Indians in Montana Army units Prove a Headache to Officers
Army efforts to train Indian recruits in the late 1800s faced discipline and reliability challenges. Accounts from Fort Keogh and Tongue River detail failed obedience, furloughs, and incidents where Indian troops resisted orders and pilots, including a Cheyenne troop under Lieut. F C Marshall. The era highlighted distrust between officers and Indian soldiers amid frontier duties and volatile frontier politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Sharpe
17Th Infantry
United States
Tongue River Agency
Mont
F. C. Marshall
Eighth Cavalry
Sam
Sharpe
Fort Keogh
Marshall
Lame Deer
Pioneer Press of
St. Paul
Crooks
West Point
Jeff Fort
Musselshell
Montana
Junction
Yellowstone River
Crippled Children Helped by Modern Surgery at Billings
Photographs show a 38 year old with bowed legs improved to straight, a burn victim regaining use of a leg after plastic surgery, and a club foot youth facing life free from handicap. An Indian baby with birth defects was made normal by orthopedic hospital school surgeons at St Vincents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Han
St. Vincents
Billings
Montana Fur Trade Yields About a Quarter Million, Officials Say
State game officials report Montana trappers and fur farms earned roughly 250000 dollars last winter. Numbers show 2972 foxes shipped, 27776 muskrat hides, 6973 beaver furs, and 305 marten with mink receipts averaging five fifty each. Fur farms now supply much of the state’s pelts under tight supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
State Game Board
Jack W. Carney
State Fish and Game Commission
State Department
State Fish and Game Department
Northwest
Breen Ok
New WPA Projects in Montana Reach 907000 Total
The president approved 907493 in WPA projects in Montana for December, including a statewide sewing rooms program costing 685151 to employ 1892 women across 56 counties. Other items include golf course upgrades, a county fairgrounds project, and renovations to public buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Works Progress Administration
Joseph E. Parker
WPA
Parker
Dawson County
Glendive
Deer Lodge
Anaconda
Flathead
Whitefish
Gallatin
Bozeman
Jefferson
Clancy
Lewis and Clark
Prickly Pear Creek
East Helena
Madison
Moter
State Orphans
Twin Bridges
Park
Livingston
Roosevelt
Key Peck
Wheatland
Shawmut
Yellowstone
Huntley Experimental Station
State Board of Health
Laurel
Billings
Old fashioned pneumonia warning urges bed rest and prompt care
County physician Dr. J L Mondloch warns that pneumonia often follows ordinary winter colds and stresses bed rest at first sign, rapid medical attention, and immediate serum treatment if typed. He notes pneumonia’s variability, symptoms like chills and chest pain, possible complications, and the need for careful nursing and hydrotherapy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Mondloch
Silver Bow
Mondloch
Also Mentioned on This Page
Army
Lou” Grill
War Department
H. C. Thompson
Fifth Infantry
Wyoming
Stockgrowers Journal
Miles City
Big Head
Eighth Infantry
Fort Washakie
Ray
Shoshone
Smith
James C. Clifford
Tongue River
Agency
United States District Attorney
Gallatin Chick News
Gallatin Chick Matchery
Alps
Mount Whitney
KFBB
Great Falls
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