Piegan Bakers Fight With Indians on Yellowstone Frontier
Grace Stone Coates recounts Major Baker leading a military escort to a Northern Pacific survey party near Prior Creek Yellowstone Aug 14 1872. The engagement left 2 killed or missing while 11 Indians killed or wounded and 25 beeves driven off. The survey resumed next day but the plan shifted to Musselshell river after Aug 18 due to fears for camp protection and delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piegan
Baker
Yellowstone
Grace Stone Coates
Mead
Mangel Wurzel
Piegan” Baker
Tie
Northern Pacific
Prior Creek
Edward J. McClernand
Musselshell River
Missouri
Pemmican Through the Ages in Montana and Byrd’s South Pole
The article traces pemmican from Montana Indians making the meat berry mix for sustenance to traders and trappers, then to a modern Byrd expedition ration using beef and currants or raisins. It notes primitive and sanitary contrasts and the product’s value as a compact food source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elno
Pioneer
Montana
South Pole
Richard E. Byrd
South Polar
Was Valuable Food Indians Sold to Whites
Berthold era notes describe pemmican as valued for high food value and compact size. Byrd and party used large quantities for emergency polar rations, with Indians drying meat over fires for two days and making buffalo hide sacks for storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commander Byrd
South Polar
Untold Camp Meal Ritual Described With Buffalo Hides
The passage outlines a camp meal setup with buffalo hide sacks suspended from trees for filling. It describes layering powdered meat, rendered marrow, and pulped fruit in the sacks. A barefoot papoose is placed inside the sack as part of the described procedure.
Montana in 1870 The Postgold Commonwealth Forms
By 1870 Montana's population reached about 40,000 with half identifying as Indians. The largest county was Lewis and Clark, Helena held 3,000 residents, and Virginia City declined to under 900 as mining shifted to quartz, stockraising grew, and farmers faced limited markets and no railroads. Five Rollins College students study at Exeter under a cooperative program.
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Paul C. Phillips
Montana
Europe
Lewis and Clark
Helena
Deer Lodge County
Deer Lodge City
Pioneer Gulch
Blackfoot City
Silver Bow
Beartown
Butte
Madison County
Virginia City
Ruby Valley
Missoula County
Madison
Cedar Creek
Bitter Root
Frenchtown Valley
Missoula
St. Ignatius
Jefferson
Meagher
Beaverhead County
Annack
Gallatin County
Chouteau County
Fort Benton
Big Horn
Dawson Counties
Instant Cold Relief with Bayer Aspirin
A vintage advertisement touts Bayer Aspirin as the fastest safest way to curb a cold. It recommends drinking water every 2 to 4 hours the first day and 3 to 4 times daily afterward, plus dissolving crushed tablets for sore throat gargling.
Pemmican Trade and Indian Hunting Trails in Fort Benton Era
In the Fort Benton region old traders recall how pemmican was made by Indians during hunts. They describe camps along game runs, drying racks hundreds of yards long, bone and fruit processing, and mass packing for shipment to St Louis. Traders such as Wilkins note sales at trading posts and the role of pemmican in 1873–74 commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Benton
St. Louis
Wilkins
Mr. Wilkins
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Lieut
McClernand
Jay Cook and Company
Walter Bridges
Great Falls
John J. Holmes
Bridges
Holmes
Rollins College
University College of the South West
Exeter
England
BAYER
China
State Historical Society
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