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Surviving 27 Wounds Native Scout Joe McMullen of Montana
The chronicle recounts Joe McMullen a northern Montana fur trapper who survived 27 wounds from a Sioux attack on the Marias River while his Piegan wife was killed. He later fought in the Civil War and with General Sibley against the Sioux before resuming trapping at Fort Benton and near Whoop-Up. The tale notes his long recovery, later work with the Gilber family, and his status as a pioneer figure among early western settlers.
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Joe McMullen
Montana
Assinniboines
Marias River
AL. H. Willins
Grace Stone Coates
Joe
Gracestone Coates
Red Falls
Grant
Sibley
Fort Benton
John J. Healy
al Hamilton
Healy
Hamilton
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Salisbury
Benton-Helena
The
Gil
Slim Jim Rutherford
John Poleete
Sun River
John Healy
Healy and Hamilton
Whoop-Up
Alaska
Chouteau City
Birch Creek
Leete
Cut Bank
McMullen
Wilkins
Hight Mile Springs
Teton