I got my store clothes on, I was -s,itting in
grub stake is what we are a[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (175)[...]emigrant trains that came to Montana at
,u1e day's work in seven required by law to this time[...]ur stakes. So some of the boys on captain's commission and the command of an
1hc outsi[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (176)[...]ee miles unfolded beneath them. This valley wa's
south from Silver City. All the emigrants[...]y persevered.
the plains, were operating in Pike's Pe.ik continuing up the Dearborn,[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (177)[...]ederate gulch was
was christened 'Helena' by John S01nervillc, iorgottcn in astonishment at th[...]nncsota) in that 1866 and placed in Hershfield's bank. I was
rot:ntry and in the best count[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (178)[...]k on Budge street, Helena, getting the vVhite's gukh, another famous placer licl<I
money ready, o[...]d of the placer mines oi
ble until we got to Bull's Head, twelve miles Lewis and Clark county,[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (179)[...]or gold in Meagher county and from the first s.1id of it:
discovery, 1864-5, up to the fall of 1[...]This yielded about $5,000,000. Carpenter's Bar,
was a gold field of considerable extent, and[...]lch, l\fay 30, 1868,
the year 1866. Captain James S. :Mills thus and McClellan gulch, F[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (180)[...]The following table gi,·es the yield of the tana's golden years, which read more like ex-
pla[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (181)[...]nce "in language more
point had been either "Pike's Peak" or Califor- emphatic than polite, that[...]rfere with the impartial administra•
'.\[ontana's treasure vaults came at a most OJ) - tion of j[...]the early prospectors were unearthing Price's Le ft \ Ving' came in the night and cut
th[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (182)[...]gold dust. Letters generally cost fh-c
lawlessn~s, had "found themselves," sternly dollars[...]ass and
witnessed by Sidney Edgerton, i\1ontana's first perished by the dozen. In the m[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (183)[...]med with double-barreled shot-guns. Other
llall, S. R. Blake being chainnan. Hugh ll•lc- stores we[...]us, in cellars, under floors and haystacks;
lent's corner, and each began picking out a suit[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (184)[...]at fancy can suggesr. On
if possible; but the s now was too dee1), and they one side is a raised o rchestra. The mu~ic
returned discouraged. 1\s the supply became suddenly strikes UJ>,[...]r finally dropped to $~o per sack, "Let 11s describe a first class dancer-'sun:
• it was[...].·.
tice. This is the 'Hurdy-Gurdy' house. :\s No wonder that a wild mountaineer ,voul[...]sely crowded (and, at the waist with a U. S. belt, from which
on particular 0<:cas[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (185)[...]hur--
mouth. After an amazingly grave s.,lute, 'all dics' are Teutons, .and, thoug[...]f dollars in gold, the rewards· and
of the miner's dtlight, 'set your partners/ or presents th[...]clently more fixed upon the dancers than on hi s
"All varieties of costume, physique and de-[...]the dancers- men dancing, their wh·e.s siuing at home in
irom the gayest colors and lou[...]of the proceeding. There
dress and manner, to the s;1ugly fitted black ne\·cr was a dance hou[...]er, counted fifty tickets into her in a soldier's top coat and a light felt hat. ,\
1.,p bef[...]
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a.s a huge joke. Yonder was the courtly and[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (187)[...]object,
p.u1y was ·going to stake and record the s ilver after a moment's hesitation he repeated his in•
lodes which he h[...]dly from one saloon to another through the
d1ize11s of that vicinity, he felt bound to pro-[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (188)[...]en by a mun- rode, by jts apparent wearine;5s, ;'ustificd the
bcr of i\1ormons, had left th[...]snake ranch. Entering the office and
man, for s.1.fc keeping, SC\'Cral purses of gold b,'lr roo[...]expressed some surprise, and said that )I r.
S...'llutations. At this time the sun was prob-[...]he g reat amusement . of several gentlemen, s.,ddle and blankets into the house.
who witnes[...]nd I cts on the floor preparatory to a night's rc,t.
purs-Ucd my journey, arriving at[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (189)[...]unable .to find Rattle• with P lummer's party in Bannack during the
~nakc ranch, then the[...]est profanity
li1ing to d,rink. He also asked for s01nethi11g said he would shoot the top of[...]the muzzle of the revolver towards Gallagher·s
with a pan of cold boiled beef, to which Gal-[...]ted that he mu~t have a fresh soldier's blue O\'ercoat apart and told me to
horse, untiJ[...]to die at
,·aluable one, not suited to Gallagher's uses, any moment. Gallagher ·fi[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (190)[...]half way between Horse
made of another person's horse for one of their Prairie and Bannack he saw in the distance, in
own, then lay down on the s ide opposite to me front of him, several horsemen[...]ith a result
his saddle, bridle and blankets, s.1ying he had somewhat discouraging. whereupon the[...]ud finally mOney, that they did not desire him to s.:,,.
having found 1hc Rattlesnake ranch, had[...]; and, after upon the ground, and for a time he w3s insen·
congratnlating me upon my safety, the[...]lr. Edgerton, where
before, I had sent :Henry S. Tilden, a young several of the neighbors[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (191)[...]f the world. \ \le had
lic,·e that young Tilden's identification of started in to c1ear[...]the attempted big Irishman jumped Graimer's claim. Berh-
robbery was correct, but the young[...]integrity, and he was certain that if er's was jumped. I told him to hold onto his.
the ide[...]"(Signed) 200 Asr1-V 1G1t.AST£S.
•m August 14, 1831. He worked at various trade[...]ed States marsh3J, an office for
Hartcd for "Pike's Peak" as Colorado was cal1cd which he wa[...]ge Lyman £". Mun•
:u that time. Like many othc:s he failed to fi nd son siys of him and his[...]"No br:wcr offictrs C\'Cr lived than U. S . Marsh3l
newly discovered gulches of Mont.::ma h[...]d to them the merit
i;houldcrcd arid strong. He w3S :tbsolute1)' without of h:wing contributtd largely to the establishment
it:ir. He w3s 3 mark fo r the road agents' vengeance[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (192)[...]and 'Tex' Crowell
get back to camp with meat for s111>per for the and a lot of the gang w[...]Ives e rs' court. The reason Forbe,s, S tinson anti
sa id it was the best mule in i\•[[...]or he would do it for me. J told him S teel was president of the meeting. That nigh,
I w[...]uted, in open
ncightioring stm~mcr resort. He w:.\S as amiable <13)", an equal number under[...]d pistol that the most scicnti6c of rogue,s ha,•e repta1 •
his majo rity, he was scarcely[...]in vain to get 'the drop' on him.
height. and wa,s far below the avcr:i.gc of men in[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (193)[...]toughs. Those in favor of hanging were to
ho\'s,' when they thought they had better take go[...]ons were sentenced to sentenced to be hung Barton's \\'ife and daugh-
,1,:uh by vote of the people,[...]ke beavers to get some forked we passed by Barton's cabin. He said to me
:r..-~s fron, the cotton woods, built the scaffold[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (194)[...]horse on a
and from my graves) at Henry Plumn\er's dead run and he came mighty[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (195)[...]e oxen. Ives was
On his return from Holter's second trip to deliberate and absolutely merc[...]gun once more, the second ·time at Holter's
h-cs and some companions hacl met i\1r. Holter[...]rode away.
1aking the lower road by Lorraine's ranch. It de\'eloped afterwards tha[...]cvohicr did not fire a second time was because
.-\s he approached the crossing of Broivn's at Lorraine's ranch, where he had stopped for
Gulch creek, Ives[...]tidlcr. Nnnati"c of w. F. s~nclcrs.
Tho Vi2ilantcs 0£ Mont:1113, 'f[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (196)[...]tircumstanccs of his later life were such, ren's diggings. Already there were substan-
that, as is[...]r what is now ~Iontana. How his
In the late '50s he was in Oregon, in charge life was spent durin[...]not possess.
with whorn he came in contact. It is s.1.id that "fhcre was a small i\formon settleme[...]d
It has been said of Ives, and ii is not improb- s1>iritlcss Indians, their ~aceful "3lley. T[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (197)[...]trians and Plummer, nor ·did he act with Phunmer's cool
wherever it appeared, drnwing interes[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (198)[...]suffered from birds and beasts
gained each other's confide1ice, began to con- of prey, and he wa[...]from their occupants to load the body
Plummer's prudent reticence delayed sus- into[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (199)[...]e, and c.ame ne;ir
no wagon road from Virginia to S ummit, al• making his escape by that r[...]e"er, I do not feel snre. robberic.s and murders were frequent, imr~-
In one or two[...]himself to strangers or being imro•
party frotn S ummit reached Virginia City in duced by c[...]beries and mur-
Elkanah i\forsc, Nelson or E lias S to ry, H. K. ders, nor could they be traced t[...]re the mcnts, his headquarters were in the s..1.ddlc-.
body had been found and at early dawn t[...]ager ,being sufficient to conduct his busine-s.:.
which constituted Ives' ranch and awakened[...]im tha,
It was three or four miles to Dem1>sey's I did, he handed me a letter addressed t[...]annaek road. and I handed him P lummer's letter and re•
A History of Montana Volume 1 (200)[...]o-Saxon doctrine of the jury and
my hand P lummer's letter, with a request that the vicinag[...]to make a
clctect and arrest, if possible, Tbolt's murder- good fee, as t hey h ad pl[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (201)[...]to history and from my knowledge of human na
Bannack, when I was accosted by A. J. Cul-[...]oi
bertson, with the statement that the Lott Br-0s. criminal law, that if I should prosecute.[...]ilty he should be convicted, form, before a miner's judge and a jury of 6
but if they entertai[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (202)[...]re permitted to participate, and that l
0£ Brown's gulch, who had recently belonged trusted we shoul[...]efrom. vVhereupon Judge
than one to the defendant's strength. Byam wrote the names[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (203)[...]>se<1uently became ac-
sheriff of Henry P lummer' s, mounted the <1uaintcd, and feeling bou[...]attention, and in language a5
and Pinc GrO\'C and S ummit might not also pregnant with meani[...]s or the forenoon and the standing as to its s ignilicance. I said I wa~
voic upo n the p[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (204)[...]manuensis and a table
ert Hereford was Judge Byam's executive was provided for him near t[...]for the accommodation of the twcnt)1-four
iord's deputy. At this time Judge \Vilson ap- juror[...]stores, barber shops and
ll is name was Charles S. Bagg, and I found other places of[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (205)[...]y good citizens be~ides, whose names
turned State's evidence, if that is a name to were gh•en with[...]rticipants in the discus·
to Bannack for Plummer's presence and as- · sion was a man from Ge[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (206)[...]the perpetrated other murders and had spent week's
, ulprits, until the crowd, which through all alo[...]re- :,gainst it. Long John, who. had turned State's
, ented the order of Mr. Clark for the mul[...]
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circumstances of thi~ investigation. The air ci[...]anxiety; he did not prej- in instances, was unque.sS;CI, who, at times seriously tried the pati[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (208)[...]The sun went down about the dosing of
tirnc.s a labored argument of a lawyer would the ar[...]es" which he saw in progress before studen1s, I had nc\'cr been able to attend a
him.[...]commencement of President Finney's famous
Thurmond was in many ways a mas[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (209)[...]owd was intense; a
Henry Spi,•ey declining to s ign it not from any battle could scarcely have .a[...]m a gentleman, and I belie,·e
without a moment's delay put my motion, and you arc and I want to as[...]d grant it to you and I belie,·e you
same. The s ignificance of this movement did will to me. I ha[...]rom
not seem to be appreciated by the defendant's home, but I have a mother and sisters in t[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (210)[...]had gone from the crowd my r emark had s1irred to a profounder depth
a«oss the street and[...]tone of voice, I had carriC<l a new Coh 1s police pistol ior a
reached his ear, when he fo r[...]ell. The
er;, I have to con fess 'thal X. Biedlcr's re- ('ff<.-ct was exciting, fo r shootin[...]considerable load from my mind. malle1-s o f momcmary expcct;\ncy and a num•
I replied[...]as&'l.ilcd by :-omc profane c;,,:plcti"es s::tid that he wanted
~Ir. Rit(hic in \'Cry dc:nun[...]those passed bct"·ccn ·two hous<"s toward tht- rear, I
who had participa.ted in it.[...]hands not
!-Ol\\e remarks from the inclh·i<lual s in the pkas(lnt nor wholly unexpected,[...]1hc trial was O\'Cr, I responded to )Ir. Ritchie's scizc,I hy the sheriffs, or thCir assi[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (211)[...]effort to write a Jcucr to his mother :\s the dcn,Jucmcnt drew near, the excite•
was int[...]that
the trial was held, would answer as well a.s prison was surrounded by a guard as resol[...]hich w<:rc not co,·crcd by :uiy roof, ended in s ignal failure and profuse profanity.
he threw do[...]around the end of the log ; the sheriffs r~s1>0nsiblc for his taking off. The guard
procured[...]it stood there for at least lialf
off his boots, s..,ying he had sworn that he a n ho[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (212)[...]had finding him in the settlements after New Year's
escaped from the public justice of the Fed- to sh[...]h their passions somewhat allayed
~Ir. Creighton's wearing two revoh•ers in sight a nd their stren[...]comprehended, that he was expected to :\s to Long John, or J ohn Frank, there was
maintain[...]ity o r Captain such circumstances touching Tbolt's murder
Xicholas \•Vall, who h3d erected[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (213)[...]Gulch, and
1,500 men out of deference to the fom,s of by their unshaken resolve that[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (214)[...]thC stern stentorian command : "1-falt! Throw
S~\•ift, CO\'ered him with a gun,-somctimcs[...]r lynx-eyed surveillance. No miner ever thc.s c hunters of human prey killed for the
mad[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (215)[...]rnest of purpose, with
ranch. Others were Dempsey's Couonwood grim determination written in every line of
ranch, Daley's ranch at Ramshorn gulch and . their face.s, outlined the plan and formed the
certain ranches[...]determined to return to Lewiston, via
Nye. Paris S. P fouts was chosen president,[...]him. The fact of 1\•lagruder's success and
\,\/hen the formalities were over the[...]r 1he b·;-law m:ty have o rigfo;lly bc:cn,
it W:)S mo<lificd in i'ts e;-:e~ution for t~._. _VigHantc[...]b3nished a number o f _e:t1mm.als whose gmlt ,~.i.s es- ruder bent over it to light his[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (216) HISTORY OF ,IONTi\NA 219
bee[...]irns of the plot were sparsely settled land. S hortly after the ad-
murdered in their sleep. So[...]soul of hos1>i1ality
At Elk City o'<lagruder's mule, saddle, Ieg- upon that on·asion. Ilis ea[...]writ-
)!agruder and his party. Page turned state's ten as plainly upon the walls of the cabin[...]t an end.
This outrageous murder inflamed the s1um• O n the 23rd o f December, 1863, tw[...]the Road Agents was the. met " Red" (Erastu s) Yeager. He was at that
story told by Henry Tilde[...]here he lh-ed with otherwise known as Dempsey's. This ruse had
A History of Montana Volume 1 (217)[...]said if I found would be mine. Dutch John"s
Rock. The cold became more intense, their[...]hands in it but the pain was too severe.
Bcidler"s story of this exciting chase and cap- He dran[...]heir lksperate hunt said he was going to Ricker's Ferry. I told
for Carter. Ye-ager, Stinson, Ray a[...]told him of Forbes' tuin
started and went to Daly's for dinner ( where h3'·ing been robbed. He[...]gin bottle and looked at me
1nusic of the coyotc-S and often thought during wilder than a wolf.[...]met the train- train very poor and Rickcr's Ferry on Snake River. \Vhcn I got
dying-ha[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (218) HISTO RY OF ~IONT:\NA 221

gold[...]en coming to wards us. They
was banished when Ivc.s was hung. He knew hallooed for us to th[...]o know if it ,\•as safe for him Tom Baum·s voice, al'id told him he might as
to kc-ep going[...]t into 13annack night we camped at Dempsey's Ranch. I gave
:tnd at night I went down town and[...]them the information about Buck Stinson be-
ant's saloon played a game of billiards and oM in[...]ow why and he told him back to Dempsey's. At Dcn11>sey's we
me that Buck Stinson and the gang were in[...]anted so man,· for-. I told and whi!-ker-s, arose .1t once. He was always
him, 'it w[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (219)[...]suspected that the crisis was come and a·s
I know I am going 10 die-I am going to be[...]io r the execution. A rope was ob-
"That' s pretty tough/' from his captor. taine[...]on. Three separate commands org:1.n-
"fr's pretty tough but l merited this years i1.c[...]ment, that night, then
a drunkard ) : Cyrus S kinner~ roadster. fence hurried off, wit[...]ies. She knew that some hazardous m O\'C•
S ttph,·11 ~larsland. Drnch Jo hn ( \V:1g11cr ) .[...]ers ; Geo rge Sht·ars was a roadster and S he heard low voices in the dark space he..
h[...]Bill Munter were roadsters threatened. S he blew out the candles and
and telegraph 11[...]. marching men. dark figurc.s loo med into sight
Brown died begging f[...]king.·· mer's c.·abin.
O n the bat"k o f his coat wa[...]unbuckled his belt that held h•s r c,·olvers and .
T o Brown's corp~(" wa:.-- amxe<l: sm[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (220)[...]t a struggle. ary 10, 1814.
Buck S tinson was captured with as deadly \ Vhi[...]by a sh ot from Forbes. the
It seems a cnriou s anomaly that the Road fresh scar o r which[...]he most he proceeded afoot 10 Barret and S hincber•
arrant coward of them all. He who had des- gcr's rauch. where he knew there was the fin ..
patched[...]tims with his own hand est :ulll llectc.s t ho rse in that part of the coun•
and who had[...]John at 011cc 10 0k the Salt Lake Road. He w;1s
P lummer became servile, (ajoling, loa[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (221)[...]ots of the territory. No word was
,·xcept in the s ingle ir!stancc of Neil Howie. s1>0ken during this grim pantomime nor did
Dutch Jo[...]his resistless march until he
referred to Vivion's big train below. During was within fi[...]i! 1he hypnotic fascination of Howie's unflind1~
llowie followed them. Howie soon o vert[...]front of that murderer :ind J oh n w:,s branded. ,
highwayman, who was even then f[...]swarthy face was dark wi1h and 1110s1 1>0werfully built, being immensely
~11$picion wh[...]ge, determined look-
clcsired weed thro ugh Howie's generosity the ing j:,w and high chee[...]Indian rode on. Howie ma<le with a 1s1ir o f dark eyes, whose deadly glare
a last vain[...]desperate task o f this, h e knew hi s fate if he were caught, He
\·;,pturing him alone[...]e fingered his gun as rouragcou s as Howie. This was the beginning
though making re[...]of :\ liic-tong friendship between the two
llowic's hand moved towards his belt where[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (222)[...]onc on the floor and th<: other o n a carpcmcr·s
part, and cool-headed s.,gacity on that of his w[...]fate was inevitable met the end with c.almnc-s.s.
Howie was building a fire. Featherston had[...]ess by the death of his com-
him just in time to s:wc their own Jives and[...]last dri,·cn by a terrible s now storm to seek
Bannack and he must.. strike f[...]and de.alt out s wih and merciless death, tmti!
A desperate at[...]annack by Stin- Plnmmer's band told mutely of the O\'er-
son, Ray and the r[...]After this the citizens established a P coplt's
There were no r<'gularly organized Vigi-[...]manence of all that the Vigilante.s had ac-
lantes of Virginia bearing a conununicati[...],,crform. This was the hanging of S lade.
Before his death D utch John made a conf[...]- Bis: H ole R3,nch. January 16. 186.s: \Vill~un 8un101,,
tln:. g:i\'ts the n ames, pl.1[...]Ottr Lodg e V:'lllcy. Janu;1ry 19, 1~: Cyr11s Skinnct.
the p r i:u:ip3,I 1l,·spcr:'.ldoc$ o f[...]n Cooper. Hell G:'ltt, J am:•
" Grors.:e ( \'C':S, Xt\':'l•I~ City. n «<'mber :u. 1863:[...]uary •2.;,
waler V3ll c➔·• J anuuy .;, 186.s : lknry Plummer. Ntd 1864: \Villi3m (iran.·s. ali3s \Vhisk::y Bill. f·on
R a)' :and Uuck Stinson. 0.[...]J:inuary 11.
Virginia City. J anu:.ry 1.a. 186.;: S1cphcn Marsland, 1$6.J_[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (223)[...]adison rh·er when he li,•cd in a tent and
w:1s a member of the Vig ilantes, doing his hi[...]ronuuuncd on many occasions as rriends. S lade
I lowever, o n his frequent sprees he was[...]Nevada and Virg inia cities. Upon but w3s a very dangerous m;rn when drinking.
such occa s[...]across to .the \\lashington Billiard
lights, for S lade had been known to ride into I-fall ( d[...]mash glass and commit all kinds o f Slade's and they got into a conversation :md
outrages, fo[...]rc you a fraid,· ·1 told him
territory. lt was S..'\id on good authority that that J was not i[...]ted to and that I did not have to go. \\then
ple's Court was establi shed he had acknowl- th[...]d the offcnsi,·e document, tore it into drink, S lade. still mad, said: 'You do not have
hit~, and stam1>ed it beneath his feet. S till to drink unless yo u want to,· meanin[...]hen they
dignitary and spat in his face. )[ontaua's first again hrar<l our talk they again n1shc[...]eak-
J. X. Beidler describes the hanging o f S lade ened and said, 'Lel us quit.' J told him I[...]was hung at Virginia City I at least six of S lade's pals and fighters and
had met him at diff[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (224)[...]ery excited , people running to and fro and
Slade s.."'lid: ·x. I guC$!-> the Vigilai1ce comm[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (225)[...]HISTORY OF ~'IONTJ\NA 22[...]rs. Slade gels here:' I go1 some friends of
-~Ir. S lade, I can only repe:,t you r words, I[...]. Just as I ,.,•as
impatient and shouted, 'Time's up!' 1hrough some one said •~·I rs . S lade is com-
"These men were running mines o[...]f on the body of her
c1icl not come on any child's p lay. A noble dead lmsband. I w[...]rned to their work and the towp
1he ro1>e around S lade's neck and aflcrwards <;ui<:tcd c.l[...].adcr was gone and
'·During 1he hanging or S lade I was sta- thc-y had seen a l[...]as looking down ~lrs. Slade's ride fo r 1he life o f h er lms-
the gulch and a[...]lhis dram:11ic period of i\•[ ontana's history.
man who helped hang Slade. I 1old him 1[...]ommit• 1he in1cr-1rihal races. S lade purchased 1he
tee had wisely ordered some pa[...]; .:m$:ford. Three Tho ns:i.ntl ~lilf'S Through the Rxky Mom1•
T he ViR:ilantc-s of ~Jo ntn.n:i.- l homas J. 1)11nsdalc-.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (226)[...]and it is a noteworthy fact fricndlinc.s s was changed to enmity ohly
that the ex plo rers f[...]l transgressor.
treated them as welcome guests. i\s soon as The ,·oyagcurs came amon[...]to r ise abo,·c the
many cases the :\mc ri\.·;u,s who h r:\\'ed the example of ..::i\' iliz.[...]try within the
lo wst01tc were, unfo rtunately. a s black as they bo undaries o f that whidt is[...]atio nality. first tn:aty with the tril.ic.s o f ~lo ntana was that
And th t.: tra<lc in which[...],·cr proclaimed.
u11foir. cm •throat businc:.,;s from beginning to ··This treaty was[...]tns was countenanced as lcgiti111ate and 1S51. and defined the fo llowing described tcr•
th[...]oduced the tribes : T he territo ry of the S io ux o r Daco tahs
" fi re-water'·' paid[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (227) HISTORY OF i.\lONT/\NA · 231
H il[...]atrocities were committed on both sidc.s.
source of the Yellowstone, down the Yellow- Chardon's massacre of the P iegans was as
stone to Twcnty-f[...]d of the i\fusselshell, and down the o f. Han·ey's cold-hloodcd murder o f an In-
river to it[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (228)[...]NA

works of early frontiersmen: ··...\1y First S hot guns and four revolvers on the counter, con[...]lieve, would have sold his position
"Buffalo Bill's Ad,·enturcs on the Salt Lake very cheap,[...]others, they went back,
dians. Indignant · whitc.s therefore retaliated determined to complete t[...]the wounded him in the hip. (liis•horse's kg was
scuffie, one b:,.rrd was harmlessly discha[...]houting
a state of intoxication, entered Goodrich's sa· as he ran. 'Good Indian,' meaning[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (229)[...]re they could reach the scene of the
Jemmy Spence's squaw, named Catherine. shooting, t[...]. tending to ambush the boys. Johnson's quick
The account of "Liver-eating" Johnson's eye detected the ruse, and the w[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (230)[...]In- entire dress consisted of a scant, much
dian's head ·and snapped. The ,·aps being next shrunke[...]one country. This part;·
his rifle to the Indian's head blew his brains was the one: it will be remc[...]t narrates the story of the
boats plying between S t. Louis and Ft. Ben- fight in his Journal[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (231)[...]out and tore them down sions to do u s to the road. \Vatkins was still
. , I[...]ay, watching to see fiendish savage.s. He asked us to hand him
the effect of their bloo[...]the ;\lissouri. This time the obje(t was
woµnd; S. T. Hauser in the left breast with[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (232)[...]fred Sully, composed of four established on Smith's river. The headquar•
thousand ca"alry, eight[...]186-1. On the 4th of July the troops allied tribe.s of the· Blackfeet nation. This
were joined by[...]ing the autumn Governor Ste-
located by General S ully on this expedition. vens ordered[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (233)[...]as
severe colic." Several died from the effec1s. follows:
Only the high esteem in which l\'[...]m Puget Sound, and Alfred ized agcnci~s had their innings, and chaos its
Cummings, who h[...], and go onto a reservation on Canadian
Governor S tevens declining and camping with !,[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (234)[...]ountain Chief was powedul. I le was brother's companion go unavenged.
at the head of a grea[...]akom Cla rke had married the daughter
red man's life. whether he happened to b~ of[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (235)[...]ed; that is nothipg; but this tou::hcs 1>recio11s to him than lile itself. Accordingly,
us; you giv[...]or
yoqrs you make my young men come and go Clarke's horses and a spy-glass. Ne-tus-che-o
at your beck[...]ur very smile will make my men tal{c Major Clarke's brand. The others carried off
their robes from th[...]I say to you when Nc-tus-chc..o rode up on Horace's fav•
I hate the white man, but I hate you less[...]old
of Piegan relatives rode up to ,Major Clarke's men, alarmed by the war cry, rushed out,
ranch. T[...]Clarke, his wife, mother, sister and saved Horace's life.
brother. They were wckomc guests. \Vithin[...]e found which · ward, looked into N: c-tus-chc-o's eyes with
showed the horse-thieves to be white me[...]all might hear:"
avail. Later, some of the Indian's horses were[...]·
tana, or anywhere, for u1>holding an Indian's The thief was publicly humiliated and
righ[...]jor Clarke was justly indignant. His horses.
wife's relatives had been robbed while they[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (236)[...]untain Chief from
The purpose or ~lajor Clarke's visit was to that which thrcatencsJ to.be a terr[...]destined not to be. \Vithin two weeks Clarke's
the Piegans. The i\1ountain Chief was the • hor[...]were
which will soon pass away; they have treated s tartled by the sudden barking of dogs. It
my nati[...]of the Indian murdered at Forl Ben-
our \·illagc.s. Jf we desire to trade, we will ton. vVith 1hem w[...]y friend, il is far different; and Horace had met s ince the memorable en-
you have identified yourse[...]p-
others were doubtless in 1he l\lountain <;hief's pened between these two-not only that crisis
mind[...]eets of Benton. Ne-tn::=•che•o and the latter's \vife were riding.
\Vhcn tidings of this double m[...]re a delegation sent
they were beyond their enemy's country. He by the nation to i,wite t[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (237)[...], however, from the bewilder-
( i\'lountain Chief's son) a mile or two above ing effects of his w[...]with a friend.' Father in- on in my father's room between him and
dorsed this sentiment; and,[...]able to go to camp to adjust matters:
to try one's courage, and my brother thought · Rising fr[...]y I remember his last smile, sad, tender
an enemy's tongue-he felt his hour had come. a[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (238)[...]someone there. I went mcnted our father's and our brother's sad fate.
to it ; and. imagine my terror at t11Cc[...]After the killing of Major Clarke, Ne-tt1S
I thought the demons in hell had broken loose.[...]light of barricaded themselves in Helen's room, leaving
stars.'[...]ntercede with
" J ust then I hea.rd my brother's voice. He the murderers should they return[...]hings, smashing furniture and or•
moment Horace's wo rds came to me ·w as the naments an[...]ed to take the members of the family
but my heart's pr emonitions had already told prisoners[...]at once. The special object of Ne-tus-che-o's
and was far on the way into the unknown[...]ot come to make
I learned afterwards that it was S hanghai, or war on women and childr[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (239)[...]erilla warfare raged between the
towards the Bear's Tooth looking for stock. two nations. On S[...]rs for l'lfontana
vowed vengeance upon his father's murder- reported to tlie commissioner of[...]mind that he might sec the name of Baker's command to the Indian village. There
~i alcom Cla[...]n Indian village in the
which culminated in Baker's raid. The In- darkness. It was in about[...]deous mistake.
blooded murder of l\lountain Chief's brother This was a smallpox · camp[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (240)[...]as to whether to proceed to ~fountain Chief's
together over his breast, sank . slowly to his[...]sponsible reached !',fountain Chief's camp he and his
persons who were present, state t[...]tand Clarke, who were with Baker's command, were
or direct the movements of his men.[...]Shortly after the massacre of Heavy Runner's
fend themselves. The able bodied warriors[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (241)[...]s-that our occupancy most fiercely ' was his race's
is, on reservations.[...]of east- Northern Pacific, a project which was of na-
ern i'llontana see,ned to realize first that t[...]swept the western plains spanned by the railroad's right-of-way, were
and encroached upon the trib[...]o Division· of the i'lfississippi; Maj.-Gen. \V, S.
them. Smalley, the chronicler of the No[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (242)[...]General Hancock with-an escort of summer's work were resting, while Colonel
soldiers. The s[...]idenc-e and security; and not
of these parties w~s molested by Indians. only were no espec[...]ormance of his duties by an
two surveying partie.s were to operate. One over-indulgence in s[...]tunately, the camp was located upon
Col. Da,·id S. Stanley. Gen. John Gibbon, ground easy[...]timber. The other war party
slllmbled upon"Baker's command. There was "was to seek[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (243)[...]ted On the twentieth of August near Pompey's
the orders of the officer in command. As soon[...]be utterly routed and demoral- ered. Custer's report was favorable and once
ized. The of[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (244)[...]scended upon Little Thunder's band of Brule
• In 1851 the Sioux of[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (245)[...]f the Col. v\/. J. Fetterman of Carrington's com-
road. This was, in a sense, a de<:lar[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (246)[...]ward they did occur in sporadic: c.ase.s, those cases were
would fight.[...]e joint the best type of American manhood, s.~ve in,'
control of the \Var Department an[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (247)[...]ing wild and l)<?rfectly. free from con- Crook's command of less than a thousand men
trol. Of this[...]eached him. From the strength
division was Custer's cavalry from Fort Abra- of the hostiles who boldly attacked this large
ham Lincoln. On Jime 21st Gibbon's com- column, it now became appar[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (248)[...]is was 11ot granted." One . of Grant's cabinet, Belknap, was
At the time that Custer[...]"Up to the mo- been high in the president's esteem, spoke
ment of Custer's attack no infom1ation was freely of havi[...]ring an agency ·
that there were in Sitting Bull's camp more brand. He was summoned f[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (249)[...]on duty in this depan- Not one of Custer's men lived to tell the tale.
ment, I respectfully[...]here has been
"Bvt. ~Iaj. Genl. U. S. Army." much argument and difference of op[...]ssly, that I have no desire whatever to E. S. Godfrey, historian of the baule, whose
question[...]nformation was obtained from Sioux lead-
military s uperiors. \Vhether Lieut. Col. Cus- ers, an[...]rratives, it
do not forbid it, Lieut. Col. Custer's services must be stated that a Cheyenne who[...]ed him. He plan of operations: Gibbon's column was to
employed the same tactics that had[...]and thence up the latter, with the
cheering Reno's detachment which was al- understand[...]early to give time for Colonel Gibbon's column to
in contact with the enemy."[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (250)[...]tain they could not
ticable to unite both Gibbon's and Custer's now be surprised, it was determined to at[...]ops 'H', 'D', and 'K'. Captain ~1c-
leave Gibbon's infantry too weak a force lo Dougall with[...]ttle Big Horn. Custer on the
per part of Tullock's Fork and endeavor to right of the creek,[...]to the left and not in
thus obtained, to Gibbon's column, whiCh was sight. About eleven o'clock Reno's troops
lo examine the lower part of that for~. Custer crossed the creek to Custer's column and re-
started up the Rosebud on June 22[...]mained with him until about half-past twelve
bon's command, personally accompanied by o'c[...]ployed. A charge was made down the river,
bon's column rc."\chcd and crossed Tullock's driving the Indians rapidly for about two[...]ch was
"On the afternoon of June 22d, Custer's still there. Not seeing anything, however[...]column halted for about three hours, "Reno's force succeeded in reaching the top
A History of Montana Volume 1 (251)[...]loss of three officers and opc.ne<l upon Reno's position and, as daylight
twenty-nine enlisted me[...]g station upon high points co,;1pletely sur-
Reno's troops reached these bluffs, Benteen's rounding the troops, so that men were struc[...]es of the lines from where
train, with ~IcDougall's troop escorting it. the shots were fired.[...]until half-past nine o'clock in the morning,
Reno's command and numbered about three[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (252)[...]TORY OF iMONTANA
a full view of the cavakade, a.s it filed away crossed the stream, pa.ssed a[...]nd men and the bodies of
retained under Custer·s personal command. horses, some ol them[...]hers heaped in ravines and u pon knolls
C uster's absence, and the im1>rcssion was that where[...]as to better Custer, Lieutenants Cooke, S mith, i\1'clntosh,
sec ure a su1)ply of water a[...]n- the 20th I nfantry, and Acting Assistant S ur-
ing of the 27th, while preparing to resist[...]ting that Cu ster had been Major E . S. Godfrey, Seventh U. S. Cav-
whipped, but that their story was not beticvc<l. alry, who commanded a troop of Bentccn's
About half-past ten o'clock in the morning[...]t and unprejudiced
General Terry rode into Reno's lines and the account of the battle. He s[...]"At the time o f the discovery of Custe r's
"Precisely what was donC by Custer's im- advance to attack, the chic£s ga,•c orders for
mediate command, subsequent[...]st of the regiment last saw them of Reno's retreat this orCter was being carried
alive, ha[...]atter o f con• out, but as soon as Reno's r etreat was assured,
jccturc, no officer or so[...]they came to meet their fate, had Reno's forces remained fighting in the
was the testimony of the field where it over• bottom. C uster's attack did not begin unt il
took them. ,vhat wa[...]up thcr attack on Reno soon after Benteen's bat•
with Gibbon's column. talion jo ined Reno1s, viz.: a l ittle after 2 :30
"Cus,ter[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (253)[...]lage, among whom were the Cheyennes,
of Custer's command. The conviction was fom1ed for the charge on Custer's Hill. All
expressed, 'that our command ought to[...]other guard than the horse
were fired by Custer's orders as signals of holders, one man out[...]lling, waving blankets,
a strong force in Custer's front, Custer turned etc. In this they succee[...]and dismounted two in the saddle-bags. Gall's warriors now
troops, Keogh's and Calhoun's, to fight 011 moved to the foot of the kn[...]ed up the slope far enough to be able
Crittenden's monument. The other three to see the[...]sing a waste
marched rapidly to the right. .Smith's troop of ammunition. In the meantime, Chie[...]f the slope. \,Vhen everything was
which on Smith's left ended in Keogh's po- in readiness, at a signal from Gall the dis-
sition (now marked by Crittenden's monu- mounted rose, fired, and every Indian gave
ment), and, on Smith's right, ended at the ,•oice to the war[...]es, and the whole mass
with Yates' and Tom Custer's troops, now rushed upon and crushed Calhoun. The mad-
known as Custer's Hill, and marked by the dened mass of In[...]forward by
monument erected to the command. Smith's its own momentum over Calhoun and Crit[...]ctics were be•
"The line occupied by Custer's battalion ing pursued and executed around Custer's Hill.
was the first considerable ridge back from[...]others, moved up the ravine west of Custer's
fourths of a mile. The whole village was[...]ther, but lower, ridge, the position. Gall's bloody work was finished be-
further slope[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (254)[...]who fought un-
Godfrey gives these three rcaso11s in sum- der Custer not one lived to tell the story. All
ming up Custer's defeat: that was known[...]dead bodies after the battle.
"3. i\iajor Reno's panic rout with his bat• "Unfort[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (255)[...]miles, and in four days, he moved one Reno's troops, walked a~ross the plains, forded
hundre[...]f which were the river and rejoined Reno's command on the
to conceal his command. He freque[...]sleeping very late that morning. When Reno's
Benteen,' directing the left column to ·a!ter i[...]and up the bluff. Just at that time the alarm
P. S. Bring packs.' (The packs contained pa[...]unition.) The courier who mand (Custer's) was attacking their village.
carried this order[...]ver, passed down along the
waved his hat to Reno's troops as they wert right bank of the Lit[...]rst to become opposite to the left of Custer's troops. The
engaged. With triAing loss Reno aband[...]n a demor• river and were fighting Custer's troops back
a!ized condition. Bente.en, moving sl[...]he
the direction of Custer, stopped to rally Reno's
valley against Reno's attack without becoming
troops, and the two comma[...]ard engaged, but when the alarm of Custer's at-
the firing, and at one time volley-firing, a[...]icers, ridge near the right flank of Custer's line. The
\Veir and Edgerly, did move out[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (256)[...]ct. The Indians said that they would Custer's devotion to duty, his sincerity of pur-
have fled if Reno's troops had not retreated, 1>0se and the her[...]ad fled from
horses over the ground from Reno's last po- their reservation at Red Cloud Agency, and
sition to the extreme right of Custer's line, and were on their way to join the victori[...]ere driven back to the reservation with~
Reno's command walked half that distance it[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (257)[...]·
Before a month had passed 'vVhitc Bird's As soon as Joseph's movements were know11,
band had killed some o[...]retreated for sixteen miles to Rawn':s scouts, sent out to make a recon-
Grangeville[...]reigned. In Rawn ·s command there were but
In Joseph's band there were only about 400 two c[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (258)[...]onight but
rier, bearing a flag of truce, to Rawn's ranks, tomorrow you must pass on."
asking once[...]hrough the valley. Rawn · replied that the s:.ved the settlers of the Bitter Root? vVhat
India[...]he Bitter Root valley and This was Charlot's recompense. A shaft of
at. their head was a great[...]lot had wel- The morning after Joseph's message to Cap-
comed the strangers ,vithin his g[...]ude time, when it was discovered that Joseph's
he had protected his wards and even now at[...]of the soldiers by
They were quite helpless. Rawn's command having a small party of his brav[...]mountains over Cadotte's Pass. He arrived at
lot ·spoke, slowly, defiantl[...]day, reinforced by Rawn's little garrison and
revocable. He said:[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (259)[...]HISTORY OF ll10NTANA
ard was far behind, Rawn's force too weak timber in the hills, knowi[...]that the women w·ere peeling and prepar-
Bull's c.amp and first to 1ook upon the muti- ing 11ew l[...]eplace those worn c,ut
lated remains of Custer's command, was sent or discarded, Bradley and Jacob[...]General Howard was far
possible reach Jose1>h's camp before.dawn of behind him and his number was[...]general rose and formed
Lieutenant Bradley's command was unable his command into a colu[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (260)[...]oops is given as was not long before Gibbon's men were in
follows by Gen. C. A. \Voodruff:[...]ssion of the upper end of the village.
"Comba's and Sanno's companies were The troops pushed down[...]unteers, had been ordered to
of the village. Rawn's, Browning's and \.Yil- attack the lower end of the camp. They
liam's companies in line behind Comba and[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (261)[...]rce, and are lighting for everything Woodruff's horse that had been killed during
that man, civil[...]treated to the timber to find miles to French's Gulch. There he secured a
it already occupied by[...]ortly after this, huge, bil- arrived at Gibbon's camp bearing the welcome
lowing clouds of smoke a[...]tory of their terrible revenge. They had bon's relief.
set lire to the grass, trusting th[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (262)[...]269
•tured by Joseph's band. In describing him, when a Cheyenne[...]y battalion, and the pace,
ment, heard of Joseph's crossing. l\1iles at till now a gallop, bec[...]tream ran
river. They learned that the Nez Pert1's had in a tortuous course, while through it,[...]pace., stantly occupied by the Nez Perc<!s who, with-
• • • A mile •along on[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (263)[...]iors
about one hundred 1>01Hes packed for the day's who could be seen in the 'coulees'[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (264)[...]d with some of the most
within range of the enemy's guns. One man famous ones of anci[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (265)[...]eath. They
ber of the band, including Joseph's brother were a mountain-bred people and they sick[...]e reservation. He organized
General Howard's aid de-camp states: the Indian p[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (266)[...]s, not to exceed seven hundred fighting people to s..1.ve him. Orle of them responded
men (includin[...]Sitting Bull on Grand Tomahock, entered the chief's head. Sitting
river and that of Big Fobt on th[...]ry escort to \Vounded
tioned near Sitting Bull's camp and mes- Knee creek, about twenty miles nort[...]s spot
them to concentrate around the old chief's where they were reinforced by four more
c..,mp.[...]ne Hotchkiss gun were to be In Big Foot's band there were but 1o6 war-
close by, i[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (267)[...]eapons, ,yellow Bird, with infants in their am,s, were shot down
a medicine-man had been pi[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (268)[...]ieces, thrown naked into the pit.'
"On New Year's day of 1891, three days The dead sold[...]buckskin, upon which
fight began, about Big Foot.'s tipi, but the bod- the American Hag was[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (269)[...]s. The campaigns I shall discuss 10 atone for the s ins of generations past.


• AUTllORITIES-[...]lson A. jfilcs
Lieutenant Jan1ts H. Bradley's Journal of the in 18i7,- Captain Henry Rom[...]General John Gibbon (Montana Custer's Lll.st Battle (Montana Historical Soc.icty
Hi[...]Contributions, Vol. IV) .-\Villiam S. Brackett.
Record of Engagements with Hosti[...]Division of the Missouri, 1868 The Messenger's Story (Montana Historical So•
to 188[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (270)[...]ways "Great :\fedicine Road of the \Vhite.s." Q\'cr
there w:is a sign-post bearing the ·[...]anish Trail. The first of these followed the s..,mc route as the Oregon Trail. It was the[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (271)[...]the Sacramento \Vriting of ~fullan's work Judge \\loody
rivers. s..1.ys:
The great overland trails did not pass[...]red to strike the old trail mountains as far a.s Cantonment Jordan on
from Salt Lake to the Bitter[...]with :\fajor Culbertson, while Governor the Hell's Gate canyon were constructed.
Stevens an<.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (272)[...]d game. It was the
to come by the way of Lander's cut-off and garden spot of the Indians.[...]s building and. the mai11-
tains and down Clark's Fork and had de- ten.ance of the posts along the w3.y, including
nounced Bozeman's road as impracticable. Fort Philip K[...]with 1,6oo men,
into Gallatin \'alley, up Shield's river and some of whom were ex-Confedera[...]65 the gold discoveries on the Little
hostilitie-s with the Siou~. Departing from B[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (273)[...]hole of the d'Orcilles Lake and up Clark's Fork of the
summer and the fall of 1865, the road[...]20 feet beam, and
Alene 111ountains, through Hell's Gate. "So was 85 tons' burden, constructed[...]over the coming across the lake and up Clark's Fork,
same weary way from either Nevada or Idaho[...]ls died crossing the l\Iissouri river, · Clark's Fork, above the Cabinet moutains.
another was sho[...]a source of wonder. rapids up to Thom1>son's Falls. These boats
The animals were taken[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (274)[...]America" states that in 186o by the company's stages in return for which
five hundred fre[...], indeed, a g reat event. . The epoch
some s..1.fc tm<l rcg\11ar means of con\'cyancc_, of t[...]ut they wanted However, after Butterfield's pioneer o,•er-
communication with their o[...]detached. So persistent and so strong Pike's Peak and the consequent rush to Colo-
was[...]high scheduled speed." The service Pike' s Peak Express Company. At this time[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (275)[...]They would doubtless need some
war, and a central s tage line known as Ben hair restoratives before they got through: but•,
Hollada)'.'s was established in 1861. It ex- as it is their bu[...]the Oregon Trail, 10 Sacramento, California, they s!iould part with any of their' hair. The
a distanc[...]d Waddell and Ben Hol- and Ben Holladay failed to s.~tisfy 1he cravings
laday and when ?.lajors, in a[...]ere boys, light
ships encountered on Ben Holladay's line. 1-Ie of weight, great of endurance,[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (276)[...]he rode back to Red Buttes without a rest.
s1>ec<l was two hundred and fifty miles a day.[...]oop and a hurrah from our upper
ham Li ncoln's inauguration to California, over deck, a wave of the rider's hand but no reply,
a distance "of two thousa[...]aph ended the usefulness ol the
in the exprc,s s service, his route lay between pony express.[...]the plains wa~ no match for electricity and
s wollen and turbulent streams. An average o[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (277)[...]lack of accommodations. ','Dirty \ Voman's
grant .train had blazed a new way from i\'lin•[...]station. Noticing that h.c did not seem to
s.,ys of him :[...]before him, the proprietor
··Under Holladay's control the passenger said :
and Expres[...]a J. X. Beidler tells this thrilling s tory of the
relic of the past. ·[...]en them occurred and they had a quarrel
G.ulch, a s tage line was established by A. J. and ?l{[...]ity for Salt
contains a most interesting table of s tage de- Lake in company with I-1. Parker, Da,·e
parture. It says that Smith's stage leaves for Dewman, \Vm. Carpenter, VVm. Brown :md
Gallatin every i\1onday; Oliver' s to Helena, some others. The party[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (278)[...]im spotted.
they had got into the ca,1on 6 or S rniles to a He bought a d iamond ring. There[...]er saw the road agents in the wil~ John was s upposed to be an expert on dia-
lows and holl[...]shooting both feet off Charley the of Fargo's men and said that if they would
messenger on[...]reasure and put on more mes•
in the willows s'o they took the swag and lit sengers[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (279)[...]ty lo the alone which was an unusual thing for mc.s-
co:ich; and during the day we rode on the senger[...]s of his
was blowing so hard. Frank said : 'There's shot gun went off as he was falling and they
plen[...]y other load,
first run of twelve miles to Jenney's station hitting him just about the groin;[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (280)[...]ue of the gold for carrying it to the states.
S6,ooo pre,•iously robbed from the coach and[...]have been killed. He said haH per cent, but s\ill no allowance was made
he wanted mo[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (281)[...]ons. to fill their places, and the most capacious S.."I. fcs
ti,e assayer in charge was ordered to pa[...]r in
Before 1869, when the Union and Central i'S70. Then Garrison and Wyatt, Baker ancl
l'acilic r[...]n, the i\lissouri Brothers. Henry A. Shodde, \1/. S. Bullard,
river constituted the main channel of t[...]ing to the mines the freights discharged from
s1ationed there for several years, gives the[...]es
<1nantities as freight. · In one instance the s um from Fort Benton to Helena. But this[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (282)[...]to Virginia City.
mailed in \Veils, Fargo & G:o.'s mail-bags come Five cents was charged , for[...])Jontana was no longer a remote and iso-
in their s1>ecial mails, and have government ' Jated[...]mcdiate corn-
envelopes, with \Velis, Fargo & Co.'s stam1l municatiou with the extremes of t[...]ail-matter. \Vhilc \Vells, Although ~font?na thrilled, thought to
Fargo & Co., are permitted t[...]y, an<l, save when stopped and found good s\1pplics at the great store of
by a public[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (283)[...]o the Snake river and in
was really due to Young's enlisting or two April, 1877, its then p[...]ion and
tem, being bought in •at foreclosure by S. H. the leader of the upper house, \Vilbur F. San-
1-1. Clark, Jay Gould's operating man. It was ders, as chairman of[...]y committee,
constructed as a narrow gauge. Young's strongly advocated, in the face of[...]dvanced ten miles
Oregon t rail westward from Ham's Fork in northerly. i\Ioreover,[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (284)[...]railroad by one of the ablest of the world's gr!?:lt en-
officials, granted a right of way thr[...]en to the middle
transcontinental railroad to cro$S its plains route. Thus the first railroad[...]s first broached, and the two companie.s were chartered to build the
for many years[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (285)[...]lie was then to cross the divide and
ington for S!- Louis on his new mission on meet the[...]intendent August. He reached St. l\1ary's ,nission in
of Indian affairs.
Lieuten[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (286)294 HISTORY OF MONTANA

S tevens. He wrote of the country: "Nature[...]f the pioneer advoc:.atcs of
over Lewis and Clark's Pass at the head of a railway from New Y[...]with Out-
railway reports to be· printed. Saxton s..1.ys : stretched arm to the western h[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (287)[...]the United
ing. The truth is, however, the People's States to aid in the construct[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (288)[...]truthfully stated that "the equip-
main tern1s of these <:ontracts were. They ment resembl[...]istory of'l\{ontana. Not only
of the company's affairs.'' the prominent m[...]led its policy. They were also "sole them U: S. Grant, were present.
financial agent[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (289)[...]ins ran 11,525,851 miles, carry•
where Du Luth's na111e perpetuates the mem• ing p[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (290)[...]ng the property. This is ·pleasure or scientific s tudy of the wonders of
the machine-so iar beyond[...]rn edge of the continent. 01i the The eoinpariso11s, therefore, arc between
cast nre the G reat Lakc.s, and on the west North D.'1.kota alone in[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (291)[...]e the most remarkable showing of world's salmon supply is drawn, and much of
all. Fruit[...]ufacturing fol-
Irrigation is tlie magician's wand that has lowed. It is commonly assumed[...]in the United States, with a plentiful
ward w~s 4,138,381 acres, the total area in-[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (292)s are large enough to tempt arld occupy Board of Di[...]es that who has borne the burden and heat of life's
have rnade the growth of the Arneric.an No[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (293)[...]cquiring and re- from Crookston to Fisher's Lancling, on the
organizing the property[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (294)[...]ed thirty-three sota, were purcliased.
milc.s, as far as Alexandria; and ninety miles "On[...]8,000,000 each. George century. Mr. John S. Kennedy, who had
Stephen was made first[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (295)[...]ago, St. Louis and the Pacific Coast.
the Company's business. In January, 1899, I "It was[...]erties against speculative 'raids by 11\tercst-s at
mines, if there were any profits, for t[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (296)[...]miles of the original purchase to nishcd by i1s stock and bond holders with what
j,407 niiles. ·[...]the Great Northern \Vith 1hc proceeds of the s.~les of these lands
has at the same time carried[...]ars would have been through rccci,·ershi1>s and reorgani1.ations.
$1,96(,,2j9,194.8o. T he re[...]f capitali,-
as vacancies occurred in the Company's serv- ation from that day to this[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (297)[...]dness of the
Every dollar of this represents hone.s t value Company down to 1883. But it by no m[...]s issue and covered the actual cxpc.n diture.s fo r which
disposal. the c reation of a m3rkct fo[...]s at much below par and an impaired
some respects s impler and in some more com- credit[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (298)[...]i,ooo were reserved to retire in the Company's treasury. Last year the total
prior bonds, $10,57[...]d the the final standardization of the Company's se-
cost of terminals added largely to this sum.[...]ght years before. It creates a finan-
stockholder's money, thus returning to them cial clearing[...]and them and those issued to buy the company's
a conservation and building up of credit.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (299)[...]oints the lives of so many millions
been a dollar's. worth of stock or bonds issued with its a[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (300)[...]high. From this point the ascent over of s inglc•track main line .tnd a total mileage
the[...], at of about 114 miles, including sidini;s, yards,
Roland, ~1ontana, the elevation is about[...]town, and in reponse to the commission's re-
of freight in both directions aggregat[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (301)[...]rom Three Forks via the Madison
"Great Fa11s, west via Choteau, total dis• Val[...]To ( mik s) (miles)
Dakota L ine .. . . ...... . . .[...]40.6
Virden ....................... . . .S\\•cct Grass .. .... . . . . • .. ... .[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (302)[...]Y

Bonner ............ , . ..... .. .... ~kNamara's Landing . . . . . . • . . . . . .[...]S UMMARY[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (303)[...]with from
beast and so designated in ihe recorder's book. six to teo horses to the man took[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (304)[...]d of the l\1ussclshcll, down the
and branding iro9s of all owners of cattle on Porcupine rh,er,[...]. It is hard work, but fascinating, road. The s.1me !all, but later, a mixed herd,
and many seek[...]ana cattle East was made
outlaw buffalo of Pablo's famous herd. It by James Forbes[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (305)[...]than the best California clip. Cattle the E. llf. S. G. Association represents capi-
are now driven o[...]was, indeed, very small. The aver- to the horizon's rim;· the grass grew ~nd
age expense in raising[...]of the early legends of this particular sec-
So's was anywhere from thirty to forty per tion[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (306)[...]ay back head of each 'outfit' a manager or s uperin-
in the sixties-the early settle[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (307)[...]actual conditions
in i\iontana for• thirty year s, hold that ten were ascertained. The imme[...]g a range animal would have
up to it. It came :l.S a God-sent deliverance been scoffe[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (308)[...]ears past, ever since the hard win-
ways can-it i_s more toothsome and nutritious ter, in fact the co[...]on the market and could not be given away
by man's interference. It is nature's way, for the reason that the reci[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (309)[...]nd bone. Certain it is that the scorching s11,11shine, becoming thoroughly
the world knows no[...]a winter passes ,vith no hay fed at all, and
S. \~' ilcy, president of the Custer-County[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (310)[...]each. Since that time the ground which in s ummer must be near water.
'mutton breeds/[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (311)[...]annoyances, the too sharp competi-
The herder's work is usually light, but he tio[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (312)[...]degree of original domain acquired by the U nited S tate,
latitude and the lower boundary of the i\'l[...]ituation
It included within its confines 351,558 S<1uare
s ~ebraska, Its Ad\'anta,gt.s, Rtsourccs, etc., Edwin
a T he Louisiina[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (313)[...]he at•
!or the contention. In 1\'Ici\'laster's H istory of tcntion of Congress to the expediency[...]alf, the voyage of Captain Cook and the tain Gray's disco,·ery and through relinquish-
d[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (314)[...]ibunal
the controversy without recourse to am1s, were was at Yankton, the capital of D[...]p3,nied by his family
t Sidney Edgerton wa.s born in Cutnovia. New and his nephew, , vilbur F. Sand<'r.s, who also took
• York, August 18. 1818. his parents having ·removed hi.s family with him to seek his fortune in the un-[...]g spring,
formed the Republican party. In 18,;S he was elected President Linc:oln was[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (315)[...]Sanders says:
the early part of Governor Edgerton's 3dministr;"t- "l dedicate this \'olumc, wh[...]of 1hc ·rcrritory of Montana, whose title to
was s«rctary of #the territory and became 3c-ti[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (316)[...]ry and he was comn1issio11ed June 22, 1864, ernor's proclamation were as follows:
news of his[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (317)[...]dividuals who had secured corporate
Irwin and C. S. Bagg. The seat of govern- franchises at t[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (318)[...]uali1:"es which l.:n<'r ga"e him :\ i\forye's Height. ln Jul>•• 1865. he left New York[...]L.·mc.1shirc, England, and returned to 11:s home in he soon bec.ilme acting go\'ernor[...]whic:.h Jed the acting go\'-ernor to
s,ist:mc:e 3gainst mea.sures then being <::trried o[...]nsignment of arms and
treas.on and w3S sentcn~d to dca1h. Owing 10 in- ammuni[...]W3 $ commuted to lifo on V3n Dicman's l3nd. In t, 1$67, he fell overboard[...]k of the Civil w3r On the 4th of July, t90S, through the efforts of
he wa[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (319)[...]- rial to congress was prepared by it s uggesting
vene the legislative <!Ssembly he issue[...]y." St ill a nother e,·ent stii•red the ment s, had assigned these j udicial officers to
passion[...]i'll unson, should however, resigned and was s ucceeded by
he paid the expenses incurred by h i[...]he had taken throughout States, fo_r the ::S!inth circuit, District of i'<lon-
the con[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (320)[...]of Virginia on November 5th. I t urer's report showed a total of only $20,316.95.
adjourn[...]tes collector had been $114,023.56, or's office and Governor Smith recommended
and of this[...]n3, was born in ~fa.dison county, Ken- he w1s un:inimously nominated for ~ngrcss from
tucky, ;I[...]tlct-tcd
sen·cd wilh credit in the )lexican war 3S lieutenant to the thirty-ninth congress. \Vhe[...]. in 1869 he returned
announced his antagonism to s«ession. On the 4th to his old home in Ke.ntucky. Jn J8J6 he w3s e3n•
day of April, 186a, he a$Sumcd command, 3S colonel,
of the Fourth Kentucky Cavalry :attaehtd[...]0£ the United States on
troops under General Ro.s«r.\ns. On the 5th day the prohibition.[...]C., and for 6\'e )•e.a.rs
brig1d:er ge.nenl. U. S. Volunteers, by President w:t$ p:utor of t[...]ry th:i.t c-ity, where l1e d1ed July 29. 189,s.
A History of Montana Volume 1 (321)[...]re act of executh·e clemency On Mcagher's p art,
$0ttthern men, coming to ~J[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (322)[...]f the committee which, according ''i\s I recall it, Daniels had been taken to
to his. be[...]to secure a pardon for
true. Soon after :\leaghcr's disap1>earance a Daniels, and he went to[...]ritory, him 011 the celebrated Hangman's tree. This
branded the ?.lack \'Crsion · as absu[...]would naturally ha,·e heard of it had there
:S:ow what ?,.fack did not say was this: Dan-[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (323)[...]Benton in daily expectation of their arrh•al, I
s,r imming to shore. ·Meagher fell off the[...]is staff had made a swift and dusty ride
governor's death; the official proclamation of from S[...]in June, 1867, I left my home at general's staff, nor their number, but one of
Virgi[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (324)[...]he people at Fort Benton were hostile to
L11cul111s and scarce a day passed that a choice him[...]country which
blarney. Ascertaining the general's errand he the agent had assu,ned[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (325)[...]HISTORY OF i10NTANA
l\'leagher's controversies were exceedingly advising M[...]e stage agent of C. C. Huntley, general's staff said to me tha.t we must report
exci[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (326)[...]upon the
down to the south of the Marias, but the s1atntc book in accordance with the sugi:;es-
searc[...]s of terri-
pa.ssage of a code of civil procedure s uggest• torial officers were passed, to[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (327)[...]u\ionar
pealed. The territorial indebtedness w:>.s amendment delayed his confirmation[...]rmington, was changed to one day's actual labor within twelve months
Boicman City.[...]pe-:,.rs to h:h·e practiced his profession but
w3S born· near Pittsb\1rgh. Pcnnsyh':mia, No,·ember[...]y complied with their deminds. Re• di.s trict to Congr(Ss, where he took his place :tmong[...]at the rcl:i•
i1\g mcdi<-inc and finilly in 184,S emb3rking in the tions between President Li[...]of Emancipation. ln the' 37th Congre» he w;i.s 3P·
A History of Montana Volume 1 (328)[...]the senate of the United Stales as Ashley's
and consent of the legislalive council. The[...]e active opposition of a
pealed. Governor Ashley's messages to 1he Democratic leg[...]c on tcrritoritss E:ist. In 1872 he w-1.s a member o[ the Cin( ion:ui
:md on Fcbru3ry 1i, 1[...]7, 1867. )tr. u Benjamin F. Pons w:t.s born in Carroll county,
Ashley moved resolutions[...]he was admitted to the bar 3.nd in the s:une year he
A History of Montana Volume 1 (329)[...]inancial condition of the
memoriali,ed congre.s s to set apart the Yel- territory, through this ext[...]tic conventions ad\'ancc brigade of' She,r man's a.rmy and in the
or Charleston 3nd Baltimore.[...]tect the
)leridian c:<pcdition. Later, he w3s ordered to residents whose li\'CS and property were threatened.
join Sherm:1n's army in Gcorgi:t. and participated[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (330)[...]eneral election in 1874, had b~en chosen
governor's veto. Under the last act it was pro-[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (331)[...]a- Horn river shall be changed to Custer's river,
rious counties. The citizCns of Helena not[...]teps to become an incorporated as Custer's river." This river has ever since
city under prev[...]rning February :n, 1879. No
mwigable tl\e Ycllow·s tone. and Missouri rivers. laws of special im[...]nted nated to arrange and codify the la\\'S as they
by such railroad magnates as Olive[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (332)[...]of August following. In 1863, he w:i.s a captain oi
count)', New York, Scptcn\ber 19, 18[...].staff of the Nineteenth J\rm)' Corps.. He was
1S;s he graduated from the University of the City of[...]From )farch 13, 186c), to July 3r, tSiO, he w:i.s aidc-
,·aritd .1nd roma.ntie incidents. He w.1s one of the dc-camp on the staff or Lieut. Ge[...]island,
ond lieutenant of the First Artillery, U. S. A., April Florida.'' For like scr,·iccs in the battle of Plcas-
S, 186r, and promoted to first lieutenant on[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (333)[...]6, 1884, by B. Platt Carpenter. 17 body of law w11s made by the fifteenth regular
The fourteenth as[...]ourned J\,larch 10, 1887. The
the county of Fergv,s, defined its boundaries contradictory and ~haotic[...]t of the United States,
PrC$idcnt Lincoln. From J'S76 to 1882 he was consul and also to the con[...]In 1889 he was in J:inuary, 1885. He w:i.s a member of the Montana.
a school commissioner in[...]them in a familiarity with the Codes of the s tate of New York
spirit of derision. The permanen[...]chosen from those laws of Montana. He w:i.s, at the time of the publi•
who lived in the ter[...]ter, a resident of Helena where he
pass upon ctue.s lions of local intcrcs.t. Go,·ernor was ac[...];md in 1854 he removed to Missouri, where, ~-s a ci\'il
opposition and executive veto.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (334)[...]party. As tarly as 1865 wise, chosl!'n :t.s president of the upper house of the
he organized[...]g institutions in Butte :and Missoula Mr. Le.s lic by operation of Jaw became go\•crnor.
and h[...]cccs$3ry in the conduct or mining operations. S1atl!'S district a ttorncr for i\£ont3n:t., serving from[...]tch was written t\(:uch 12, 189-1. to March S, 1SgS. Governor Leslie
w~,s stilt a resident of Hc1ena, where, with hi[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (335)[...]matic body of law, in- inspector of mine.s was created and his dutic,5
stead of lca,·ing"th[...]arlier acts repealed.
to, and did, appoint Decius S. \Vadc, who A controversy among Deer Lo[...]ential to ics
sessions or the state assembly. The s late con- welfare.
vention was held at[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (336)[...]uch indemnity lands to be · by the United. State.s subsequent to its admis-
selected within said sta[...]s of the
braced within permanent reservations for na- state. Thus it is to be seen that congres[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (337)[...]d ably filled in the convention held in
except a·s modified or changed by the act or by 1884,[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (338)[...]tion of a provision
members from the· 7 countic.s then in exis- exempting from taxation, for all ti[...]then pre-eminently a mining
senate of the United S1atcs might be sccur~d. country, and its ch[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (339)[...]in the case of State, ex rel. !faire, Relator ,:s.
to become their serfs.[...]may
taxation in the nature of things, makes di s- be found in volume 204 of the Sup[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (340)[...]cution ten members to Yellowstone with onC. It wa,s
of offenses by information, but retaining[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (341)[...]engrossed were the contending parties in their
s1er's Unabridged Dictionary. A critical ex-[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (342)[...]grant there are about twenty-eight thousand
s.1.nd acres were set apart for the establis[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (343)[...]cter of the lands to be classi-
lands in the s tate, that it had a lready been per- fied. O ther[...]d the cxantination made was
the people of the s tate, . not only discovered, in many instances s uperficial and inade<1uate.
but all undiscovered mines o f gold, s ilver and U nder the instructions gh·cn the comm[...]sioners were chosen for each district. It was s tate. Under the provision of the act of co[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (344)[...]ch 4, 1891.
the care and keeping of the insane wa,s pro• The third session of the state[...]houteau and of the state at the ,Vorld's Fair held that year
Fergus counties were assigned[...]on of reprc,sentati,1cs should consist of s ixty-one
the candidacy of any town or city in the[...]hat one should should constitute a day's labor was passed by
A History of Montana Volume 1 (345)[...]dumb school was located at Boulder, tana's representatives in congress to use their
in Jeff[...]ection of United States senators by
lished. The 'S tate Orphans' Horne ,vas given
to Twin Br[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (346)[...]commissioner who was authorized to pro,·idcd for s1>ccial proceedings of a civil na
compile and codify them. After ti,e comple- tu[...]enal code defined crimes and pre-
additional Ja,v.s that were incorporated into the scribed pu[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (347)[...]95 relating to the appraisal,
sembly to i\fontana's senators in congress sale and leasing o[...]ool boards were resolution utging Montana's representatives in
also granted permission[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (348)[...]to the state the
1>eriod shall constitute a day's work, and pro- sum of thirty thous.and dol[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (349)[...]and an act was r,assed to o[ three scctio,~s; one prohibiting the em-
enabling them by special[...]rovided for by period of eight hours a day's labor on public
law, until the municipal debts we[...]upon the supreme court constitute a day's work for them was amended,
or two of its j[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (350)[...]rring upon the supreme court
million acre.s of arid land, which by the com- power[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (351)[...]passing laws to meet the exigencies of the a day's labor on public works, in mills, smelt-
hour. The[...]rlier
of review of facts in suits of an equitable na- regular session, became a law at the e.xtra-
tur[...]dure relating to the change of the place of a day's work on all undertakings carried on
,rial of civi[...]by reason of hours was by law prescribed as a day's work
the bias and prejudice of the judge w[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (352)[...]ee in consequence of injury of four thousand.
-so s·ustained, his heirs or representatives might U[...]special assessments or au- provided that two-filt~s of the whole number
thorize the issuance[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (353)[...]f the various departments of state gov- anc~s
A History of Montana Volume 1 (354)[...]be of a prescribed depth
prohibiting wine roon\S in connection w ith and size, or, in lieu[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (355)[...]s and canals, by which vast tracts the vendor's creditors as shown in the atli-
of arid[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (356)[...]und for coal miners and employes
To redeem the s tate bonds theretofore is- at coal washers[...]e years'1907 and 19(>8 were ers and employc-s co-opcrath1e insurance and
passed. The boundary l[...]state and ents, dependent upon him. For emptoyc.s who
county officers to keep advised of the many[...]rvived, provisions were
changes, and at the tenth s.ess.ion an act was made for certain[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (357) l-11S1:0RY OF J\10NTANA[...]re compelled to equip-
should constitute a day's work for telephone their locomotives with electri[...]ing the counties of the state, and a meas• coln's birthday. October the 12th in every
ure[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (358)[...]ated at Missoula, the State Normal College
s uing bonds for the pur1>0se of purchasing and[...]nd grounds, tana at Bozeman, the State Orpha11s' Home at
sm:h further indebtedness together with[...]sequence of ha\'ing many of our state institu·
s:iud dollars. Purs uant to the provisions o[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (359)[...]iew all of its iabors. Among
ordinate officia1s appointed thereunder; such the important bil[...]rd Donlan from 1\·J issouta county, and
fire.s. commo[...],Railroad Company, to which reference patio11s, earlier legislation on the subject was[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (360)[...]the county of i\1usselshell
government for citie.s and for the election of and carving the ne[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (361)[...]county was under the
was appropriated and the s tate h9ard of health terms of the act, dee[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (362)[...]were specifi-
ground miners of l\1ontana. It wa·s located cally enumerated, cover[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (363)[...]TANA
measures. took steps to accelerate the 1:::s.sagc one introd\1ce<l by the committee on railroads
of many bills introduced to cO\•Cr the s ubjects and transportation, whereby railroad com.[...]assembly had been e lcctc<l. A public service the s tate were compelled to install and m ain-
commis[...]rnor, making the existing main li11es, SJ)\lrS or s witches intersected or
b~'\rd of railroad commi[...]fficio, a c rossed public high\,•ays~ and also, s ubject to
public service corwnission for the re[...]n a petition for such crossings.
ment within thC s tate, for the production or s igned. by at least one-half of the business men
sale of he.at, light, power, water, telegraph or of s uch city, town or village, was presented to
tele[...]sion was vested with a uthority, view of the law.
s ubject to appeal to a court of com1>etent juris-[...]e report and complain to the proper officer.
the s tate on the part of any of the public utili- fede[...]ority to inquite ii\to the same introduced by the S3me member of the houS<.·.
and make report thereof, to the 3ttorney~ge11- and s imilar in its purposes, was enacted into ;1
eral.[...]ions of its provisions, this measure pre- install s uitable platforms and s tations; pro•
scribed s uitable punishment by way of fine viding for the[...]sion certain powers with relation to the en·
the s tate board of railroad commissioners was f[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (364)[...]tate and enumerated in the
granted general superv,s,on and control act, were compe[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (365)[...]ors, was to be carved, was not rcduc~d to lcs's than
for weighing into warehouses and for[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (366)[...]er, Big Horn
influence of county division allianc~s. the fact county, taken from portions of Y[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (367)[...]nt or both.
scribed in the act and engaged in s imilar busi- In a general way the so-c[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (368)[...]ars per annum on each male ment could be made. To s upply funds for
person over the age o f 2[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (369)[...]otor vehicles operated and constitute a day's work for all females em-
ii riven upon · the pu[...]proviSions of the General Highway law, or s ummer cars need be equipped with wind
fathered[...]d into laws, went further a rld pro-
communitie.s , providing merely that an motor ,,ided chat[...]ng regard to width, traffic and ,the use of c10S\lres or vestibules of such cars should be
the h[...]suing free transportation or selling ticket.s at
The boundary lines of Lincoln, Ga1[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (370)[...]education which was empowered to employ a S\1111; a measure, introduced by Representat[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (371)[...]very 1>erson of the age of twenty-~ne
in .the s tate, and no such exhibitions could be years[...]was induced to give its consent. On April S,
The constitutional amendment, if[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (372)[...]lished rule::
excitement 0£ that campaign wa.s intensified 0£ ci\'ilir,cd warfare, it[...]no longer
who were to participate in Montana's first hope for assistance from[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (373)[...]of those clays, and the verdict of an
and Charles S. Bagg of i\fadison county. Bagg, impartial[...]of the foremost lawyers o f the territory and
er's or other citizen's vote took chances of state, being[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (374)[...]reach of propriety for a
to adva<:ate Cavanaugh's cause as against Alex- Democrat to get up at a Re[...]the historian, says :
1905. at Helena and ,,·:i.s buried in Forcst\·ate ceme-
tery. He was[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (375)[...]he chief issue in the cam- tives General Lester S. vVillson from Gallatin
paign was over the[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (376)[...]HISTORY OF: i.\'IONTANA

M r. Claggett's abilities were either of a high superintende[...]for the survey of the public lands. He pro•
s1>ccch against the i\lormons, but neglected[...]who performed a certain amount of
In Bancroft's "History pf l\Iontana," we find labor upon th[...]ect the frontier, to to contest 111 r. Oaggett's re-election, he ha\'ing
keep the Sioux temporaril[...]0; The preceding election had been h~ld le:s-
getting an order from General Sherman tha[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (377)[...]larbcr, distinguished For many r<'ars he w:1.s one of the leaders or the
nu~mbcrs of the Kentuck[...]ca,·itt was a nati\·e of New Hamp-
188.i it w:a.s dissol\'cd. J n 1872 he ,,·:is elected dis- sh[...]s, at the :,:mu: 1imc practicing his profession :\S
,·ention or 1884 he was an acti\·c and intluciuial a physici:m. iu which he w:.s successful. Ju 1869 he .
member. He rcprc,scntcd[...]tc11 years bc£orc.
nation for a third term. In 1&ss first governor, being the only Demoerat[...]s active in
h1mself as the chid exccuti\'C or the s tate. He was it, ~uppon. :ind hi$ popularily was such that he w.,s
:1 member or congress when ) -( ontana was[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (378)[...]a perpetual easement. The
l\13ginnis as )ofontana's representative in con- committee of t[...]ough both houses a nd it was signed on the
In 18s9 he g radu~\lcd from the State Unh·crsity a t[...]char tered by congress. fo
York. From 1SGS to 1S78 he w:is engaged in joum3l- our own stat[...]isions of this
ytaTS and was .then nominated ior S'O\'ernor, but act that Harriman consoli[...]r the
acts of congress the ~mmission prepared a S)'Stcm Northern Pacific and the s[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (379)[...]ntier, and was the selection of ;\fontana's first repre-
to improve the navigation of the Mis[...]tain a certified abstract of
~lajor Maginnis ·wa.s a member of the constitu- the votes c[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (380)[...]e, including th!' purported result were :,.s follows: The election in precinct 34
of th[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (381)[...]or secure
at the place designated in the governor's proc• necessary facts; that it was[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (382)[...]epublican. By reason o f his On<!s, that the fo11owing named senato rs elect,
possib[...]herry, D. ,I. Hennessey, E. G. Re<!d, \V. S.
~ John E. Ricknrds was born in Dcbwa.rc City,[...]Union he was eltttcd licutcn.tnt•
go\·ernor. J\ss.
turned to California, ,1i,.hcre he h3s since resided. Acting upon th is aut[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (383)[...]to bring the him. \\lith · Senator Becker's presence a quo•
absentee Democratic senators be[...]k and ~1aginnis.
the sum of $50 for the first day's absence; elected by the Democrats, was to[...]fty•
to be assessed and a like sum for each day's first congress, which finally, on M[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (384)[...]n ordinance n ing for congress on the Labor party's ticket,
passed by t he State constitutional conv[...]pened, however, that
c \:Villi:hn \V. Dixon w:-s born on J une 3, 1SJS. in
Brooklyn, N¢w York. He w:1s admitted fo the bar[...]ditions, however, were conducive to a eom-
In 1S79 he went to the Black Hill$, where he prac•
ti[...]·pressing ob-
C'Onstitutional conventions of J8.S4 .ind 1889. In 189<> ligations of the stat[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (385)[...]ix Republicans
been disputed were to be seated a·s members and three Popul ists. Th[...]mocrats, and the Populists named Samuel
gress, C. S. Hartman, Republican, was vic-[...]nanimous support of all Democra tic
or the People's party, mustered a total strength sena[...]he was elected to succeed himself and s:gned .lnd later returned to :\fassachusett[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (386)[...]n the other hand. tj,•e in congress, C. S. Hart man, rccci\'e<i
the Republ icans were too \[...]lly 23, 140 ,·otes and was elected. Hal S. Corbett.
to ekct their caucus choice. Thus the e[...]party placed Robert
Republicans, bclic\'ing that S~nator Sanders B. Smith in nomination and[...]s determined, a co1ltroversy of
great excitement. S ix Republicans voted for long sta[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (387)[...]e leg- officers, Chief Justice D. S. \\fades and Asso-
islature passed an act providi[...]ity of the votes upon said question

• Decius S. \Vade was born at Andover. Ash- den[...]jurisprudence o r )lontan:a. 1\s :-c re-suit of his inde-
$(ms. 3tlcnding Kingsvil[...]nder the direction of his undu, court rcpor1s, and on 3ppeal to the supreme court
S,n•tor Benjamin F. Wade •nd Edward \Vad,, who[...]was wid('h- read. h w3s entitled "Clara Lincoln,"
fcdc-ratc lc-ader, Kirb[...]vices. He served for Se\'cn \"Cars as pro- mc111s that interrupted his official career, it i[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (388)[...]eman, Great Falls, Deer Lodge, and 25,ttS. Helena's majority was 1,900. So
Boulder. It was generally[...]n 1876 Mr. Daly arti\·ed
fand, o:, D<"ctmbcr 5, 1S41 . His cn\'ironmcnt grow- in Butte ::is the[...]of his h'Oldings ,md with
factor)' in' Brooklyn. S:wing his earnings he s_oon the proceeds at once organitcd a company whicb
s t."lrted for the Patlic coast, landing in Califor[...]he assistan«
during this forin:ui"e p(:riod of h:s life that he be- of Haggin & Tc\'iS, me[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (389)[...]rt of the Democratic
serve. For tl\e full term to s ucceed Senator 1>arty nationally and[...]was the most posi- ,·arious stat~s and also of the state' o rganiza•
tive contende[...]finally the \Vest. \Vith xlontana's rich silver mines
won, being chosen t(! fill the s ix-year term . abandoned because or th[...]the election of these two sena• of s ilver, it was an issue that appealed s trongly
tors, this legislath·e assembly made a r[...]al years. It 9,492 votes. C harles S. Hartman was the
,cquired and other valuable prop[...]in the Uuue· c:uu1> whose coppc; output h3S aston•
conda company were, at first, shipped to[...]tilc land in the state, and here he estab-
til:mt S\1itablc for his purposes, and called the town[...]famous. For twenty years he was one of :\(ont:ma's
works his c:omPany bui1t · a railroad known as t[...]the g·rcatcst c<>ppc:r produdng
r>roducer, it w;1s i\_jr. Daly who prophesied that it st;i,tc in the Union.
\\'a_s destined to become one of the greatest cop[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (390)[...]10 Ro~rt B. Smith w:\S born in Jiickmin couuiy,
The assembly of 1897[...]elena, where he formed an anodatioo
held November S, 1898, resulted in the election with Sanluc[...]inued to attend to a 1:&rge and lucr3tivc busines.s
T. S. Hogan, the nominee of the Populist par-[...]tana has ever had. He wa.s occupying the gubtr•
the people of 1fontana int[...]A. Oark. the First MOntana Infantry, U. S. V., in their afd.:·[...]in considering this regrettable chap- People's party, but \va,. defeat~ In J89o he wu
ter[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (391)[...]owever,
congress from Montana, and C. S. Hartman, being made that at least $35,000 ,vould[...]tive
to in all elections, Ex-Governor S. T. Hauser, mentioned had accumulated it a[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (392)[...]the testimony, contradictory as it wa·s, the com-
TltF. \VH!TESIDF. $30,000 INCIDENT,[...]islative. investigation committee, reviewed Clark's election had been largely maintained
the evidence[...]ives, who wilfully
i\'lr. \Vhiteside, i\1r. Clark's initials being writ- deceived the parties[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (393)[...]0,000 produced Tu,; J\r•l'ROACII TO Tll£ S t1PRE~n; COi/RT
by \>Vhiteside before the legisla[...]Clark's election; that 011 August 5th, 1899, af-
nesses m[...]bringing some of Senator Clark's over-zealous ·
tana, and that his secretary gave[...]friends. They interviewed John S. 1\1. Neill
dred dollars to two persons who made[...]em had had an interview with l\'Ir. Justice
Clark's adherents. The committee also com- P[...]. In reference to $24,000 011 )Ir. Neill's newspaper and would
the activities of lllr[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (394)[...]al affairs legitimately and honorably.
ator Clark's agents in their desperation on The major[...]ents had don~ to secure his
to the U nited States S.e nate was carried on election, and of his be[...]The minority report of the committee
1&.,S an'd September 1st, 1899, aggregating[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (395)[...]the courts of Siker Bow
ing political struggles, :S'!ontana is as fam- county had been singularl[...]ried objects rendered more easily to Heinze's hands. {.;pon this legal doctrine
be accomplished[...]vein in its downward course although it
:\lomana's career as a state. m[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (396)[...]is· great cor•
with modern mining operations s uch as must poration was the signal for t[...]ts by Hein1.e, in the guise of the lab9rer's champion
the conflicting testimony of ex[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (397)[...]e heart of large producers,
John Lindsay. Lindsay's name is not asso- and calli ng[...]inze and his min- about $131. Hind's assistants and attorneys
ing companies, the Monta[...]efulness of Heinze was
kd, on the other. 1-Ieinze's favorite and ef- demonstrated. Unde[...]thin twelve days.
tionat discipline in the public S(:hool$ o( that s tate, Not to comply with this order meant disaste[...]i,ation of the surety com•
pcatcd hcrc as it is s1.1ffiticn11y co,•crcd in the chapter[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (398)[...]dency of the reasons, and with Fin1en1 s permission went
i\lichael Davitt suit,[...]cn
upon them. The jury at the coroner's inquest as to the terms and conditions of[...]naturally instituted in Judge Lindsay's depart-
coq,oration. Federal Judge Jam[...]rties to reverse the case the Amalgamated's agents
that Heinze or his companies ha[...]gamated a ud some of
and ":ith Clancy's decision awarding this it was used in t[...]d Judge Har•
rendition of the court's ruling, shattered the ney's IJecision. On the other hand Harney
a[...]case involving the "ll1in- ter against Harney's integrity, unless the judge
•[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (399)[...]settle all
a new trial. It fell into Judge Clancy's de- disputes. The Amalgamated ignored the e[...]declared to be an illegal combination Clark's election to the senate and the sketch
unde[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (400)[...]1901 may be faken rccei,•ing 28,1;0 votes. S. G. Murray, the Re-
up here. Political[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (401)[...]under- Roosevelt to lead the Progressives in the na-
standing arrived at, the shut down ceased and ti[...])'Car, when he was admintd to the bar of 1h:s state.
Joseph M. Dixon was re-elected to con-[...]ght more bly. and was clecled. He was at all timc-s a member
J)rominently to the front the man[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (402)[...]ing from noon until late
ceiving 321 819 votc,s. Thomas D. Long, Dem• into the nig[...]ented by the Democrats and he was chosen
can, S~ialist, received 5,318 votes.[...]acterized by votes.
a prolonged s truggle o,•cr the election of a[...]s session passed a law pro~
17 members in the s.cnate and the DcmOCrats viding for[...]action of members of
gave the· Republicans 4S votes and the Demo- the legislature.[...]' i.n agreeing upon a sena- inee, C. S. Hartman, by a -vote of 32,525 to
tor, public[...]Boonville, ~Hssouri. He .tltcndcd the public sch~1s a part of the law of the land shortly after[...]law. At the age or
twenty-three ye:trs he w:t.s admitted 10 the bu of[...]t court. At the present
time he is ~·tontana's senior senator in the senate[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (403)[...]egislation and the execution of ted in Fox's restaurant ( now \tVorth's Cafe)
laws favorable to the absentee stockholders[...]F. Mabie, H. S. Davis, \V. H·. Pierce, Paddy
As soon as this[...]true campaigns without asking aid from the na-
in this state.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (404)[...]old panned out. This is a process familiar
writ<:S: .[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (405)[...]t reduced by a Blake
in 1872 was extracted by Mr. S. Cameron, Crusher, then dried, c[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (406)[...]twenty•fi\'e to thirty quartz mi11s in this Terri•
Other r ich quart1. mines wer[...]st other
ary, 1878, by its then sole owner Nathan S. mines of the predous metals, shafts m[...]and their general management, before succes-s
of \:Vash~.1'[...]fforts to develop the wonderful
t\larvelous .i.s seem so,ue of the .i.ccounts of wealth[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (407)[...]been.,a wait ble, so he refused the old man's offer, and
of protection against mad speculatio[...]z mining in Montana, we shall chimneys and s.h aft houses, and the obscnre
. now consider SCJ>[...]ing goal, deep•buried in the mountain's breast. i!-
his rest; finally, to the west[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (408)[...]pment tunnel on 75 to 310, above the discovery on S ilver Bow
their property and organized the[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (409)[...]e a promising claim. Butte's environs today.
\Vith the advent of Marcus Daly[...]ne was . a success. Marcus
great fig'1re in Butte's mining history appeared. Daly had made good for[...]out this time the Moulton mill or Daly's 1>ar1ncrs became discouraged and at
40 stamps, al[...]most tragical in the great \Vest, was Daly's approval, -for he had guessed rightly
purchased by London capitalists. who built a that this wa_s not a sih·er but a copper property.
90-st[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (410)[...]n 1896, the mining of silver ores
1>eriod of Buue's history was reached in t88i, became of relatively[...]history of .Butte the metallurgical cus Daly's de,·clopmcnt of the Anaconda l\1ine.
adva[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (411)[...]Reduction \\forks, whkh were situated on S il~
p,ny operated a plant. On account of the pro-[...]ing one, he favored the enterprise, and Clark's Colusa and the Bell companies were
upon hi[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (412)[...]orporation, :\'Ir. Heinze took
ginning .o f Butte's prosperity. The Utah his place as the most pictur[...]the most enormous mining litiga-
ing completed hi s studies at Columbia College, tion this cou[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (413)[...]ized by Mr. smelters, the mountain s.treams were polluted.
F. A. Cole for the purpos[...]trained by the dark stories
been talk of Heinze's selling out-there had of the u[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (414)[...]ned by purely for its own members. No miner's
their fellow workers.[...]s not call for
Could the I.at in have read hi s Dante he might voluntary contributions fron1 ea[...]as though it had struggled heritage of God's sunshine and pure ai r, amid
l>cfore it died, a s[...]ng in rich-
l>or agitation. the ,liners' Union h:,s remained ness. Almost simultaneously[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (415)[...]r two feet, and in scores of places
from 1 ½ to s per cent. There are no other the[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (416)[...]8 HISTORY OF MONT-A NA

will be returned to the leaching tanks f[...]or- The Butte-Superior Company, organiied .~s a
able and most profitable manner of trea[...]ly workings 011
rolls to the trommcls for s izing. From the the Black Rock ve[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (417)[...]a fter about the middle of the year 1912. ,\s has been
until about the end of 1911 this mill wa[...]xperimental work and alteration of
of the company's operation its ownership and design occupi[...]rated such satis-
come apparent that the company's financial and factory characteristics as to[...]nes such as to provide a capacity
of the company's affairs sought the co-opera- of about 6oo t[...]"The original property of the Butte and
company's properties disclosed the presence of[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (418)[...]age of the ore is 20
perimental work, the company's operations[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (419)[...]tion that they will furnish an adequate sup-
tana s treet to the mill. The ore cars will be ply[...].nch pipe. The pipe line
rccovery from the slime.s being accomplished will be about two[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (420)[...]im- North American proportion of the world's
mense. The following summary is from[...]ed States States. In 1883 Lake Superior's proportion
and the second greatest in the world[...]of this total product was 51.6 per cent, Butte's
annual production is exceeded in value only was 21.4 per cent, and Arizona's was 20 per
by that of the Rand, in South[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (421)[...]HISTORY OF ~IONTA NA
cop[...]ws the total production of
States Geological S un1ey, and reports o n the gold and[...]were mined, and
1892 ...... 36,223 S,3 11,130 163,206,128 very large amounts[...]'c importance is
1898 . . . . .. 55,344 S,996,555 206,173.157 readily seen.

A History of Montana Volume 1 (422)[...]tablC, compiled from figures great smelter's for the treatment of copper
furnished by the Mini[...]who after-
copper, comes from the Trenton Company's wards became bitter political enemi[...]was four thousand
Montana Ore Purchasing Company's smelter tons per day.
in Butte.[...]in lay idle for 1889 at the Upper \I\Tor_l<s. The second one
yea~s, then was used for a time by the Butte-[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (423)[...]propertic.s and smelter of the old Montana
In February work w[...]later he bought what was known as the Clark's
ever, even this great capacity was inadequ[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (424)[...]~ sold it (or a large sum to a company.
the Clark's Colusa works ceased operations.
Th,s corpor~t,on took severa_l millions in gold
In[...]"l\•linc.s of ~ ·[ontana," says:
naces and converter[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (425)[...]orthless until a certain amount of
the first year's operations under the new man- develo[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (426)[...]th plants having been active during the
and Ram's Horn. The loss of the company year ( 191.2. )"[...]Company's claims, the ¢ 11ine (gold), the
of silve[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (427)[...]ues in gold. The New Year, the
Extensive shipment.s of ore will be made upon ~laidcn, the Cone[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (428)[...]me being a water L, ,<COL:S COIJ:ST\'
grade practically all the way. vVith a railroad Lincoln County's mineral resources are
running up the Bould[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (429)[...]ld and silver); of mineral land fifteen ,niles s<1uare, situated
the Silver Tip, the i\fontana ;\[...]e property was originally located in the
Company's properties, the Snowshoe i\1ine a[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (430)[...]tively mined in this
lladger Gold Mining Companie.s, properties,[...]ately thirty miles.
Crescent l\•I ining Company's properties, the[...]coal at heavy
silver); the Hope i\1ining Company's proper-[...]nt of the camp, the
July, 1881, by J. L. Niehart, S. R. Hartley, majority of them havin[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (431)[...]pire Exploration Company's mines (gold. sil•
ore carrying high ,·alue[...]producing the. Lake Shore i\1ining Company's proper•
mineral sections. A list of daims a[...]ing follows: T he Elizabeth group and s ilver) ; the Bedford {sil\'Cr and lead):
A History of Montana Volume 1 (432)[...]ver Creek, the the Atlas (copper, gold and 's ilver); the Alice
Dogtown, the Blue Bird,[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (433)[...]Pardee, who o rgan- J. A. '.\<lacKnight's "i\l ines of l\lontana" is of
ized the original c[...]he rocks of
PRECIOUS STOXES ANO RARE i\liXERAl,S our mountains. i\lany of the fine varie[...]our placers and rocks.
come interested in Montana's mineral wc.~lth. "Emeralds-Small em[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (434)[...]y fire • • • that several diamon·d s of the first
alone as bright and pure as when new[...]out early
l.ewis and Clark, 1\£eaghcr, ~fadison, S ilver expectations. Yogo gulch once famous f[...];,d yielded $325,000 per ton in ity of the s·t ones is equal·to any on the .market."
gold.[...]a group of mines in l\1is- The American . .S, apphire Company's proper-
soula County. This ore also exists[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (435)[...]es mined from other locali-
B. ~terrett of the U. S. Geological Survey: ties mentioned all occur[...]during gold placer mining.
of Helena. The n1ine,s operating in Fergus[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (436)[...]na moss
agate or moc ha stone co1mnand good pricc.s, the ·mine. The road from. the mine t[...]n, providing a little work was
able for stick pi11s, if the mossy or fern-like[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (437)[...]Dakota, and exceeds the
The reports of the U. S. Geological Sur- combined lignitic areas of all t[...]e lands were with- value. Few states can boast of s'uch a dis-
drawn from the settlement. In 1912 fu[...]total output of
the 22d Annual Report of the U. S. Geolog-[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (438)[...]ocky Fork Field :
At Chestnut . . . . . S-)Iountainside - N. (5) Yellowstone Field;[...]eel,
At Dear Creek 12-0 w n c r s n o t Areas.[...]20
among the coal and lignite producing statc-s: of feet in thickness. Some places are fo[...]e very thinly capped,
· "According to L. ·S. Storrs, Frank A. '..Vilder while oth[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (439)[...]nty-e~pe• Creek mines. To the writer's "iew the mines
cially at Gebo, Bridger, Be[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (440)[...]ial value yet opened.
Laramie ...... 28 s
Coal seams.[...]uthwest,
massive, c r o s s- arc found other small areas of bitum[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (441)[...]in to a poin~ almost directly cast of
mined by J. S. Newberry and the field itself Lewistown.
w[...]c-0nsiderable The geological formation 1s undoubtedly
occurrence in the United State[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (442)[...]This is an
Perry Rowe, Ph. D.. Profossor of Physi<s and
Geolog-y, University of ~fontnna.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (443)[...].5 for 1912, was s~o~vn in the smelter output,
cents in 1911. Al[...]X TJIC STATE, 1911, IY COV XTltS-.-U. s. G•;o. Scan;.v.[...]-,,s· 0[...]102,86.t. 137,577 S30,~ ......... $ 153,9.16
Broadwa[...]r.,crgus ..... . . . . . ....... 66 358.s15 t6;6 ........ .. 17[...].......... . ··s,:,.~ .. ... .. .. 425[...]Lincoln .... . .. ... .. . ... 3,788 S,209 15,o:µ · S16,z11 53,693
Madis[...]37,s, 1[...]41,46$ 110,796 ......... s~
Ravalli ............... .. 2, J6[...]24,372 . ......... 6,1:;i
S::a.nders . ......... . . •. .. . .. ...[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (444)[...]HISTORY OF ~10NTANA

){ONTANA'S l\'IJNHR1\l. O UTPUT Co[...]* 48,358,253
• P AOOUCTIO:,( 01~ GOU), S'ILVJtR, CoPPER, LEAD Co[...]Zinc.
,,\XO ZtNC IN :~,JOXT.-\NA, U\' COVX'fIES, $ 7,[...]. .
Ferg11s . . . . ' . . . . . •. . 636,752[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (445)[...]this territory is
the old mission of St. ~•fary's near Stevens- mining, agriculture and s[...]ning districts, was erected ne.ar Ilan- lan's Pass, is the fuel used. Extensive beds of[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (446)[...]The following from . the thirteenth report
~!ary's mission by the Jesuits in 1&J5, and of the[...]e products of the soil. I ndecd, reports from the s.~me sources. No estimate
with in the past[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (447)[...]ure gave out
cent .gre.;1.ter than the government's figures during t[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (448)[...]1,200 OO~tF.STIC ANIM,\l.S.
50 to 99 acres ........... . .. .[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (449)[...]and Seeds: Soft winter dustry, tells of ~1ontana's ~uccess at the differ-
wheat, hard winter whe[...]ts, colored oats, 2-row PR1zr.s '"'oN BY l\•loNT:\XA Exu1.01TS
barle[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (450)[...]l, Commissioner of the Bureau of
tana. ?,fr. Todd's exhibit consisted of one Agriculture[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (451)[...]wnere the wood thoroughly above 5,000 feet.
ripc11s· and there arc now growing and begin- "T[...]FREEDOM FRoM·.INSECTS AND D1sE,,sF.s
of the Bureau of !\griculture, Lahor and I[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (452)[...]nearly all the orch- the fruit. This develo1>s a texture and fla,•or
ards west of the r[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (453)[...]are equal to any of
. condition, but l\•lontana's fruits being a little the American varieties f[...]nd Carbon counties,
APl'LI\S llfadison, Jefferson and[...]able locations, have reached a
and eastern part.s of the state, but even in those[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (454)[...]Forest Rose, state, consisting of l\loore's Early, Co11cord,
Jlawkeyc, Rolling St[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (455)[...]les are grow n. The Co-
ket foJlowing the cherric.s grown in western lumbian is best adapted[...]in good on the hillsides and moumains in all 1mr1s o(
condition.[...]he berries develop
Br-~CKUERR1:;s a firmness of 1cx1ure 1ha1 permi[...]eties, and prob•
RASPBF.RRr~:s ably more largely grown t[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (456)[...]tnrichmcnt, l\{ontana's farm and grazing lands[...]Avc:r.1s:e Price. Yc:.ar T<>ttl
Anim:t.1[...]11.00 :>.00 9 .60 1·.s21.ooo[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (457)[...]> -~ 2.. S.. .,....[...];:;~ -f;,S -[...]U:\,i'GO ◄:! S3,3'iG 4G <t2 6:![...]lG,,000 ~ii) S:..000 ..2 40.600 <IS[...]720,000 4,1 40S.G70 ~G 4.2 63[...]3.~.000 3i 2,2◄:S,060 4.0 ,13 ti3[...]Z JO.SiS.000 ◄O S.006,2:SO GS -t7 Gt[...]1,G00,000 0.:1S 10.l~,000 -tS G.~.000[...]ndi:an.1 ...... .. , ....... JG9'o fine, S,;¾ mcdiu.1 n....... ..... 82[...]16"1 medium ........... , 071S-,OOO C.1G 4,GM,200[...]cdjum ........ , . , .. S.,0,000 O.i G G.131,.SOO ◄S ~083.GOO 4G ◄3[...]~ 7,◄26,000 45 4,0S3,"i60 ◄G 30 G3 2,[...](Ul 74.7US,400 46.SS Jri0,000
South CQroHn~ . . .[...]3 41 40 63 10S.2u3
• Flori-ta ........ .. ....... Med.iu[...]3.ZJ ~iGO 3S 101,.CZ "1 ' 40[...]JlG,000 3.2:S 373.7GO S8 231,n.G 41 40[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (458)[...]W O OL PRODUCT OP THE U NITED STAT&s.-ltlt-(Con1;nvd)[...]s:>,. !::!:'' ~:?:Io.::[...]... s·,. z:1.- . ,i '! ~[...]". <
S1atn ar.d[...]o°'"":s[...].s[...]S00,000[...]s:?Z.000[...]1.1s1.GO.S[...]S:.0.000[...]IS,S:0,000 ...,[...]3S,◄Sl,000 a.s:r ,.,.,..,...,.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (459)[...]27.~
Dutch \Vest Indit.s ......... .. .. . .......... . . . . . ... . ....[...]◄.GG.S.t~ '
July ....................................[...]1,010,217
SS6.!> 12,56!'
United Kh1,clom, includJni:r ls1t[...]tinetude, gMt:S.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (460)[...]··110,003.37,1

AFRICA:
Alceri.s •.•..... . •••• . . .•. • ••.[...]5 1,.f,21>,r.O

OCEANIA :
Ausuati.s . ...... . . .. .. ... ........... . ...... . , .[...]111.011,c.-..a
Otbe, Oce·1ni.s , •• • • , • , ••• .'••• ,[...]15,l~
Total Oc:uni.s ............... .........[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (461)[...]CS,000,000

1'ot·• I Ss:tria•lluftr.a.,y ••. . •• •• •. .[...]au,m,ou
ASIA:
Briiith Jndi.s ••• •.••• •.•• • •[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (462)[...]S HEEP I N MONT ANA.[...], •• , ·,, , 1S,M7 ........ 33,1&-l
1$7[...]:a,6,5S[...]18$,$!)1 ........ G03,10SSS3,8,10 ........ J0,1$0,1)Jl
J[...]3,120,s.3,l[...]3,'iOS,&11 ........ 2T,$1,1$SS,$~ ◄,$71,100 39,012,347[...].f,3<H,333 :SsS :S,217,3GO 3(),J.'l0.200 16-00
J[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (463)[...]$2,440,-
clusive of pulled wool, from last year's esti- 000. i\lcasured by value added[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (464)[...]s.os;[...]• , •••• , •• , , , , , l)G,SS,OOO 10,158.000 $[...], . 10,001.000 S.65t000 7,.3i7,000[...]20.2 30,1
MbccUanc°"s • , • , , • , •• , • , •..[...]62,'H$,OOO •JO.S 2:1,9
V;aluc added by 11unubc[...]earuc"u. Produc;t.s.

INDUSTRY.

Lvmbcr ao[...]3,IOG 2$.G $ G.334,000 s.e $ 4,400,000 ,ao H,337
Cir ;and ~ner-lll shop constnKtlOl'I :i.nd ,c~l,s
by ttc:r.cn u ,ilroad compaRict ..... . ....•[...]1$.◄ 2-311,000 3.8 1,721:S,OOO 7.2 2,.C'iO[...]2.S[...]o.s[...]. . .... . .. ... . .... , 21 7S 0.7 230.000 0.3[...]100.0 00,i«?
In ,dclition t o 1hc industfi<:s pt'<'untcd 1cv;ir.atcly t hue- ••c,~ thirteen[...]n.g:
to more: th2n $100.000. indudint b«:t sqn, s.mc:ltin~ and refining lead ud &-mehinJ :i.nd rdin[...]C2pi1,L txpc,nM"SS ~12.639 $1:i1,'!i:\ SS00,300 2.082,G,:5,SS0.62C 1,rns,Gi"[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (465)[...]ee Forks about Soo,ooo bar- iMontana's growth during the decade from
rels of ceme[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (466)[...]e of buildings per farm
1910-Value of implemen)S and machinery, . $700.
$10,539,653.[...]rage value of farm buildings per 1900-Fam1s operated by tenants, 1,230.
acre, $0.79.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (467)[...]super- Kentucky, 25,856,000; l'l1ontana's farm lands
ficial area may be divided roughly in[...]llelgium, the 8,094,720 acres in Holland s ides of the main .line and still owns a very
and[...]The Stale of l'liontana was. granted two
.Montana's 30,000,000 acres of farm lands sections in every township for the support of
nearly equal Iowa's total acreage, including. public sc[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (468)[...]er in the valleys, and usually keep in
i\'lontana's bottom lands was proved. A. K.[...]33<.000 00,12-> ·.H)S,ZJU tcr of thc.sc lands
i\f,1.uds.hdl ......[...]l,200-002 ®,$4\i 1,001.00S
Bo%c,mm :
Bro:1dw-:1ter ................ .......[...]...... 3(),$16 S.723 48.3-09 Prirttipallr :,.rid,[...]• .. •.~.G.15 3,8'S,028 6,384,613[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (469)[...]s of land,
conducted the waters of near-by strcan1s to br[...]Oti,at,;S[...]12",GW ~...s.ooo 3(,4),400 Do.
Sil,•ctbo[...]J,Gui,07,1 3,159,14S
A History of Montana Volume 1 (470)[...]·= l3,36S •U,1TJ Ml>Vl.\la;I\OU;S, timbtt,[...]U , ...... , .. , •. , ...... , . ... • , .
S.1ndc,s ·········•··•·· ••· ••[...]S'i,11!,:.t[...]W0,04~
'fbc word .uid Is us<d i.n a t<chok,1,I S.CIHC· and .i,ppliu to land.l> whctc df')'[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (471)[...]e impound waters of streams in 1\'( aria's River
except for the laterals that will be[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (472)[...]ised on all tracts Supervising Engineer, U.S. Reclamation Serv-
that are in cultivation[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (473)[...]G0,:1,1$ 13,37S 4,742 18,120 ◄[...]210,f l G 70,024

Tot:'11s ............... ' .. ... .[...]e,
l'RO J !((."I'S.[...]308,4.:;s[...]stimated..
(3) J11dudcs 40,000 acr<'s C'nte-rcd subject to acts of Conf!:(C'U appro\'C'[...]1904, and May 20, 1908.
(6) Jndudc-s 30,000 acre, in Fort Belknap Jndi:an Rucr\·11ior[...]........ 1,468 2,C7S $-10,000.00 S 00,6-14.00 $2'1.U ~l-[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (474)[...]six hogs and chickens, paid all of the farmer's
de.sire to do so, to subdivide their entries,[...]any of the station is one and five-eight's miles. The
settlers, however, have sec[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (475)[...]the service is prcpared·to mountain vallC)'S and gorges. The St. ~•l ary
supply water[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (476)[...]nge of temperature on irrigable area:
28.S miles; capacity, 850 second-feet. Chinook - s[...]ting to dis-
: Aggregate length of dike,s : Dodson divis- tribution between Canada and[...]k
Irrigable area: Entire- project 219,s5racrcs rivers signed January 11, 1909,[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (477)[...]ic surveys have been
000,000. The Great Northern's Great Falls- made of the irrigable lands[...]d acre-feet
diversion of water from ,Sun river, s upple- of water in \Villow Creek re[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (478)[...]Lake-Arc-a,
between Badger and Birch Creeks; and (S) 854 acres; capacity, 16,000 acre-feet.[...].
County : Teton.
Townships: 31 to 34 N., Rs. s to 10 vV.; ACRlCULTUR.·\I. ,,NO CLIM;\ TlC CONOITION'S
29 N., R. 8 \V. ; Rs. 6 to 9 W.; and 35 N.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (479)[...]r cent; Pablo division, 36.3 per cent; Pol-
none; S tate lands, S,000 acres; private lands, son division, 9.8 per c[...]on, o.6 per cent.
AGRICULTURAL COXDJTION'S

Area !or· which the Service is prepared to[...]( r) 4,000 acres in the vicinity of vViota S ta-
-30 degrees to ¢ degrees F.[...]ng charges: Not fixed. Ann_ual ope- creeks; (S) 50,000 acres of clear bench land
ration a[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (480)[...]o later authentic figures at improved land in fam1s in 1909 and 54.8 per
hand than those supplied by[...]Amoant, Per cenL
Nombcr of fum.sSS.7[...].. .
;Total ~st of i.rtiptlon system.s .••. . •.• •• •• . • •[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (481)[...]e scope of sections of the United Statc.s.
agricultural development and rendered pro[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (482)[...]t regulation
•To Mr. D. T. Mason, of the U. S. Forestry o[ its use assures a maximum per[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (483)[...]Cu,· ANNVAJ. ts 1x Tu1s 01STR1<..,..

steadily in view and none will be[...]ors. 1"hc stockmcn of the \Vest who
the available s upply. During the year prev- are unifor[...]similar regulation.
o r development, t imber i 11 s ufficient quantities About 700.000 head[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (484)[...].
u. s. FOREST SURVEYORS JN THE CASCADES, ABOVE EAST ROS[...]&ordf'cct
ernment on account of timber cut in the na- Forest Arca Acres o([...]ses Beaverhead ..... 1,365,000 t ,S 10;000,000
$5,698.55, a total of $241,201.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (485)[...]up the i\1issouri the explor-
oceans and Hudson's Bay. ln their abrupt ers had heard from t[...]ebrated the Fourth of July. In the our country's development, he apprehended,
journal of th[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (486)[...]establish the surprising accuracy at manhood's prime when Great .Falls power
of the data Captain[...]m local coloring interests, in con• D. Ryan's discerning guidance, to adopt this
ncction with s[...]pect to a good many and its opportunitic.s. In this progressive
minor items the imprint or t[...]at Anaconda, five thousand
of the falls an e;igle's nest would attiact their horsepower is under co[...]These paragraphs are the preface to pages
1res.s of a :-pot to contest whose dominion that[...]ompared
to another falls. They applied the stream's with that of other famous cascades·; of[...]he naming of Crooked l:alls; the millions s1>ent and spendin.g ; of relative econ-
Rainbow l:[...]r0WllR DEVELOPllEK1' :\T CRt.\T f ,\tt.S,
ri,•cr gets its start from the mingling at Thr[...]ower Development. with a pla,it capacity of
river's drop is 400 feet. It makes the descent 36,000 horsepower marks the first step in
O\'Cr a s<.:rics of cataracts, with intervening the de,[...]ated into. an economic force it ?\Iont:..na.
means more than 130,000 horsepower. ~•f a-[...]wer continuously at the low•
un~ountcd centuric.s it ran on and on, the est stages[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (487)[...]The development at Rainbow was started
pany's flo1ir mill on the south side. With the October,[...]ble pipe line feeding into
each other, Coulter's, Rainbow and Crooked a balancing reservoir[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (488)[...]allow a standard chines, which were built by S. Morgan Smith
railway passenger-coach to[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (489)[...]nsmitted to Butte and ors are No. 0. B. & S. gauge, hard drawn
Anaconda, a distance of 130 mi[...]000. Five per cent taps tests by the company's engineers. The wires
on the high tension s[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (490)[...]o the use of sus-
phone circuit is of No. 10 B. & S. gauge, hard pension insulators.
drawn[...]ded by standard line to the Great Falls Power Co.'s substation.
insulators from the roof truss[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (491)[...]es be used, some compara- high load factor mak~s an unusually favor-
tively inexpensive cha[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (492)[...]f this
cultural region. The power company's lines amount, and less than half in[...]ates the long wait suffered _by most plan\s in
whatever the demand may be it c[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (493)[...]nent construc- The water power of Clark's }:ork river and
tion of the power and sub-stati[...]asset to the
life and high efficiency, and it i's believed that surrounding country. By co[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (494)[...]n open during the year.
The report of A. l\l. S. Carpenter, fourth No schools have ever[...]office, I beg leave A. M. s. CARPENT£R.
respectfully to submit the followin[...]le ....... 1864
by the resignation o f t hc late S upennten ent, p eter Ronan .. ........ .. . . 1 8[...]Francis llieaghcr, then acting Gover- A . 11',,. S . Ca rpenter ......... 1866
nor, on the 4[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (495)[...]intcndent Logan ample opportunity to assist
month's salary for stage fare to take them to in[...]to-date heating furnace. for the S tate Reading Circle, and the starting
Hon. \'!.[...]ed the teaching of Supcrinte1~dcnt Logan's report.
the effect of alcohol and narcotics into the pub- Though Superintendent Gannon's report was
lie schools of the state. He showed th[...]brief, that of his successor, E. A. Steere w~s
county superintendent of Beaverhead. county,[...]eachers state institutions Professor Steere's report
Association meetings were held in 1887 and[...]rbor Day manual published.
teachers' institute of S ilver Bow county in Under Superin[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (496)[...]eption dates
According to ihe report of State S uperin- back to the days before the format[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (497)[...]gs so that the university might begin its
As a re.s uit of political bartering incident to work.[...]the other named Science Han where
mistake, but a.s a crime against the state." In was rarriecl[...]ollege, and the State Normal of a woman's dormitory, and a gymnasium,
School were fo[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (498)[...]plan and urged the legisla-
sity, one of American's most distinguished his- ture 10 give its[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (499)[...]makers.
There was to be no duplication of cours~s, and The prospects for the part of the unive[...]il- early youth, ancl now that it has reached man's
lon and l\1issoula. The Leighton bill means, est[...]a committee be appointed to has one of the world's greatest educators and
ob'"iate all dupli[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (500)[...]ith those At first this latter provision s~med rathe;
vocations in which the great masses of[...]Vv_e find thence the origin of those great land v1s1on. In table "2 B" of the report of the
grants wh[...]2, 1889,-an this. According to the State Register's report
auspicious date in the history of t[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (501)[...]of• Nathan R . . Leo-
school, make the nece.s sary repairs and.secure nard, president, and prof[...]ment, but the need of
educational institu~iOI\S of l\Iontana, some such an addition was such that[...]ucation a pre-
It called ~ttention to sectio11s 1570 and 1575 . paratory dcpartn,cnt was opened o[...]. L . R. Foote.
the field that the school wa·s intended to T he att~ndance that year w[...]he preparatory course ..
braced in the course-s adopted at other state The second year the[...]class of young men who
in the School of M ine.s course that was not a. were engaged in bus[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (502)[...]The State Board of Education met in Boze-
S tate College of Agriculture and Mechanic[...]the first .executive board consisted of L. S. ,Viii-
college. Montana secµred 90,000 ac[...]·of each one. In 1890 congress passed gineering; S. M'. Emery, director of the
the se<:[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (503)[...]without the state. The Young ?--fen's and
consists of 41 members and there are 14 add[...]Young \.Yomcn's Christian Associations pro-
tional membe[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (504)[...]than is re<1uired generally in normal schoo1s.
courses of study which do not have in their[...]College, and
advertising. Notwithstanding thc-s c hin- require. students to pursue s[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (505)[...]s the insti- WHA'r T ur,.: SCJIOOJ. 11 .-\S l'N' TnE WA\" or

tution has been built on a lar[...]ly no aid from the state. All that it has h~s been
interested in the plan and purposes of· th[...]as
to take a leading part in public affairs of hi s accommodations can be provided for th[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (506)[...]ted a more potent who served Father·Giorda's mass was a noted
and beneficial inRuence. Each o[...]Rev. James O'Gonnan,
THE CATHOLIC CuuRCU 1:s- i\101:<TANA. Bishop of Omaha. The Fathe[...]ing secured a small
brief account of the church's work among colony of Sisters of Charity from Leav[...]date worth, Kansas, in 1876 he opened St. i'IIary's
co,•ers a period of fifty years. Until the ye[...]fonner missions.
Gate by Father U rban Grassi, S. ]., in 1863, In 1864 the farming communit[...]l in later years it was transformed into a priest's residence
was hauled to i\1issoula, serving as a school. by Rev. L. S. Tremblay of i\fontreal, who built
In the same year. 1863, Father Giorda, S. ].. in its stead a substantial church edifice.[...]house was of All Saints, 1866, by Father Kuppens, S. J.
purchased and fitted tip for a chap[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (507)[...]came respectively the bish-
cessively St. Vincent's Academy, 186\); St. op's cathedral and residence.
John's Hospital; 1870, St. Jerome's Orphan- Now that Helena had become an Epi[...]ministration natur-
known today as the St. Joseph's Orphans' ally followed. However, because[...]rt of the Vicariatc Apos- in 1889; the St. Helena's church was built the
tolic of Nebraska, and was m[...]erected in 1890; the primitive St. Jerome's Or-
In the spring of 1877, the first episcopal[...]tion to eastern ?-.1ontana was made by St. Joseph's Orphans' Home, a modern three-
Rt. Rev. Bishop J.[...]this visit he confirmed over 1893 ;" the St. John's Hospital was rebuilt and
two hundred persons, chi[...]-
impressiOn made on the bishop was most fa- cent's Academy was.replaced by the handsome
vorab[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (508)[...]ss prim1t1ve and dan-
present site of St. Patrick's; one resident priest gerous mountain roads. Bes[...]s occasion he collected about $10,000.
the bishop's advent. The Ri[...]deration of the . extent and tions of God's vineyard."
nature of the territory.[...]. Generally speaking, ,nention of the year's visitations, and closes
it w<15 a sparsely[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (509)[...]Rev. John P. Carroll, president of St. Joseph's
in our diocese."[...]ena's school, which was pronounced by a New
Congregatio[...]lso thoroughly modem clubrooms for
at St. Raphael's Cathedral, Dubuque, Ia. Since[...]cese al large. The course of studie.s sup1>lied
hiwc crcctCd a modern orphans' home, an[...]new schools of St. Joseph's and St. Mary's[...]and Holy Saviour's parishes, he led in the
taken from the Official C[...]1913. conda, he made it possible for St. Peter's par-
Diocesan priests . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]24 6o St. Paul's parish a parochial school. At Mis-
Academi[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (510)[...]1905. 1913.
the new churches of St. i,rary's at Helena, Churches with resident priests 22 36
the Immaculate Conception and St. Joseph"s l\Iissions with churches . . . . . . 28[...]50 75
Lodge, St. iWatthew's church· in Kalispell and Parishes with paro[...]e latter for 33.
Bishop Carroll, viz: St. l\1ary's, Helena; St. Bishop Tuttle was consecrated in Trinity
Ann's, East Helena; Immaculate Conception,[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (511)[...]e shortly a \'estryman in St. Peter's parish, the eldest
afterwards twelve persons were[...]hurch was built in Deer Lodge, in laboi-s which still contini1c after thirty-three
1879 one[...]d Greec:e with Belgium
Lodge, and Butte. the Rev. S. C. Blackiston as thrown in, his task cannot be r[...]occupied half a
work and the Rev. H. C. Hutching's cail1e to year, during which he visited fi[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (512)[...]although sen '•
parishes and missions, a bishop's house, two ices arc held in over ninety places. T[...]twenty-' nearly $ 1,000,000, inclnding St. Peter's hos-
se,•en years of hard work, but it must be[...]1

-its work was pioneer work pure and s imple generation of Bishop Tuttle has pass[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (513)[...]h edifice was dedicated. It cost
Place in Solomon's glorious temple, were two $1,500 in gold,[...]uild a log chapel, which was dedicated by
all the s1ate as two great lamps of Solomon's A. M. Hough, July 30, 1865. It was located[...]y find a voice to speak of what same year S uperintendent Hough organized a
they ha\'C done.[...]ed paslor there in 1871.
the inscription on \Vren's monumCnt: ''Si All the settlements[...]still being prosccule<l
~[ONTA.NA with more or less vigor.[...]\'er pennancnt-
By Edward Laird ;l!Jil/s,[...]ng the winter o f 1863-64. o ther places; S. G. Lathrop, J. A. Van Anda,
Hugh Duncan,[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (514)[...]thereon.
Little, George D. King, John 1-Iosking, S. A. In 1909, a local board of trustees,[...]e ol 1912 to been closed for two years, wa.s reopened and
designate Helena as one of th[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (515)[...]d to Bannack, Virginia City and ad- Rev. \Villiam S. Frackleton was assigned to
joining camps and r[...]n church within a Statistical. A bird's-e)•• view of the
thousand miles of H[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (516)[...]M4 wards, came to l\fontana in the fall of 1886.
S. S. Members - 653 2,397 4,168 7,167 He has served as[...]hat he supplied a circuit in Fergus county,
tana's growth in population as shown by the living in a[...]Assiniboines and Yanktons of the Sioux na-
These figures indicate. that the Pre[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (517)[...]on equity jurisprudence, says: "Vast
e,·ery man's door, and is essential to every numbers of immigrants poured over the
man's happiness. Our government could not mineral regio[...]tana is of absorbing of ~'fontana the late Decius S. \,\lade, who was[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (518)[...]miners' court in Alder Gulch was tana's pioneers, has left for posterity a vivid
orga[...]esides providing the.m-
sheriff in the former's stead. This primitive selves with[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (519)[...]the dining room of the Planter_s' J,Jouse at Vir-
' Thcre is nothing in histor[...], and the judges were
erates and preparing to re.s cuc the prisoner, left to the guid[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (520)[...]the
of the territory, were: \Vilbur F. Sandei;:s, Yellowstone, were of the jury. As ihc tri[...]couittry affair. \Vhile the unplcasantoe'!S was in prog-
about the time of, or shortly aft[...]w i\'Iissoula county.
menced and tried at Hell's Gate, in the·month Under the territor[...]trict courts were
place of trial was in Bolte's saloon. A jury of generally affirmed on app[...]empanelled and sworn to try the cause.
\V. B. S. Higgins and A. S. Blake, now of thus brought in[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (521)[...]estions arose and chief justice Decius S. Wade writes thus: "It
were decided. Ther[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (522)[...]and rights conscquc11t thcrco,:i, and questio11s when thc·1>0litkal campaign for·the election[...]those of the session of 1867 were sent 3S a occcssit-y, although they were organ•
not[...]had succeeded in bring order out of cha0s, and
10th, 1814, at Hud; on, New York, of Co[...]mission to the lawful authority. Vexed que·s
of i\{ontana. A few days earlier the president . _tions at once pre.s ented themselves. No legis-
had appoi[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (523)[...]ught to the su-
tance that arose for the .court's consideration preme court, and the only qu[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (524)[...]es. Ex-
and entered into a law partnership with S. F. ecution was speedy, and US\ially carried out[...]ed bcrs of the \'igilantcs of 1863 dcno\llu:cd th,s hanging.
A History of Montana Volume 1 (525)[...]"Our readers are aware o f the circumstance.s
ward, honest, .independc.n t course in the dis-[...]ard, nor bullied or intimidated of the U. S. district court for several days
by threats from[...]one thousand dollars
14
U. S. Ju'dgc, }.fontana Territory."• -a[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (526)[...]ginia on receipt of the news of the governor·'s with the case of Thomas v. Smith, which was[...]nry L. vVarren, of Il linois, was ap- .
nor's consent to order the prisoner rearrested, pointed[...]Justice \1/arren and Justice
the President's order, ( the attorney being Knowles. \Vhile Judge i\<Iunson's terrri of of-
aware of the illegality of th[...]he December tenn, 1868, opinions of
marshal's office his headquarters, and he would the court w[...]the legislature .
marshal, went to a friend's house to sleep; passed January 4th, 1872,[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (527)[...]cs, early judges Chief Justice Wade h•s left us a
of Kentucky, \\~as appOinted associate[...]of law for this
and on 11arch 17th, 1871, Decius S. \Vade. of western world, were fo[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (528)[...]ue the writ; that
in '\.rirginia City". .A.s" they were in every way the relators, as[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (529)[...]ary prior to the application; 11, 1865, to J\pril S, 1869; Hiram Knowles,
that the court had authorit[...]lliam L. Hollo-
1868, to 1'1arch 17, 1871; Decius S. \~1ade, way, from January 5, 1903, to the presen[...]n,
from June 2:2, 1864, to 111arch 11, 1865; Lo- S\Jbjcct to such regulations as might be pre[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (530)[...]ng "As this Bar Association took upon it sell
of S ilver Bow county; David :\L Durfee, judge some ye[...]ers and legislators of this state the
county ; C. S. l\larshall, judge of the fourth enactment of an impro,·ed system of laws,
district, co11s1st111g of l\•l issoula county; which has culminated in the adoption of the
Thom~s J. Galbraith, judge of the fifth dis- four codes[...]ge of the which has been ours. The people of this s tate
sixth district. consisting of Gallatin, Park[...]ole were ap• ascertain that which is right: And s,:cond:[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (531)[...]MONTANA

To express that rule of right in the s implest or largely in their kce1>ing; the plaines[...]were divided between that apology for a
srntc,s mcn to whom the common law came language and the[...]and administration they naturally
recent codc.s arc the simplest expression. would. ~'£[...]ou of the sources and the law is now the poor man's friend and
of the law, 'and somewhat of its-growth; but the ignorant man's friend.
the theme is a vast one, and i[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (532)[...]spent a
that country to keep a copy of the 'Code Na- life-time in the practice of the[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (533)[...]uld be lelt to normal in•
ties are made manife-s1. fluences and proces[...]ol speech reduces those provisions to the com-
s1i1utio;,, Article XV, Section 10, In addition pre[...]xCiting times any of us
chic-anc secured its pas.s..,ge. arc pennittcd to be,[...]ers.
between man and man: but its contradictioi1s whose knowledge enables them fitly to cornpre•[...]ll law with which chief justice, the Honorable D, S, \Va'<le. our
any mere student was able t[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (534)[...]papers of Helena for a meeting of ter county; S. H. \Vilde, vice president for
the member[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (535)[...]small fraction of the law
history of the world's jurisprudence that could which is contained in ou[...]w, is, as to our country, the law of
Mr. Cullen's address, for it is a masterpiece the land.
that[...]the common law which everyone
ture of 1\iontana's jurisprudence. is charged with k[...]nt
rights and duties, and as to the conscquencc.s for larceny and one hundred and sixty other
of[...]contra• by obiter dicta and speculative theorie,s ; broad
dictory and uncertain. There is[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (536)[...]·c of the court." John II. Shober, John S. Slater, G reen Clay
The court held that this cla[...]s and pleadings of the state and George G. S ymes, T homas Thoroughman, Ed·
the aceused, must[...]Iiams, Alexander 11. \Voolfolk, Samuel
t::111a ·s citizens. \Vord.
From the organization of the territorial su- S ince then Se\'cra1 thousand lawyers have
preme co[...]pares fa\'Orably with that of any
A riek. Charles S . Bagg, Alex'a ndcr H. Beat- other state in[...]d at Quincr, Illinois. 111 1853
Callaway, :\. M. S. Carpenter, James M. he became a cade[...]. At the end o f1 his second year in
ctt, G eorge S. Coleman, Harry R. Comly, the :H.·a[...]illiam F. Kirkwood, L. n. Ly- U nited S tates supreme court. He arrh·ed
man, \\iilliam[...]l(lcrs. I.. J. Shaq,. Edward Sheffield, cr.S of history in t\fontana is tilat of Decius[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (537)[...]/j05

S. \.Yade, who was for a little more than[...]ing the most interesting period of :.\(ontana's sociate justice and as chief justice o f[...]mmission were e>:-Governor B. P la tt s011 . Bca,·crhcad a nd Yellowsto ne countic$.

A History of Montana Volume 1 (538)[...]the state, being the only settled with his father's family in Texas in
man who ever served in three c[...]al district, and held this office until Jan- elor's degree, and in 1877 received from that
ua[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (539)[...]where he followed ten opinions arc legal classic.s. Chief Jus-
his profession until elected dist[...]ion of cases he knows
state, as their scrvicc.s will show. The knowl- neither rich nor poor, grea[...]und with one or two. I the people more than Judge S idney Sanner,
can · safely say that w[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (540)[...]e ,vear. This was before his \V. Dixon a s the three foremost lawyers o f
coming to ~·l[...]ence here he has been a citi-
ship with ~1. S. Gunn, <lt Helena, where he zen of[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (541)[...]y, 1877, ad- ous and 1nanly man. He was iVContana's
mitted to the bar by the supreme court of greates[...]e and courage were his chief char-
hero of Virgil's Aeneid arrh·ed in his wan- acteristics. No more[...]all who knew him.
painted u1>0n the walls of Dido's palace He was intense, He loved and lived[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (542)[...]technicalities that fettered the administra-
ta,.na, Edwin \ Varrc,i Toole was regarded as tio[...]tainments he possessed the suffering w~re the s1,ecial objects of his
a high and delicate sense[...]is enough to say of \Villiam \.Virt Dixon S.."lry to be on terms of intimacy with him[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (543)[...]ies. \Villiam )lcKin- Spain relinquish it s authority and go,·ernmcnt
Icy was elected presid[...]ed States battleship ~Jaine was blown 111> na,·al forces from Cuba and Cuban waters.
by an ex[...]r proof that prising the Korth Atlantic S<1uadron was or-
1his was a slaughter deli[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (544) 614 HISTORY OF MONTJ\NA

O n April 23rd, the president issued a pr[...]- sent a cablegram to the
in the military and na,·al forces of the United commander of the Pacific Sc1uadron then lying
S tates, and on the 25th congress made a[...]P110TOCRAr11 o t-· 01t PA1NT1~c DEr1cr1N(; 0 1~s,·r-tucT10N or· SPAXISH Fu-:ET ON'
MAY 1s·r, 1898, AS s,~1~N BY SPA NISH ARTIST.

the president issu[...]n ;
l\fay 1898, cornparati,·cly few Americai1s were the Gen. Lezo ; the ~farquis del[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (545)[...]he method adopted by the war de• U. S. V.
paruucnt of aUotting to the sc,·cr:il states[...]eastern ~lo ntana, and

HARRY C. Ki;s.~J.f.R, Cor.oxm. l\lox-rAx., lNF:,:-.TRY, U. S. V .. '",xo[...]BKrGADrnR GP.tsriRAr., U. S. V.

were bringing all possible inAuencc to bear[...]s alloued to the sr,re were designated a s Troop I.
finally mustered into the service[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (546)[...]adron of Kentucky Cavalry became the
Infantry, U. S. V. was discharged from that First Ca,·a[...]mustered into service, report• quartermaster s upplies were not furnished
ing at once to Colonel[...]om- requisition for and procure military s upplies,
mand of the First Cavalry Brigade[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (547)[...]\-VALLACE, F1Rsr i\1oNTANA lNF,,NTRY, U. S. V.

Colonel Lloyd, and so thoroughly effi[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (548)[...]d that responsibility is
Headquarters Third U. S. Vol. Cav., to see that we live up to[...]ront-are de- Colo11el Comma11di11g Third U. S. Vo/rmtccr
sen· ing of as much credit as those w[...]racteriied your re- larly known as the "Grigsby's Rough Riders"
lations with the camp at la[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (549)[...]tle state, applications to join i\·l ontamt's contribu•
field. In this re.spect thos[...]owed the state. Except two
nate, but the s tate impartially inscribes u1>0n men chosen[...]ny.
to the several states and :\lontana·s q uota was \'olunteer Signal Cori>s, which embarked on
two otlh;crs and lihcen enlisted men. \Villiam the t:. S. T. S., Rio de Janeiro, July 24th and
£. Davi[...]ontana Infantry.
Union Telegraph Company's oflice at Helena The 1;:ightccnth Company, S ignal Corps.
were conunissionecl lieutenants. Lieutenant U. S. V .. was at once ordered into the ficlcl.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (550)[...]any immedi-
Corps within and thro11gh the enemy's coun- ately ad\'anced through the night to[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (551)[...]tunate in the number of officers who had s~en
part)' was ambushed and fired upon. The[...]ly have earned the reputa-
be one of the ship's crew who reported that tion it so[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (552)[...]overnor and a mile. In honor of ll{ontana's war governor,
recruiting officers to adjudi[...]d dividing the regiment into
the·st;tte. t\s early as i'<Iay 4th, the companies battalions.[...]the 6th, being mustered in on the Iacc. S ix hours daily were devored to theo-
same da[...]on the 7th, were now rife that ~Iontana's contribution to
and was mustered in o[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (553)[...]the First South Dakota Volunteer In-
Infantry, U. S. V., entrained at Camp S,nith fantry, rocruits for the U tah Lig~t[...]3rd Battalions were housed at No. 6 San
the ship's officers and crew there were about[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (554)[...]f the Pasig river and the First Brigade John S. l\la)lcr)' of General ~lacArthur's staff.
extended from the shore . of ~lanila B[...]ruary, 1899, probably the
20th Kansas, 3rd U. SS. Otis, commanding
of our state organiz[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (555)[...]are also an index to swiftly recurring e,·ent.s. 11
knifing and attempted shooting of our picket The following are furnished:
sentric.s brought no hostile response, except
the k[...]possessed of any fi:<cd determination but the s.c cmingly confident that no immediate dis-[...]ents. Our conferences with General Aguinaldo's
~'fanila is unparalleled for divers[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (556)[...]t any more soldiers. All this may tween Aguinaldo's and our representatives re-
be calle[...]us out. they hold. I rtplied that my influence W<\S
Should .they attack, the figh[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (557)[...]n in the papers an ac- about to bring am1s. Upon arrival hCre her
count of yesterday's affairs at l\·lalolos, viz. : cargo tal[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (558)[...]d. Insurgent arrued parties entered
Colonel Barry's carriag~, which we consider far within our[...]erview with him liule heed to their promise.s. · On February
if possible, acquaint him fully w[...]ry 2, 1899.
culty, presented himself at Aguinaldo's head-[...]have the honor to in(onn you that a sm.all
naldo's secretary received the letter stating party[...]pletion o( the map of
conveying General Aguinaldo's respects that t-lanila, which the E[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (559)[...]F1ui>1No Ris:ruouc, EvACUATEo AND Acv1NAL00 s
J-lti;Al>QUART&RS IN FLA:0.(ES.[...]FTER
FtRSi i\{ONT;\NA TROOPS E~Tt-:REO PLAZA.

United States and will[...]s, although ' free
E. s. OTIS, transit is permincd all who are unarmed.
;\fajor Cc11eral U.S. Vo/u11teers, Commanding. The cor[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (560)[...]of February 5th.
held by a detachment of the 1s1 Nebraska A lull followed, when at 3 :[...]and terrific rifie fire · swept back
Arthur's line. The Filipino detachment was and fo[...]ire front. Through-
led by one or· Aguinaldo's officers who at- out the night the Americ[...]eak continued until five o'clock
Infantry, U. S. V., after strictly complying on the eveni[...]ol the insurgents had gr,idually Corporal \IV. S. Lincoln of. Company if was
extended a[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (561)[...]unded; Corporal
strategic reasons. iiaj. Gen. E. S. Otis tele- VJilliam i\1eyersick, Co[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (562)[...]ting warfare hitherto unknown in· these Dyer's Light Battery were withdrawn from
islands, and pronounced by them to be new Anderson's front The first organization re-
and unsoldie[...]an to south of Caloocan in · front of ~IacArthur's
• show again a turbulent disposition,[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (563)[...]st any under the o rders of i\fajor Bell, U. S. V., en,
movement from the direction of the tow[...]llery fire ceasing, in accord with prior ar- S~ortly after noon on February 10th, and
rangemen[...]on the staff of Edwards, of Captain Hallahan's company,
the Commanding General, later a[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (564)[...]Edward G.
been badly damaged by the fire of Dewey's Reynolds.
nayal guns. At the ba[...]ph F. Charetie, Private l\1alol6s; the ·capital of the Filipino republic,
Clarence[...]ready for str\'ice, he wns
t\fontana Infantry, U. S. V., was t\ graduate of the oi-dered hoiue[...]'i\fanil:t September 28, 1899. • He went to Lo.s Gatos
York, ha..·ing secured his appointment as[...]r3nk.ing cavalry appointment of his cl3SS. He wa,s " the old Arilona sun and dry air would pull him out
assigned to the Se<:ond Ca\·alry, U. S. A., and joined quickly." On the way he cont[...]pitol at Helena arc inscribed the following
in :,.s second in command on May 7, J ~ and ser\'ed[...]inch of his heart :it ut L~eutenant 2d U. S. Cavalry, Colo1'e1 37th U. SS. V., being the youngest colonel in the charge. His comm:inding general, E. S.. Otis. wroce[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (565)[...]terworks mnst remain
fronting General ~IacArtlnir's left, sixteen covered. A separate colu[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (566)[...]rom the trenches and of the f iver w~s attained. Early the next
assembled behind La[...]northward
on their march. General :MacArthur's instruc- in the jmmediatC vicinity of Po[...]es of
from the right, the right brigade (Hale's) brush and tropical undergrowth through which
preceding the left {Otis's) by a considerable the artillery and tra[...]d unless ?.'1ac- developments on the enemy's left flank by the
/\rthur' s left column shqu1d become troops[...]ined the railway line it was per-
liches-Hale's brigade to that point by Sao mitted t[...]Francisco de! ~'1onte ·and Bagbag, and Otis's the river at two points, and aided by the[...]tward and thence proceed- ll'facA(rthur's united troops with considera~le
ing by the road which strikes the railroad s~uth loss. From that date to end of the month[...]entered N!alolos, the insurgent
march. Hale's brigade moving by San Fran- ca[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (567)[...]- chester, February 23rd; Private Edward S.
lieved that a water base could be established[...]ight hun- Company L.- 2nd Lieut. Eugene S. French,
dred and thirty-three enlisted men wound[...]he extermination of the Army
23rd; Private Albert S. Hicks, February 25th. of Occupat[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (568)[...]e complete. Brothers! Eu- wards General MacArthur's lines, although it
rope contemplates us. \Ve kn[...]Death to the ty- which it had erected. The enemy's casualties
rants, war without quarter to the fa[...]mors lolos government, much to the latter's indig-
of intent which had been pre\'alent since[...]or l'/fallory,
through swamps around i\1acArthur's left, en- ·
of General l'/lacArthur's staff, in rounding up
·tered Tondo, the n[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (569)[...]it fought in the battle of l\1alolos, the day's work were five killed and sixteen
it fin[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (570)[...]tana men under fire
exposing himself to the enemy's fire while ad- crossed the river in boats and relieved, the
ministering to those who were s.uffcring from regulars from a position that[...]egiment proceeded rapidly, crossing the Bigaa
hou(s. \ •Vith the coolness of the late after- ri[...]oughout the 27th, the regiment that officer's horse, he was instantly killed.
sustained[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (571)[...]the so-called Filipino Republic, the 20th ler's), composed of Companies A, B, F and I.
Kansas bivouacking on i\s right and the 3rd The F ilipinos were loc[...]esistance on the right but to the one Colt's automatic gun from the gilnboat
surprise of the Americans, the enemy's defense Helena. The eneniy was developed on[...]highly. successful
dered the 2nd Battalion (Cook's) to enter and in ascertaining information[...]pany 11:C were wounded.
lolos and with the 3rd U. S. Artillery re• On April 13th Priva[...]spirits who preferred to penetrate the enemy's
25th with a total strength of 2,184 office[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (572)644 ~.{$'.fORY 0F llfONl',t\NA

weapon and they thereafter cont~mptuously[...]hree
ing down !he right bank, he took the enemy's machine guns, he routed the en~y from the
entre[...]The ~Iontana regiment was on the right
3rd U. S. Cavalry protected the tracks and an of the railr[...]-
front. At the same time artillery with the on's Brigade was so located as to cover the
2nd Brig[...]rove th<: enemy out of could cross when the enemy's position had
the fortifications at the f[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (573)[...]own the Rio directed against the enemy's position. A por-
Grande; the other, in fro[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (574)[...]tc Fred \V. Smith. i\iontana and KanS3s regiments. Unobserved
Company K. Captain :n,omas S. Dillon; by the Filipinos, Companies A,[...]hed along the en-
taken by the 2nd Brigade (Hale's) on this trenchment and into the rifle[...]e Red to join their own ·forces at Ba•
(Cook' s) and (Miller's) made a reconnois- color. The i\1ontana companies pursued them
s..1ncc to the west, returning before noon with-[...]marched on into San Fer- exhausted troo1>s gave up the chase. During
nando, taking up quart[...]tions, a
spirited attack was made by th~ Filipino.s and shot was fired over their heads[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (575)[...]Charles Robb. than the ene1.ny's fire until, apparentiy,_the
Company l\lI.[...]ntinu- "This feature of the 'soldier's irritable heart'
: ous since the 4th of February[...],varfare was im-
although the present conditio~s are ·very favor: ·possible. · !n[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (576)[...]a Caridad. On the 29th the rest of "Maj. Gc11. U. S. V., Comma11di119 211d Divi-
the regiment wen[...],vere mustered into the
and K boarded the U. S. Transport Zealandia, service, forty-eight commis[...]y
a right to the gratitude of their state and na- reached· the cit)' of Butte. Herc the 1s[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (577)[...]IiISTORY OF MONT,A.NA 649[...]Troop F. third squ•dro n, Third United S1ates
Of!icial reports of ~faj, General Elwell S. Otis, Volunteer Cavalry; Mr. A. M. t\ f[...]ng in the Sp3nish-Arnerican war and in
Gri.gsby's cow~ys, Sues, rcgimcma1 adjut~nt, Third[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (578)[...]ilt of logs. \1/hen he ar-
a ieality,- as "Colter's Hell." In the Lewis rived at the mo[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (579)[...]'
from \¥ind river to Pierre's Hole, thence in the Yellowstone to Capta[...]y
• of Blackfeet, likely in Pierre's Hole. In the cordingly, marked upon one[...]ian the Lewis and Clark expedition "Colter's
esoort, and was badly wounded in t[...]ed the The map, showing Colter's route, included
.. Cro,vs, so that th[...]1The map here referred to which shows Cotter's
between him and his· desti[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (580)[...]distance of three thousand miles,
Pass and Pierre's Hole valley. Journeying which he irav[...]d followed the Indian arated from Lewis and Clark's party: one .of
trail that led from the park to th[...]e, from its singularity, I shall relate. On
Clark's fork. He then returned to the forks the arrival of the party on the head waters of
~f the Shoshone and Lisa's post. the ?.lissouri, Colter, observing an appearance
Chittenden, in summing up Colter's jour- of abundance of beaver bei),g the~e, he got[...]ble in its mcnse tract of country from S t. Louis to the
unexpected results in geographica[...]e examining their
mountains, Jackson Hole, Pierre's Hole, and traps early one morning, in a[...], the first to pass through that Jefferson's fork, a1~d were ascending in 'a
singular·regiori[...]sf)Ot' \vhich c.amc to bear the name of 'Colter's river impeded their view. Colter immedia[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (581)[...]to come ·ashore. Instead of cheered the heart of S::olter; he derived con-
com·ptying, he instantl[...]ous yell. Every moment of this time
remarkably s\vift. The chief now comman<!ed was improve[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (582)[...]the bole of a lofty tree
days' journey from Lisa's fort, on the Big- which stands on the ,ves[...]the point where the creek of La Charette the S nake river valley, where the Hudson's
converges with the greater stream. "The[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (583)[...]permitted him to do so. Besides, he
the river's bank, when the Blackfeet once more had[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (584)[...]till among the moun- . "\\!hen the first sµrprise of this astonishing'
tains, was obli[...]rth is not burning up
face to face with God's wonderful and beau- o.v er thar, then it[...]made way it suits me to go and see what it's like.'
his lonely camp in a deep defile of[...]to break through. But Joe
and another night's sleep still further re- found the[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (585)[...]that the outsid~
and others. They passed Jackson's lake, catch- worl~ had not earlier known ab[...]e Yellowstone falls, and called Colter's Hell-from a beaver hunter of
the n1ud geysers, an[...]section sions occur like those in 'Colter's Hell.' The.
A History of Montana Volume 1 (586)[...]ld peared at a much later date.
Jim Bridger's lies." Yet for all of his romanc• Oth[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (587) HISTORY OF iMONTi\NA 659
te[...]verts, : Sec Journal of Cornelius Hedges, Mont3na His-
Benjam in Stickney, Jacob Smith and N[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (588)[...]hite and so continuing one-half mile up
T. S. As beautiful as can be conceived, side stream. T[...]e ravine·at the falls. Ben went river comes from S. E. stretches a pine-clad
to the water's edge at top of falls and let mountain. At my extr[...]m the base of this rock start. I went with H. and S. to sec upper
bounded by creek on r[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (589)[...]wer-no such regular ridges of foam as trts's disapp~arancc:
at lower falls from top to[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (590)[...]"During the first two days, the fear of meet-
man's blankets, gun, pistols, fishing tackle, ing wi[...]onscious of b'cing lost, there
he wore, two knive:S and an opera glass. was nothing I so much[...]on to friends. As I drew
ture, with magn.ifi.Cent s urroundings, lay be• near to it it turne[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (591)[...]sible ing its preservation as a national park. Na-
of a sharp reflection, as of burnished steel.[...]ed
further effort, I fell forward into the a·m1s of it in the senate; and while both of the[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (592)[...]n and his party were just
by Dr. F. V. Hayden, U. S. geologist, and sent leaving it. There were, b<:s[...]neral Howard and General Gib- burg, l\<frs. Cowan's brother and sister, the
bon were in pursuit of Ch[...]ernment as a reser- Hole rivers, and the next day's journey
Vation.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (593)[...]Cowan describes the scene that followed in
Cowan's brother and Al Oldham essayed to these[...]rseback, raised
ing in the ruddy ember-glow. ?.-l~s. Cowan his hand and voice, apparently giv[...]for two miles traveled towards
Cowans and Joseph's main carnp. i\<Iary's lake. Fallen timber prevented the
The men of th[...]e n_1en to several · Cowans' goods, to his horse's tail and "an
hundred Jndbns.[...]truck out on the home trail. i\1ore In- Henry's lake,-:-used it for a head dress.
dians joined th[...], at least.
Hole river in the direction of ?.1ary's lake. A few days later Fisher's detachment found
A History of Montana Volume 1 (594)[...]cued Charles striking words Mrs. Cowan's sketches the wild
Mann who had escaped with a bu[...]preter and who seems to lor of my husband's face told me he thought
have been truly their fr[...]the purpose of verbatim from 1\'1rs. Cowan's narrative:
taking them home, they would be suffe[...]mad- it, I was off my horse and by my husband's
dened Indians:[...]e at this writing that the I heard my sister's screams and called to her.
above mode of trading[...]ething near at hand. A
Poker Joe mounted Cowan's horse, shouted pressure on my shoulder was[...]uncture Dingee and Arnold escaped husband's head. \:Vrenching my arm from his
into· the timb[...]up, a pistol shot rang out, my husband's head
explained that the chief wished to se[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (595)[...]HISTORY OF MONTANA
at his head, my sister's screams, a sick faint my brother. Tears then,[...]my sister. I was told she was at Poker Joe's
times, fastened with a strap. behind an Indian.[...]y exterior. The
could see nothing but my husband's dead face squaw was all smiles, showing her white teeth.
with the blood upon it. I remember Frank's Seeing that I was crying, the squa[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (596)[...]five warriors were with the. with General Howard's command. Shi,·ely
party. It was composed chiefly[...]Joe Roberts, lef~ Helena for the
"A council wa:s being held. VVc were seated· Yellowstone Park on[...]other discussion, but they agreed to Chief Joseph's band.
it, and preparations were made for o[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (597)[...]er shot at me. I up
they were attacked. \~'cikert's Journal gives and let thcn1 h<lvc on[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (598)[...]d she came up; he got a halter eight mile.s back on the trail where he could
and p[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (599)[...]673

W_eikert's horse was shot down under him color of its rocky bed. T he great walls of
and McCartney's bucked him off, then ran the canon aboun[...]l refer
· They- suffered many hardships. Weikert's to this peculiar characteristic and it had[...]We have seen in this chapter Patrick Gass's
l\1eantime on August 24th Joseph led ·his[...]rched down the river on the left bank to
Baronett's bridge. This had been badly dam-
aged by the Nez[...]r and
Soda Butte, thence over the divide to Clark's
Fork. valley, thus missing -Joseph's band.
General Sturges and his command were
gu[...]another unguarded pass. Sturges met
the Intlia11s as ·they c;ossed the Yellowstone
on Sept[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (600)[...]\\lyoming, of a tall pinnacle is an eagle's nest with the
with a small section overlapping th[...]ar and then find them e,·ery fiber of one's being, all hint of mighty
singly and alone[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (601)[...]other buildings of the mili- beneath one's footfall, stands a rock, tall, al-
tary, station[...]nd see the gray-white warden in charge te11s with pride of how the
de))osit built up by[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (602)[...]the road ascends a· predpitous grade fume.s, lie by the wayside and with them comes
an[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (603)[...]liff and at that bridges were swept away; a river's course
no great distance from it are Twin lakes,[...]bodies of water, and about as pebbles in a giant's grip. ·
Beaver lake, where whole colonies of bea[...]ical hell fire exists beside beauty deep in earth's breast and over them hangs the[...]blue-hot
sociate it with God. This same morning's ride depths. One is turquoise, another[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (604)[...]re the Gibbon river fa.lls and crashes off
qu1s1te pools, now calm and still, was once in[...]ntering upon the The pools here, though much s maller, are quite
region of the geysers. Next[...]also, in the Devil's Punch Bowl, a brilliantly[...]sixty to sixty-five minutc.s since its discovery[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (605)[...]nge is the most remarkable ful Kcpplcr's Cascade, to an Clc\'ation whence
of all in color,[...]pend days and weeks shoncs, Snakes or Cc11s du Scrpcut, with the
studying the geysers.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (606)[...]eaks. From the· moment
tance. So the three Teto11s seen through we Roat across it_s waters the character of the
twenty miles of spark[...]w how
The Three Tetons (breasts) arc the loftie.s t placid and peaceful it seems! To be sure we
o[...]States.,, At pie" of the lake where heaven's garment seems
the eastern base of the range over[...]on which lies beyond.
Tetons preside, is "Jackson's Hole," named for It would seem that within[...]in depth of color that it seems less the water's edge, is supposed to be an extinct
like a[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (607)[...]ntastically
built Absarokes is the Sleeping Giant's heroic
profile, lying face to face with the sky.[...]ico. This has
led to the belief that these India\1s migrated
hither from their southern home.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (608)[...]of the meadow lark. T he hi11s roH away[...]ared two years later, leaving nothing but and one's heart leaps with the glor)' of that
a sha[...]pearance bearing testimony to the terrible na- 310 feet to the rock bed below whence it[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (609)[...]firmer de-
\Vhat power laid on that crimson heart's blood, posits made by the hot springs standing[...]of the -formation of the caiion :
"Dr. Hayden's theory of this great waterfall
and stupendous -ch[...]its from siliceous with the productions of Nature's Great' Ar-
springs.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (610)[...]upon his
northwest of Yellowstone Park is Glacier Na- view, he believed that for the first time it was[...]il to the shores of the lake. Strangely of Nature's treasures, and of interest in our
enough, not lon[...]he notice of the people of
McDonald of the Hudson's Bay Company the U nited States largely thr[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (611)[...]nfluence of the arc the Little St. i\<lary's Lakes. To gain the
main stream with the l'l!idd[...]by the i\1ain snow, rise from the . water's .edge and disap-
Range of the Rocky 111ountains[...]mile and a ness billow away to the horizon's rim.
half. From the water's edge rise wonderfully Avalanche Lake and A[...]est and the surface of the cating boulder,s in their furious descent. At
water is untrouble[...]e<:t pic- the entrance to the Basin, Heaven's Peak rises
tures of sky and cloud and peak show[...]ean-cut face of riven cliffs. There the
vintner's press in shades of purple and green v[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (612)[...]tance hosts of dark-browed mountains rise,
bedded s trc.1ms, brakes and jungles of fern vall[...]section of the park arc the Great St. Mary's
Climbing upward, toiling onward, one leaves[...]ans, the "En-
the forests, the flowers, and issuc.s upon nar• trance, or \Valled-in lakes." T[...]ws," is sur-
of a clear, night sky. This is Peary's lake. rounded by magnificent and boldly[...]ide, Almost-a-Dog,
the same aspect, called Nansen's lake. , The Little Chief, F usiladc, Goi[...]afes like a caged waters of St. ~Iary's. There is no scene more
creature of the wi[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (613)[...]T GLACIER, GL,,Clf.R P,,RK.

Cut Bank, Dawson's, Two l\1edicine, Swift Pearl and[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (614)[...]ed ·states. lent hotels, Geduhn's at the head of the lake,
.
The park is situated on the main line of Lewis's a beautifully situated place and
Apgar's at the foot of the lake.
the Great Northern Railw[...]hotels, one at Belton, the "park and St. l\>!ary's and stage service from
western entrance, and the other at Glacier St. Mary's to McDermott and from Belton
Park, the eastern,en[...]s find the greatest delight
end of Upper St. Mary's, the narrows be- in tramping leisurely thr[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (615)[...]dispose of the ani-
which is still left of Nature's treasure within mats to the United States, but f[...]o save the for- he sold _at last to Canada.
est_s from utter annihilation, various portions[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (616)[...]l\filcs of fences were built to corral and thi1s herds were scattered over a wide area, bl!t th[...]he past of the buffalo. Few of the then s~erningly inexhaustible supply of
us realize the[...]of cars 7,575 miles
Through the '6os and '70s enormous herds long,-enoug h to m[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (617)[...]to be
should be nearly ideal for the home of a na- hoped that public sentiment may be aroused[...]ng aside of this section be assembled a band of s,ich size that these
for a buffalo park i[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (618)[...]te immigration altered condi- . the heart's desire."
tions. By 1neans of various treaties the[...]l and intellectual future of
but its crimes. In a s~nse it pauperized and the redman[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (619)[...], under
The following communication from H. •S. contract, 33; Public schools, non-con[...]pproved on project engineer of the U. S. Reclamation
April :23, 1904, but has been[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (620)[...]by those who have to Indians have more acrC's under cultivation and
handle this branch o f th[...]such a re~ult may not take place Indian's future is very difficult, if not almost[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (621)[...]the act of l\1arch ·1, 1907 (34 S tat. 1035).
"Crops can be grown there success[...]d · only by means of able. The agricultural land.s are to be disposed[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (622)[...]'

Su:< 'I/Vo•s111PPE1<S Ou1·s10E -r11E Si;N Loocii.

remarkable for their r[...]t the Piegans were never .-.\ ssinil>oinc-s, is in central ).,Jonttma between the[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (623)[...]e Crows arc fairly good farmers and Labrc's mission school on the Tongue river.
considerable[...]ividual owner•
The Agency is on Lame Deer creek s ixty-five ship of land in a fertile[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (624)[...]a county. the county seat at Hell's Gate. From the fore-
"Clark county was after[...]kes are within the
post of 'vVorden & Co., Hell's Gate Ronde. .[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (625)[...]ufacturing establishments. It has a U. S. land
The foothills and slopes of the mountai[...]e the county and l\iissoula is a
is \V. A. Clark's new mill." At Lothrop and division point on the former road. The pay-
wlissoula are others of Clark's mills, and the roll of railroad employees is an important fac-
Polley's Lumber Company, just recently estab- tor in[...]near Bonner, runs northwest thr9ugh Clark's
end of the Flathead is the second largest[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (626)[...],

70S HISTORY OF l\iONTAN[...]ssoula county, which was or" The mou!1tai11s contain much picturesque
ganized in 1862 under th[...]The Butte, Anaconda & Pacific Railway is
Bclanger's hotel in the upper part of the val- extending a l[...]ng is an important indus•
of those deer (cer<111s Vir9i11ia1111s) being very try, and a large part of the timber[...]mbers, the live stock
an Indian lodge of a winter's morning when includes · many va[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (627)[...]done economically, so he changed his pla11S and
direction of the late \Villiam McCaskell.[...]in 1886, construction of this, the world's greatest cop•
w hen steam stamps were subst[...]der H. \.Y. "The company, to avoid cxce.s sivc charges
Hixon's direction in 1892. T he first experi-[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (628)[...]ide rises
from 1886 to 1893 ; then John S. Dougherty,' between the iMusselshell and[...]the Yellowstone and i\f issouri
copper s11Jelting world. Ai1aconcla smeltermen ri,·e[...]ate
arc known the world over. Anaconda's smel- -2, 100 feet above sea le,,el. Thi[...]growing season, the advantages
company's policy has always been to secure of whic[...]n from Deer ll1ost of Dawson county's tillable soil is of
Lodge count[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (629)[...]S, 1908.
From u. s. Department of Agriculture Blue Book.[...]~ :_ C s[...]s: i ¥ =~• •[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (630)[...]transcontinental railroad steamboat traffic on
s urveying and building of rail\vays, survey-[...]· nizes as the place they called the Beaver's-[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (631)[...]as mountainous and grazing. place.s on the east. At the Upper ~ladison'[...]the southern group. The i\·Iadison range fom,s i\!ining, stock raising and farmi[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (632)[...]ex•
alfalfa are not rare yields. A few yiel<)s cellent products are displayed[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (633)[...]stern section, swings in a contains many line fam,s. It is a wonderfully
great se,;nicirclc through[...]rth of Jefferson canyon is the wonder-
extracted s~veral million dollars' worth of ore, ful ,[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (634)[...]ys of sunshine; and owing to the
constitutc.s one of the new counties, and every• lack of hum[...].great numbers ftourisb on the nutritious na-
Rough lands border the rivers at[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (635)[...]th in bushels to the acre and its bushel's weight
quality and variety and reeeived many priz[...]ton section is comparatively short, the length s)1ould not become extensive and successful
of the[...]and the two.- rowcd, have been successfully s ituated at the head of na,·igation on the Mis:
g rown. The hullcss[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (636)[...]56 45 32 21 40
Pierre, S. D .. .. ·. . 14 17[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (637)[...]ot get away from it, and I do
school, St. Vincent's Academy for girls un- JlOt belie,·e there is a s[...]se, let me say, all of
system with graded ~f~>.oo!s ;u1d a high school. the civilization of the world[...]cese of Helena, and also of the E pis- " Rome's greatest historian and philosopher
copal bisho1)[...]e nothing as compared
tensive hospital, St. Peter's.
A Catholic cathedral, one of the most pre- to the victorie.s won by the plow. \~fitness what ·
tentious churc[...]crop, to see your grain, and, let me say to
Good S he1>herd. the Florence Crittenden you, if[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (638) HISTORY OF )101\Ti\NA i2i[...]s the pioneer agricultural county of the s tate.
and all of your schools and all of your[...]well tilled has commenced.
the city is the U.S. ,nilitary post, Fo rt \Villiam Abont 300,00[...]munities; Augusta, which is the kins, s<1uashcs, as1>aragus and cclcr)1arc raised.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (639)[...]business houses and
toes last year. · The world's record yield of many civic improvement[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (640)[...]on that only the army and the scat•
Unite<l- S"iates, its ,·ast domain being'described[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (641)[...]which many set-
about 40,000 acres of grain and S,ooo of flax, tlers have come, and has good[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (642)[...]•

F IRST x .,TIONAJ. B.\;:'l;K, i\fJJ.F.S CIT\ ', ).Io~·r.,~.,. c.,Pl'r.\C, Su~PtUS ,\[...]O rganized 1882. Third oldes1 :--:ational Uank in s tate. Built 19 11. Indiana Lime-
s tone, cost $100,000. Grecian marble and ma[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (643)[...]ate. The arc snapped up in a minute's time, and during
old post, once the s.:enc of such activity, stood the four days of[...]his great, undcvel- from the cast by scor~s, establish a sort of tern-
oped empire is i\'lile[...]ame to what is now ~liles S1LVER Bow COUNTY.
City and built a cantonme[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (644)[...]arts of the city. These suburbs arc Center- 8u11e's mineral output approximates 30 per
ville, \\lalke[...]sume annually about 65,000,000 feet of tim-
Butte's population is foreign and the city is ber, 225,00[...]y of smcltermen, railroadmcn, 1ncchan- and at the s.amc time a great amount o f neces-
ics and[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (645)[...]or two closed on account of this change, pro- cr.s and 21 surface men. Besides those men-
duction wa[...]next six months all the Anaconda Com- will be in s11ccessful operation within the next
pany's hoisting engines of Butte will be nm-' six: month[...]nounces that trated at the mill of the B11ttc and S11perior,
the mines of Butte gave employment to 12[...]pa·ny com-
surface men and 3,176 in miscellaneo11s work.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (646)[...]om the smelters poisoned the air and to mattresse.s, from candy to coffins, and an
killed vegetatio[...]er metal and shares of chial schools, and churche.s. It is the .seat of·
copper mining companies v[...]the famous "Pompey's Pillar," rise in the
piled three years[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (647)[...]Alfalfa seed is The Northern Pacific Railway's main line
better and grain grown on the uplands u[...]ation with Omaha, Denver, points
bushels; flax, 1 s bushels; speltz, 40 bushels; on the Crow reservat[...]ry land products have opposite the mouth of Clark's Fork river,
won many prizes at expositions[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (648)[...]county is situated in the central part
pay-roll ~s a large one. There arc good
schools, six churche[...]an ideal camping and hunting ground. Sur-
mero~s _chu_rches, good public schools, a poly-[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (649)[...]ogen and the la rge lieve the stateme1~t.s true regarding them, they
amount of lime content,[...]ng the growing season of wheat, starting s:.ixty-two pounds and it has reached in some
with[...]ation for :Montana condi-
arc unknown here. S unshine is almost per- tions. Yields[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (650)[...]crosses another fertile section Lewistown ha,s one of the best electric light
of country in[...]f the . plants in i\1ontana. It has two telephone S)'S·
county on its way to the Pacific coa[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (651)[...]foothills at right angles to the
and 11, range.s 19 to 31 inclusive, that were main[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (652)[...]e south.
ated in this section; they are Hunte~•s Hot These streams have many tribut[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (653)[...]production approximates one million
Washing stom1s are unknown. There is bushels per[...]ey bushels per acre. The wheat averagc.s about
dry quickly, owing to the sand in the soil[...]ins about two hun- wheat. At the \ Vorld's land show at Omaha,
dred thousand acres o[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (654)[...]bu.. . 3JSASO. 214,1_61 . S,093 557,704 planting of .com[...]ate.
Barley . . . . 22.437 14,S.i 93 36,351[...]Timothy . . . . . • . .. 3S 10 45 pare[...]istory of production ha,-e never
4,738 17,S"'I . . . . .. ..[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (655)[...]906 .... .... .. ......... ................ 89A94,S.25
awarded over one-half of the premiums on 1907 . ........ . ........ . ..... . .......... 8SAS4,s84
vegetables, taking first prize for potatoes. At[...]. • • . . . . . J 19,454,093
the 1909 vVorld's Exposition at Omaha the 1910 ..[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (656)[...]•

BIRD'S- EYE VIEW Of' KALISPEI.L.

A History of Montana Volume 1 (657)[...]$2,137,575. The post
electric lights, telephone.s, a weekly paper and office receipts fo[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (658)[...]enty thousand acres near Brady. \\lorld's Fair weighed more than the heaviest
The la[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (659)[...]l fruit crop
It extends south from ;\lissoula for s~venty- and the variety most extens[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (660)[...]li county
less than one-half acre averaged it,s owner $5has also mineral wealth, gold, silver, co[...]l buildings
Connerly the hotne of i\<[r. Daly's stable of in the state, banks, large busin[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (661)[...]bank
from which $40,000,000 have been taken, 1s and business houses. The public schoo[...]ims in the County afford opportunitie.s for obtaining a good ed-
that still aw[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (662)[...]he tions of Park and Yellowstone countie.s . The
trading place for the northern end of the[...]by the main line ol the Chi- of Hunter's Hot Springs.
cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad.[...]00,9ll2; 1908, $5,314,;03; 1909,
erty in 1908 was S•Ao8,233, and in 1911, $6,487,031 ;[...]Rocky Ford, Rosebud, Clark's Fork and their
had entered into the develo[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (663)[...]he most wonderful of panoramas to the ,s subject to'!iudden changes, but periods wh[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (664)[...]10n are
Townsend, and the Butte . branch h1s separated th e T ongue, the R oseb u d, the[...]Big Horn which orms the county s western· ,
Great
· Northern will cro[...]Th aCh'mineral1M'ldistrict bound ary. It 1s . ,meres[...]oug t I1e sou ern .
en d1 1s expeete t o b m'Id f rom Th ree Fo rks,[...]towns are Townsend, \1/inston, is s11l_l known as the Little Big H?rn. .·
Radersburg[...]he ship- Aside from the natural s?u~ces_ of :vater
ping point for the mining camp o[...]su~ply tl~er~ are a number of irngatmg d1tche.s
burg, eleven miles west, and for an exten-[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (665)[...]' part of the Forsyth are shipped large quantitie.s of wool
county. The Indians do some farmi[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (666)[...]of the plowed land is under
It is drained by the S.outli Fork of the Flat- irrigation. The dry farmi[...]to the prospecting of other districts, boundarie.s of the forest reserves are but a
and Banna[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (667)[...]forage plants. E xcellent in the early 6o's. It is situated in the heart
climate and cheap g[...]onda and of the loftiest ·of l'l1ontana's peaks. The al-
Helena, ·dairying is very profit[...]county is well timbered, especially an hour's ride of Butte and Anaconda, and
in the northern p[...]not covered lege of ~Iontana, St. ~1a_ry's Academy, Powell
by timber is a luxuriant growth o[...]County high school, and good public school.s.
grasses. Much attention has been paid to im- These schools are all well maintained.
vo1. n-t s
A History of Montana Volume 1 (668)[...]ed providing for public parking, S:'NOERS COUNTY. :
curbing and grading of[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (669)[...]from So cents to $1 for
water suj>ply,-Clark's Fork of the Columbia wheat per liushel,[...]Thompson river and Bull river. toe.s, from, 2 to 2¾ cents per pourid for onions,[...]1.75 per box for apples.
water power in Clark's Fork and its tribu- The conditions o[...]g, and the famous McIntosh Red
power. Clark'. s Fork of the Columbia is a apples· are[...]play at the state fair aroused
However, Clark's Fork river and the numerotis admiration. N[...]vegetables and fruits in proportion, fin~ Quinn's hot spdngs.
strawberries are grown whi[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (670)[...]mountainous. In the northeast is the the early 6o's. Hydraulic mining followed
\Vhitefish ra[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (671)[...]qually good. So with the great source of a public S'chool, hotels, stores, neighboring
supply found i[...]ound for the growth
Troy. A party of engineers ha's been at work, of tender as ,yell as hardy varieti[...]with those property in 1910 was $5,165,691, and $s,242,-[...]churches, banks, newspa.pers, ties.. V-'ithin it.s., Fm its· lying to t!ie . south of
numero[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (672)[...]e bench lands to the·
a long while the place w~s known. as "The north and the south, establishing[...]t. Pa~I Railway,
f~rming land e.xtending to the S'!owy moun- The town was founded in 1908 an[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (673)[...]to prese1\l a c~aptcr that will nt?t become the s~b·[...]to a ob:aim,hlc arc set forth. The ruder's attenuon is
point from which a line produc[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (674)[...]surpassed our own. In this age for the same cro()s, the same acreage would
of land hunger and -rap[...].\1ontana had in 1910 productiveness of l\1ontana's soil is shown by
only 376,000 inhabitants when[...]most fer- however, been made; the acreage in cro()s
t)le; yet' Montana, not counting two-thi[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (675)[...]l'o9ub,tio11 Number Pu<e1u lor v. S.
United States increased :21 per cent: Census[...]765 265.0 25.5
sin~e : that date, i!s population ~a.s i!'crease<! 188o . . , . . 39,159 .. _lS,564[...]54,5 l
Number of. all fam1s ...... 26,214 ..[...]s ~.u,844,454 ..[...]3,640,309 ·S •• 3 1,725,720 •,[...]s2$117,859,823 . 2 $2,29,<)68;9>17[...]s • 52,66o,56o . •• 174,110,7[...]. 24,854,628 S. 9,365,530 15,[...]s 2[...]S' 2 52,161,833 "[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (676)[...]land formed of the total land area in fam1s
made up of increases of $174,111,000 in the[...]class~s of farm property, are shown in the table[...]Tota.I I.and Hd Buildios.s lmple:mc:nt:ss,[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (677)[...]• No dala prior to 1870.
2 lncludc-s Crow Indian Reservation.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (678)s ince 1910 is shown.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (679)[...]1>rogress he has made.
of Norwegians, Swcdc.s a.nd Germans-'<'\ "As the e[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (680)[...]epends largely upon
14,457 illiterates in the s tate, representing 4.8[...],373 3.7 1,653 1,885 2,421
S,vcdcn .. . .......... . ......... . . . Il[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (681)[...]143,652 90,721 94.S 90.5 87.1
Negro ........ ... . . ."..[...]28,113 23.5 23.S
1 Less than o ne-tenth o r[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (682)[...]HISTORY OF MONTANA

In reviewing l\Iontana's development we horses arc no more. On the[...]imately a opportunity according to his heart's desire. In
part of western life as was the early[...]indus-
It must not be supposed that l\1ontana's tries, manu facture her raw 1nateria[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (683)[...],,xo i\h:)tULmS Ol1 Tue LEC1SL.,Tiv1:: Anson S. Potter and James G. Spratt, :\lad-
ASSEM8UES OI[...]ge Detwiler, -speaker of the ~Iimms, A. S. i\!axwell and Robert B. Parrott',
house.[...]y. Laws of,
:Merriman, Jefferson county; Charles S. Bagg,[...]ss, i\iarch :2, 1867.)
Robert Lawrence and Anson S. Potter, l\fad-[...]Beaver Head county; :\[eagher, secretary; Charles S. Bagg, presi-
James Stuart, Deer Lodge county;[...]hington J. lllcCormick, i\1adison county; Charles S. Bagg, Asa A.
llladison county; E. B. Johnson,[...]county; Thomas J. Lowry, Ezekiel S. \ Vilkin-
Second Session. (Extraordinary. L[...]d 11-l. Esler, Beaver Head county;
ernor; Anson S. Potter, president of the coun- Alexander E. i\1a[...]Peter iVIci\Iannus, Deer Lodge county; A. S.
Members of the Council: Erasmus D. i\[axwel[...]ac N. Buck,
Merriman, Jefferson county; Charles S. Bagg, Jefferson county; John L. i\fcCullo[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (684)[...]of the council ~
James Tufts, secretary; Charles S. Bagg, Alexander E. Mayhew, speaker of the house.[...]Vatson, Samutl Russell, 1\fadison county; Charles S.
Beaver Head county; Alexander Davis, Mad- Bagg and \¥alter B. Dance, Deer Lodge
ison county; Charles S. Bagg, Deer Lodge cbunty; Armistead H. Mitchell,[...]s, Gallatin county; Sample Orr, Choteau,
tim and S~muel \"lord. i.\fadison counties; Big Horn and ll[...]Choteau county; John P. Barnes and Andrew
Charles S. Bagg, preside•\! of the council; Cooper, 11-Ic[...]uncil : Thomas \Vat~n, David L. Shafer and Lester S. vVillson, Gal-
Beaver I-lead county; Alexander[...]latin and Big Horn counties.
ison county; Charles S. Bagg, Deer. Lodge Sixth Session. Held[...]Edgerton 1870.- James wl. Ashley, governor; Wiley S.
and Jefferson counties; Sample Orr, Choteau, Scr[...]1

Lodge county ; John A. Simms, Beaver Head s;muel \\lord, · Madison county; \Valier B.[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (685)[...]apital, December 4, 1871, to Jan- and Isaac S. Stafford, Madison county; Ed-
. uary 12, 1872.-B[...]\V. i\'lcCauley, Jefferson county; George S.
latia,, i\Ieagher and C~oteau counties.[...]and John \Villiams, Deer Lodge Jame.s E. Callawa)•, secretary; George \V.
co[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (686)[...]ierney, ll'feagher county; Alfred Cave,
and Isaac S. Stafford, i\ladison county; Ed- \Vashington J .[...]ert
ties; Charles \V. Sutton and Curtis' L . Har- S. Ford, Choteau and llleagher counties; Asa
ringto[...]'1itchell and Elihu B. \Vater-
son county; George S. Coleman and Cary i\:!. bury, Deer Lodge county;[...]Bass, i'II issoula county. man, Horatio S. Howell, H~nry H. ll1ood
i'llcmbcrs of the Hou[...]\ladison county; Henry
Beaver Head county; Robert S. Ford, Choteau B. Brainard and Louis Rotwi[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (687)[...]Lodge county; Caldwell Edwards and s~-.:rctary; Joseph K. Toole, president of the
\1/i[...]J. 1'[cCormick, :lfissoula county; Rol;ert S. Ford, Choteau and Dawson coun-
Paul l\IcC[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (688)[...]ferson
. ,apital, January 8, 1883, to i\1arch S, 1883.- county; \Villiam A. Chessman, Lewis[...]r H~ad
\Vhite, Beaver Head county; 1-ienry S. Back and i\Iadison counties; Jesse F. Ta[...]milton, Choteau and Daw- teau county; S. F. Biddle and John i\L Holt,
son counties;[...]or; Preston H. Leslie,
latin county; Joseph S. Allen and Peter B. governor; \\lilliam[...], 1885.-
B. Platt Carpenter, governor; John S. Tooker, tin county; Edward Cardwel[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (689)[...]Beaver l-Iead and ~ladison counties; Jesse F. and S. G. :\lurray, l\1issoula county; George
Taylor[...]y, Dawson county; John R. Toole and county; Frank S. \\1hitney, Yellowstone coun-
1\1. \1/.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (690)[...]JONS OF i\'lOZ\TANA E. Callaway and Horatio S. Howell, ~fadison[...]nvention of 1889.
H. Shober, John A. Johnston, A. S. i\1axwell, Held at Helena, July 4, 1889-Au[...]14, 18&!-Fcbru- Kohrs, Deer Lodge county, S. S. Hobson,
ary 9, 18&j. \Villiam A. Clark, presiden[...]bert gus county ; vValter Cooper, Charles S. Hart-
D. Smith, Beaver Head county; Timothy E.[...]w Carroll, Cornelius Hedges, Bickford, Charles S. i\farshall, \l\lilliam R.
William B. Hundley,[...]Ramsdell, Luke O. Hatch, vVilliam J. Kennedy
S<Oph K. Toole, Lewis and Clark county; Jame[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (691)[...].
Dixon, and Charles S. \Varren, Silver Bow John S. Tooker, A1ir. 21, 1..884; Oct. 22,
county; \Vill[...]ne E. Dickerson, messenger; \Vil- Jol111 S. Lott, Feb. 8, 1865; Nlar. 19, 1866.
liarn Alexan[...]John S. Rockfcllow, i\>far. 20, 1866; Dec. 11,
J. Schu[...]A. l.\f. S.' Carpenter, l.\iar. 4, 1867; Jan. 4,
James Tufts, Mar. 28, 1867; Apr. 19, 1869. 1868.
. \Viley S. Scribner, Apr. 20, 1869; July 18,[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (692)[...]1871.
Decius S. \Vade, i'<lar. 17, 1871; May 2, Corneliu[...]Biake, ,';lar. 26, 1889; Nov. 8, Robert S. Anderson, Nov. 5, 1877; July 15,[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (693)[...]111artin lllaginnis, J. E. Marion, Charles S .
. 30, 1885.[...], \Villiam i\fayger, P. \V. .?l{cAdow,
Robert S. Kelley, July 1, 1885; :\lar. 31, C. R. i\1i[...]64; l\'lar. 4, Toole, J. R. Toole, Charles S. \Varren, \ •Vill iam
1867.[...]r, Republican house;
i\[E~BERS OF l\1oNTANA S·rATt: CoNSTITU- Charles P. Blakely, speaker[...], \Varren C. Gillette, 0. district, \Villiam S. Becker, D., Dawson
F. Goddard, Fielding L. Grave[...]urteenth district, Cornelius J. Mc-
mond, Charles S. Hartman, H~nri J. Haskell, Namara, D., F[...]es E. Thompson, R., Park county; six-
0. Hickman, S. S. Hobson, Joseph Hogan, teenth[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (694)[...]district, Daniel J. Hen-
man, Meagher county; A. S. Blake, Thomas L . . nessy, Silver Bow county; e[...]Park county; Absa- thirteenth district, 'iVilliam S. Becker, Daw-
lom F. Bray, Peter R. Dolman, Frank[...]Mitchell, Chouteau county; Charles H. Loud
·s ih·an Hughes and John R. Toole, Deer an[...]n and Jefferson counties Meagher county; A. S. Blake, Thomas L ·
(joint).[...]31issoula county;
tal, January 5, 1891, to March S, 1891. Jo- Charles H. Eaton and Charl[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (695)[...]on-Held at Helena, the capital, county; Thomas S. Ash and Paul VanCleve,
January 2, 1893, to i\[...]of state; Alexander C. Botkin, lieutenant gov- S. \V. Graves, Thomas Ss entativcs-J. E . Fl~ming Steele, Lew is and Clark[...]Lockey and James H. l'<lur- · district, Charles S. Hurd, Valley county;
phy, Lew.is and[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (696)[...]ct, \Villiam C. Riddell, Lewis and Clark
county; S. Gordon and James S. Hopkins, county; eighth district, Jo[...]unty; James T. Anderson and Charles S. Hurd, Valley county; twenty-first
Archibald E.[...]lliam H.
and Joel J. Bond, Ravalli county; Edwin S. Cochrane and David E. Metlin, Beaverhea[...]orge H. Stanton and Charles F. Stork, Cas-
James S. Shropshire, \Vilbra H. Swett and cade[...]Lyman 'J. l',forgan,
B. Smith, governor; Thomas S. Hogan, secre- George L. Ramsey, Gallatin[...]n county; third district, P. l\1cCabe, Jam!'s Owens and Lewis Penwell,
Charles W. Hoffm[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (697)[...]unty; Stephen A. Bywater,
Smith, governor; Thomas S. Hogan, secre- Henry H. Garr and A. L.[...]pro tem., Jo-
county; fourteenth district, Simeon S. Hobson, seph A. Lewis, P. \,V. i\1urr[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (698)[...]Donaldson, \\Tillian1 J. Hartwig, Frederick S.
fifth district. James iVI: Kennedy, Deer Lo[...]\'lissoula •hart, Lewis and Clark county; E. S. Adkins,
county; seventh district, \Villiam[...]•
fourteenth district, Simeon S. :Hobson, Fergus Gilchrist, Thomas S. Kilgallon, Charles Lan-
county; fifteenth d[...]dent pro tem., Lewis and Clark
county; Edwin S. Becker and Charlei D. New- cou[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (699)[...]ict, E lmer J. Ander-
King, Fergus county; Harvey S. Cannon, Jo_hn son, i\1eagher county; tenth distr[...]ilver Bow county; eleventh district,
county; Jame.s E. $fart in, \-Vatter Henry Sales Kenneth[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (700)[...]D., Ravalli county; Fletcher i\1addox, R., ~s-
Frederick Gagner, John Morrissey, Timothy C.[...]·\Vellington l\1iles, R.,
Fergus county; Harvey S. Cannon, Joh!! Ro- Park county; J[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (701)[...]Lodge county;_\>\I. H. Haviland, D.,
county; John S. i\Iurphy, L., Silver Bow Silver Bow county; T. D[...]'Brien, Sil- A. \V. l\'liles, R., Park county; C. S. l\luffiy,
ver Bow county; John E. O'Connor, D.,[...]R., Beaverhead county.
R., Gallatin cou~ty ; Fred S. Sanden, L., House of Representat[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (702)[...]wis and Clark county; R. F. Fisher, D., s1>caker of the house.
Deer Lodge county; P. H. Ger[...]acob Albright, It, Madison coun-
soula county; 0. S. Goff, R ., Chouteau county; ty; J. B. An[...]Patten, R., Valley ley county.
county; S. L. Potter, R., Teton county; R. E. l[...]C. Arnett, R., Val-
R., Lewis and Clark county; S. Ross, R., 1Hs- ley county; D. D.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (703)[...]\'I. H. Dunnigan, R., .Deer
Clark county; J. S. Hammond, D., Silver Bow Lodge county; Jo[...]wis. and Clark county; T. 0. Larson, R.,
ty; S. . R. Kelsey, R., Custer county; T. S. Teton county; James E. Leary, D., Lincoln[...]eet Grass county; vV. F.
_Dawson county; Frank S. l\1etzel, R., l\<ladi• ?.feyer, R., Carbon county; C. S. ?11uffiy, 0.,
son county; Harold G. l\1itche[...]\1/. Pier- House of Representatives-Roy S. Alley,
son, D., Carbon county; H. C. Pomeroy,[...]; J. L: Asbridge, D.,
Flathead county; Joseph S. Roy, D., Deer Fergus county; John Ba[...]R. Safley, R., Gallatin . Clark county; C. S. Bell, R., Yellowstone ·
county; S. A. Shaw, R., Meagher county; J. count[...]wick, R., N. Blake, R., Deer Lodge county; S. O'N. C.
Deer Lodge county; Fred R. \1/arren,[...]A. \Verner, R., Lewis and Clark county; S.- J. Crouch, D., Broadwater
Clark county; Harr[...]county; Silver Bow county; Napoleon Ebert, S., Park
Frank \Voody, D., l\1issoula cou[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (704)[...]ncoln;
• i.-1c_Nally, D., Silver Bow county; I. S. i\1c- I. A. Leighton, R., Jefferson; D. S. i\1cKenzie,
Quitty, · D., Meagher cou11ty; \V[...]ter county; John N. Tolman, R., pen, Pro., Yellow's tone; E. J, ~rull, R., Mus-
Carbon county; S. F . Tuttle, D., Jefferson selshell; \Villiam Cutts, D., S~ver Bow; John
county; Harry J. Vaughan,[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (705)[...]T. S. Hogan, January 4, 1897, to January
Four poli[...]vember 8, 1889, to Janu• .S tate Auditors.
ary 2, 1893.
John E. Ri[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (706)[...]APPENDIX

Fourth district comprise.s i\lissoula, Ravalli Eighth district[...]counties.
Charles S. Marshall, 1889 to 1893.[...]1 to 1903.
t Elected for term of four ycar.s rom1itcncin~ on \V,. R. C. Stewart, 19[...]r an ;ttt'· creating
. :inothcr judge in 1hi-s district. • CreJu~d by an ~ct pused by the S«ond Le:;isl:-t•[...]Lincoln counties.
and Stillwate'r coi.tntie.s.[...]ohn E . Erickson, 1905 to 1913.t
Albert P. S tark, 1913.t[...]ley counties.. '
• Elected a s i ssociate ju$ticc o f the Supreme[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (707)[...]to i\lay
C:i.rbon, Rosebud :md Yellowstone comui<'s. 17, 1911.
t Re-elected for term of[...]f Resigned May Ir, 1900. '.\Ir. Clark w~s the $3111~
1894.[...]holding Cl:ark's aPl>Ointmcnt ,·oid. Ndthcr set of
\Villiam B.[...]ott, i\1arch 8, 1894, to 3, 1919,
i\1arch S, 1898.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (708)[...]Pray, March 4, 1907, to l\farch
Charles S. Hartn,an, l\farch 4, 1893, to 3, 1909.[...]y, l\'iarch 4, 1909, to l\'iarch
Charles S. Hartman, l\Iarch 4, 1895, to 3, 191 I.[...]Pray, iMarch 4, 1911, to l\farch
Charles S. Hartman, .March 4, 1897, to 3, 1[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (709)[...].\1issoula, l\1ont.; Calhoun, \Villiam,
s~ond Lieutei,ant : Charles H. H ill, i\lis- l\'lis[...]'Blacksmith: Frank !vi. Cronkrite, l\'Iis- S., l\1issoula, ?.'font.; O'lliara, J. 11'!., :Miss[...]1

Saddler: James E. Na ugh ton, l\'lissoula, Peterson, C. E., Jl,fissoul[...]\!ont.; Storey,
Privates: Ackerlund, G. S., ll'lissoula, F. A., ll1issoula, Mont.; T[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (710)[...]APPENDIX

soula, l\'lont.; Tracy, J. S., l\'lissoula, l\'lont.; ment; Belliveau, \Vi[...]clerk, Racine, \Vis. ; Connors, Charles S., cow-
TROOt> L.[...]nt. Gillespie, \Villiam S., cowboy, Butte,
Quartermaster Sergeant:[...]Milwaukee, ~,l ont.; Hunt, Thomas, cowboy, Gibboi1s,·ille,
\Vis.; Edward S. ll'lcRobcrt, telcgr. operator, Idaho; Johnson, \[...]n \Vraith, clerk, Butte, llfont.; Robert El- ence S., dentist; Lewis, George V., cowboy,
lis, Jr.[...]Joseph, cowboy, Butte, 1110111.; Sweet, \Villiam S., blacksmith'; Simp-
~font.; Alley, Ed[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (711)[...]ergeants: Elmer B. Carter, stockman. Bil- S., R. R. engineer, ·Livingston, J\1ont.; Hart,
li[...]llings, J\'1ont.; John E. Hughes, mail Almon S., miner, Lewistown, l\Jont; Johnston,[...]dwin J. Ranger, barber, Lumsden, Andrew S., cook, Shelton, \Vash. ;
Bridger, J\1ont.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (712)S26 APPEND[...]boy, boy, !\Iilcs City, ~lont.; Bruc-c, H. S., cowboy,
Billings, i\font.; \Villiamson, \Valli[...]o, tclegr. B., cowboy; Friebel, Henry, U. S . Arrny, war
operator, Bryan, lowa.[...]Glenn, James, cowboy, Chelsea, I. T.; Good-
1lap<:s, R. i\'l. S., ~liles City, i\'lont. man, \Villiam, c[...]orge A., cowboy, vVashing-
Corporals: Frederick S. Shaw, cowboy, ton, D. C.; Ho[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (713)[...]\\iounded.
i\r(ileS City, ~-font. ; S mith, Thomas 8 ., cowboy,[...]. 10, 1899; John
bo)•, 1\'liles City, i\'(ont.; S<tuires, Daniel, miner,[...]R. Hood, Q. \I. Sergt.,
U. S. V. · salesman, Bozeman[...]i\lont., newspaperman, i\•l aj. Grigshy's Rough
and Bat. A djt., county assessor, Lew istown, Riders, June , 5, 1898; Colin S. H ill, Sergt.
l\•(ont. ; Francis J. Adams, :\'[...]ed Peterson, nurse, Helena, )font.;
37th Inf., U. S. V. July 10, 1899; v\im. B.
H anna, 1st. Lt., Bat[...]Charles S. Patterson, student, Bozema.n, ~font.
37th Inf., U. S. V. July 13, 1899.
Re.signe[...]ine,
James \V. Drennan, i\lajor, died of Bright's Stockton, Cal., blacksmith, by[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (714)S2S APPENDIX[...]tra\·eling man, Butte, 1\1font; Colin S. Hill, 2nd
I~.[...]inster, \\1ass.; John J. E,:ans, miner, Butte,
U. S. V., by order, August 22, 1899. · ~font.; J 01111 S. Forsberg, clerk, Belt, t.1ont. ;[...]l plasterer, Bulle, ll'f<:mt.; ~lartin S. Hall, miner,
4, 1899; Alfred Cashmore, pr[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (715)[...]i\lont.; Frank Otis, to Co. I, June 6, 1S93; F rank S. iVfeNeil, i\la-
miner, Butte, ?-.iont.; Char[...]n, Ohio; T. J. Renaux, stone mason, 1S93; \ Vm. P . ~1ukahy, Helena, 1110111., elec-[...]. Tate, cabinet maker, Butte, ve~ber 26, 1S93,
:llont. ; James C. Taylor, paperhanger, Bu[...]ry 10, 1899; Jos. Frant-
order, November 14, 1S93; Adolph lVI. Clay, 1.en, wounded at S[...]e ngineer, cheek, lV!ay 24, 1899; l\{artin S. Hall, wou,fded
disability, September 3, 1899[...]ounded at
saloonkeeper, by order, October 6, 1S93; Edw. San Fernando, P. 1., in head, 1\l[...]action at
:\lont., miner, by order, September S, 1899; l.a Loma church, P. I., Match 25,[...]L. James, Butte, ~font., miner, by F. S tanley, died at ~lanila, P . I., of typhoid
o[...]• •
0 der, September S, 1899; J esse -J. Norgaard, Guy[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (716) S30 A[...]miner, Gilt Edge,
Lewistown, ~lout.; Edw. L. S kinner, sergeant, '..\lont.; Ray 0. She[...]ont.; Frank .M . Partridge, artificer.. U. S. V.; Albert Pfaus, corporal, Lewistown,
· ca[...]G. Nielson, corporal, Lewistown,
P rivate.s: Anton Bisjak, miner, Gilt Edge, ~iont..[...]Geo. H. Burmaster, clerk, Lewis- U. S. V. ; Carl A. Anderson, Lewistown,
town, 1\l[...]stown, re-enlisted Thirty-sc,·enth U. S. V.; Edward
'..\lont. ; Ah-in i'.I. Hill, te[...]ster, 6, 1899, re-enlisted Thirty-seventh U. S. V.;
Sand Coulee, i\lont.; Shelton N.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (717)[...]r B. Brinton, ser-
re-enlisted Thirty-seventh U. S. V. geant, motorman, Butte, ~\<lo[...]Butte, l\lont. ; Chas. Brinton, student, Butte,
S, 1899; Edward i\•( . \Veaver, corporal, ~·Iont[...]ont.; Frank Franzen, laborer, Butte, l\·Iont.;
·s houlder, Februaty 23, 1899; Percy C. Bull-[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (718)[...]tember 29,. 1899; E. V. D. Jlluq,hy.
)font.; Zuar S. \.Vright, machinist, Butte, first sergeant, i\la[...]cook to Company K.
Capt Co. J'I', Thirty-sixth U. S. V. Aug,ist 5, 1898; \Varner A.[...]8; John H. l\:lcPherson. Butte, :\1ont..
Frank S. O'Neill, Mus. l\'lanila, P. I. :\liner. · silve[...]6, 1898;
By order, July 3, 1899. Thirty-sixth U. S. V. Edw. T: l\'loran, Butte, Jl{ont., clerk to Co[...]r sergeant,
order, Aug. 1.2, '99. Thirty-sixth U. S. V. wounded at Caloocan, P. I., i'i1 le[...]Deserted.
By order, July 3, 1899. Thirty-sixth U. S. V.
John Percell, Oakland, Cal. Plumber[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (719)[...]lieutenant, stenographer, Great Fa11s, i\!ont.;[...]cis J. Gray,
Butte, l\1ont.; Chas. S. Hoermann, first ser- fireman, Great Fa[...]Frank Bates, cook, _machinist, Great .Fa11s, Mont,; Ah-in F. Plottner, barber, Gr[...]ls, :Mont.; John F. Ferg,1- Mont.; Robt. S. Rothweiltcr, laborer, Great
son, w[...]reat Falls, !11ont.; F, Thirty-seventh U. S. V.; Thos. P. A. Howe,
v\lm. R. Bro[...]order, August 15, 1899, Thirty-seventh U. S.
Paul, ~1inn.; Sherman A. Burger, t[...]\\Im. E. July 4, 1899, Thirty-sixth U. S. V.; Patrick
Charette, carpe[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (720)[...]APPEN DIX

1899; Robt. S. l\Iatheson, l.\<fanila, P. I., fire- wounded[...]ever, September 2, 1898; Henry C.
Thirty-sixth U. S. V.; Jas. B. Shaw, '.\lanila, Beecher, ki[...]Falls, !11ont., druggist, to first Thomas S. Dillon, captain, soldier, Ana-
lieutenant[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (721)[...]ENDIX S35
~iont.; Frank Faley, laborer, Anaconda,[...], Anaconda, enlisted Thirty-Sixth U. S. V. ; iMartin K.
i\'l ont.; James Colden, l[...], .?.font.; Paul Harmon, waiter, seventh U. S. V.; Thomas 1\1alloy, Anaconda,
J\n~conda, i[...]aborer, Anaconda, re-enlisted Thirty-seventh U. S. V.; John P.
Mont.; James I\1cDcvitt, miner,[...]ant, to captain, Company L,
ll1ont.; Richard S. Ryan, laborer, Anaconda, August 2, 1899;[...]June 11, • 1898; Jeremiah
""hirty-sixth U. S. V.; John Cavin, corporal, l\lahoney, Anac[...]kc, musician, laborer, Ana-
Thirty-seventh U. S. V.; Henry Bode, mu-[...]-Thomas S. Dillon, captain, wounded in left
ber S, 1899; John Ointon, artificer, Anaconda,. s ide, near Santo Tomas, P. I., i'.fay 4, 1899;[...]h 1899; Patrick i\1cBride, first sergeant,
U. S. V.; Hoyt B. Cooper, Anaconda, Mont., woun[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (722)[...]ed Pierstorff, clerk, Bozeman, Mont.; Edw. S.
in action, near Santo Tomas, P. I., i\fay[...]Discharged.
clerk, Bozeman, i\-Iont.; Jas. S. Dolliver, ser- Daniel T . Bowman, Manila, P.[...]olds, sergeant, teamster, Boze- Thirty-seventh U. S. V.; Edw. P. Brown,
man, l\font.; Chas. J.[...]Mont.; Oscar G. Hod- re-enlisted Thirty-sixth U. S. V.; Edw. l\1.
son, corporal, miner, Bozem[...]Volkey, musician, clerk, Helena, 1·1ont.; Albert S. Hicks, Livingston, Mont., clerk, dis-
A History of Montana Volume 1 (723)[...]y A, January 24, 1899.
listed Thirty-seventh U . S. V.; Martin
Keoug h, Great Falls, Mont., brakema[...]ugust 31, 1899; Robt. :Mahaffy, Ma- Erne.s t V. D. Murphy, corporal, Manila,
nila, P. •·'[...]y B, June 22,
1899, re-enlisted Thirty-seventh U. S. V. 1898; Ceo. \V. Ingram, Helena, Mon[...]$; Myles O'Connor, Butte, l\1ont., miner,
enth U. S. V.; Edw. T. ilioran, Butte, Mont., to Company B, December 21, 1898; Chas. S.
derk, by order, A ug ust 6, l898; Peter Norvc,[...]Irving C. Smith, Butte, l\iont., assaye.r, to
S. V.; Geo. Reynolds, llianila, P. I., herder, .[...]on, Augusta, t-'lont., musician, to Reg. Band,
U. S. V.; \:Vm. Seaman, Bozeman, l\i!ont., J[...]ft thigh and
4, 1899, re-enlisted Thirty-sixth U. S. V.;[...]1899; Albert S. Hicks, wounded in left shoul-
abHity, NovembCr 2[...]o-
gust 4, 1899, re-enlisted :rhirty-sc,·enth U. S.[...]April 27, 1899; \Varren :Morris, wounded in
lJ. S. V.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (724) S38 APPENDIX

Co. L-S£coNo BATTALION. ena, Mont. ;[...]lson, laborer, Helena,
conda, i\1ont.; F red. S. Yaeger, first lieuten-[...]er, Big Timber;
Helena, i\1ont.; Charles ·R. S,utton, quarter[...]ont.; \.Yalter
sergeant, 1nacbinist, East Hs)~na, Mont.;[...]listed ·Thirty-seventh U. S. V.; Charles- Al-
liam L. Kindall, cook, labb[...]t, corporal, Helena, i\1ont., clerk, by
Harry S. Strong, artificer, 1!1achinist, Helena, order, A[...]riggs, enginee_r, i\lont., lawy~r. by order, June S, 1898; George
i\{ilan, i\1ich.; Ralph Bushnel[...]ashill, Manila, P. I., butcher, by
Cal.; John S. Herald, miner, H<!lena, l\1ont.; order, A[...]

A History of Montana Volume 1 (725)[...]farmer, Columbia Falls, Mont.; Edward S.
Asa L. Fisk, Helena, 1\Jlont., printer,[...], P. I., February 22, 1899. ~ark, S. 0., George \V. Hatt, barber, vVihning-[...]Oscar Herbert, miner, Sand Coulee;
Eugene S. F~cnch, second lieutenant, killed i'llont[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (726)[...]der, by order, January 25, 1899.
?11ont. ; John S. \Vise, farmer, Columbia Falls, Anton Str[...]Capt., i\fanila, P. I., law-
thirty-seventh U. S. V. yer, to captain[...]in left side, near Bocaue, P. I.,
• seventh U. S. V. .[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (727)[...]rt R . listed captain Thirty-sixth U. S. V.
Champion, musician, teamstc'r, Virgi[...]1899.
Faires, farnler, Salina, ~{o.; Ja.s. Francis, Curtis E. Brooks, Nlanil[...]ty, ~font.; Jefferson G. Garrett, U. S. V.
miner, ~heridan, ~1ont.; Edgar Guidr[...]eamster, Adobetown, l\{ont.; . Fay U. S. V.
A History of Montana Volume 1 (728)[...]r, Butte, ll!ont.; Frank ~!or ford, Q.
. sixth U. S. V. i\[. S[...], Corp., electrician, Butte, Mont.; Louis S. Hoff-
teamster, disability, April 20, 1899:[...].xson, tnusician, student, Butte, i\·Iont.;
U. S. V.[...]shall, died of wounds received ·Edgar S. Paxson, 1st Lieut., Butte, i\1ont.,
in a[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (729)[...]first lieutenant Thirty-seventh U. lJ. S. V.
S. V.[...];i., P. I., miner, Oy
. captain Thirty-seventh U. S. V. order; August 18, 1[...]n, wagoner, l\fanila., P. I., Jos. S. Robinso,\, Butte, Mont., clerk, by
engineer, by[...]899. Re-enlisted '}'hirtr•se,·enth
seventh U. S. V. . U. S. V.
Edgar B. Benware, l\(anila, P. I., butche[...]9; Geo. \V.
\:\1m. H. Fifer, l\ianila, P. I., s..,tcsman, by[...]1st 18, 1899. S till, St. Paul, ~linn., stenographer, to C[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (730)[...].;
1899; \ Vm. H. Yost, wounded in left thigh Ray S. Conger, paintc(, Dillon, !\font.; Dennis
near ~f[...]ohn
ahan river, ' P . I., ~larch 25, 1899; Edw .. S. Hank, miner, Newton, Ill.; Jas. 111. Harney,
i\'[...]rchant, Great Dillon, )font.; Albert S. Lloyd, laborer, Ana-
Falls, ;\lont.; Fred'k Bird[...]ony, Idaho; O tto ?<I. Olsen, la-
lllont.; Albert S. Jo1mson, Scrgt., barber, DiJ. borer,[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (731)[...]wounded in right
van, miner. Butte, ~(ont.; John S. Taylor,[...]ward L. Hanlon, 1st Sergt., bookkeeper, Ana-
U. S. V.[...]D. Hunter, Q. i'll. Sergt.,
Harry C. Falls, U. S. A., transport, engi• assayer; Anacond[...]Mont., painter, Anaconda, i\lont.; Andrew S. Jensen, cook,
to Regimental Band, June 6,[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (732)[...]July 29, 1899, re-enlisted Thirty-sixth U. S.
James Casey, laborer, Anaconda, Mo[...]J. Gom1an, laborer, Thirty-sixtli U. S. V. ; Edwin J. Godahl, Ma-
A nacond[...]ricklayer, re-enlisted Thirty-seventh U. S. V. ; \ Vm. E. '
Anaconda,[...], 1899, re-enlisted Thirty-sixth U. S. V.; John
l·lelCna, 1\-Iont.; Bart[...]da, i\font.; Adolph Meihofer, U . S. V.; \Vm. A. Hill, llfanila, P. I., en--[...]st, by o rder, August 191
i\-lorton S. Railey, clerk, Anaconda, i\-lont.; 1899[...]P. I., !~borer, by order,.
Carl A. S teinmetz, jeweler, Helena, •Mont.; July 1, 1899, re-enlisted Thirty-sixth U. S. V. c
Gustav J. Tente, laborer, Ana[...]., clerk, by order, August 19,
S. A. J. Dorn, first lieutenant, Helena,[...]ea, sergeant, l\ianila, P. I., miner, Infantry, U.S. A., September 1, 1898; Alfred
1[...]P. I., sailor, to Company
sixth U. S. V.; Florence vV. Condon, corporal, H, June 7, 18[...]1899, re-enlisted Thirty-sixth U. SS. Lin- \\founded.[...]1899 ~
re-enlisted Thirty-sixth U. S. V.; Cl]arJes F . Barney O'Neill, wagoner,[...]
A History of Montana Volume 1 (733)[...]~Iay 24, 1899; RosTE.R OP ).loNTAXA S 1c:-;,,L CoRrs
JOS. Callaghan, wounded in[...]action, at San telegrapher, Logan; Mont.; J. vV. S teiner,
Fernando, P. I., June 3, 189[...]

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