Indians Say Killing Indians Part of Early Hunters Work
Two New York men traveling with Montana trappers in December 1848 joined a Pryor mountains winter camp. A three day snowstorm preceded a swift response as ten trappers and the visitors pursued and killed five Blackfeet Indians after an attack on their camp, with two trappers wounded and the group debating how to prevent news of their presence from spreading.
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New York
Green River
Wyo
Francis Bovey
Pryor Moun
Montana
William T
Billy” Hamilton
Montana Historical Society
Pryor Mountain
Wind River
Wyoming
Pryor Creek
Vey
E. W. Townsend
Great Falls
The
Perkins
Forks
Fort Bridger
California
Independence
Hamilton
Hangtown
Calif
Trappers Ambush Indians Then Launch Wolf Mountains Hunt
In 1849 a party of eight trappers and two guests ambushed Indians on a cone butte after scouts spotted a smoke signal plan. They killed two attackers, recovered scalps, and stayed to guard camp until winds hid trails. A skin hunt followed before a planned Wolf mountains expedition was abandoned due to nearby buffalo camps.
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Ned Williams
Hunt
Wolf Mountains
Wolf Range
Tongue River
Goose Creek
Influenza Leads Montana Disease Toll in 1937
Montana physicians reported 12 889 influenza cases for 1937 with a single month tally of 10 494 amid a statewide epidemic. Syphilis cases rose to 659 from 471, while diphtheria and other illnesses also appeared in the year’s figures. The state board notes a possible rise in reported syphilis due to more doctors testing.
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Montana
State Board of Health
B. K. Kilbourne
An. Sercerate
Kilbourne
Martha and Bull to Make Picture in Montana
Beaverhead County agent Bernard Williams told the annual Montana extension service conference in Bozeman that county agents should cooperate with the motion picture industry. He said Beaverhead has bulls meeting a rough exterior and gentlemanly soul criteria for a Martha Raye film opposite the star, though the plan was not approved. Williams pledged to proceed independently claiming Beaverhead can supply many suitable bulls due to a mellow climate.
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Bernard Williams
Beaverhead
Montana Extension Service
Bozeman
Williams
Martha Raye
Bozeman Group
Montana
Mexico
Trappers Meet Crow and Shoshone Allies on Pony Path
A party of 27 white trappers returned from Pryor Mountain camp and met Iron Bull’s Crow band near Greybull creek, avoiding a fight. Chief Washakie and his Shoshone scouts encountered them while buffalo hunting, and five Indians attacked the herd, wounding a herder as six horses were taken before retreat to Bull Lake.
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Pryor Mountain
Big Horn
Iron Bull
Greybull Creek
Washakie
Bull Lake
Ned Williams
Jack Perkins
Fred Douglas
Anniversaries Observed In 1939 Milestones Plan By Montana Committee
Gov. Roy E Ayers announced the formation of a Montana anniversaries committee to stage observances in 1939 the year marking Montana statehood and other historic milestones including the forts and Bible arrival. The panel lists Ayers Ritch Freebourne Reardon Mitchell Miller Simmons Hamilton and others with plans for a state exposition and legislative submission. Meanwhile trappers recount a frontier expedition with injuries hunts and journeys to Fort Bridger Hangtown and California amid the Mexican War and gold discovery news.
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Montana
Roy E. Ayers
Ayers
John B. Ritch
H. J. Freebourn
Public Instruction
Ruth Reardon
Sam Mitchell
Montana Pioneer Society
John H. Miller
University
George Finlay Simmons
J. M. Hamilton
Bozeman State College
Fort Union
Oregon Territory
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Ad
A vintage appeal suggesting Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieves nervous tension and functional disorders in women. It claims generations of women recommend the product and invites readers to buy from their druggist with many letters of benefit.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Nature
Pinkham
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