White Scout Leads Kootenai in 1858 Battle With Blackfeet
Billy Hamilton of Stillwater country near Columbus acted as de facto chief for the Kootenai in a brief 1858 clash with the Blackfeet. He and ally Alex McKay aided, traded lodge goods, and helped secure horses and plunder as the village fled toward the Tobacco plains, with reinforcements feared and battles fought along the trail.
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Billy Hamilton
Columbus
Hamilton
Amilton
Alex McKay
Wright
Washington
Rocky Mountains
McKay
St. Mary’s Lake
Tobacco Plains
Neasy
Blackfeet
Black Bear
Saskatchewan
Lewis
Kootenai
Bar
Ern
Indian siege near Kootenai river halted by smoke and fire
Hamilton describes a tense encounter where Blackfeet attack near the Kootenai river. Squaws dig rifle pits and support the siege while Hamilton and the Kootenais counter with improvised fires and salves. The Hudson Bay trader joins the camp as Blackfeet withdraw after a feint assault and a rout ensues.
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Tobacco Plains
Home
Kootenai River
Hamilton
Wright
Hudson Bay Co
Blackfeet
Washington Leads Farm Income With 55 Percent Gain
Washington state posts a 55 percent surge in farm marketings income totaling 31,545,008, while the 11 western states collectively show mixed gains and a national total of 1,495,000,000, down 5 percent from 1938. Wheat sales and government loans boost western earnings amid regional variances.
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Montana
Washington State
Washington
Far West
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
Oregon
Idaho
Wyoming
Montana 4-H Livestock Team Places Fifth at Spokane Show
Lloyd Williams of Montana Bay High was high individual in the livestock judging contest at the junior fat stock show in Spokane. The Montana team finished fifth among 58 teams from Washington Idaho and Montana, with 25 hogs and 7 beef calves entered by Lake Missoula and Gallatin counties. About 500 head total were shown and sellers earned roughly $1,000. 4-H exhibitors won $216 in prize money.
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Montana Bay High
Lloyd Williams
Missoula County
Spokane
Montana
Washington
Idaho
Ray E. Cameron
Montana State College
Montana Club
Lake
Missoula
Gallatin
Cameron
Montana Guards Promote Three State Ranks and Appoint
The Montana national guard three man examining board announced promotions for Charles W. Hash of Billings from second lieutenant to first lieutenant and Harold Siqueland of Glasgow from first lieutenant to captain, plus Chester H. Bradbury of Billings appointed second lieutenant from sergeant. Colonel Lyman E. Moore said further exams are not expected until July and those recommended will be sent to the ninth corps area headquarters for approval.
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Montana National Guard
Lyman E. Moore
Charles W. Hash
Billings
Harold Siqueland
Glasgow
163D Infantry
Leutenant
Chester H. Bradbury
Moore
Ninth Corps
A White Man Defends Superiority in Battle Claims
The speaker asserts white superiority in fighting and states that 50 trappers would have devastated the Blackfeet if present. He claims the Blackfeet were whipped with few casualties, clearing the path for Hamilton Settee to Colonel Wright's command.
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Hamilton
Hamiltons
Wright
Exhibition Swing rises in Glasgow as Lambeth walk successor
In Glasgow Scotland a new dance craze named Exhibition Swing is declared the successor of the Lambeth walk. It incorporates steps from famous past dances including the Vel eta and the Charleston.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Montana Wildlife Federation seeks 100000 for game preservation
The Montana Wildlife Federation urged Senator Wheeler to sponsor a bill to appropriate 100000 for game conservation on federal reclamation projects in Montana. Directors also backed creating a state migratory waterfowl refuge, redrafting selection rules for the state fish and game commission, and forming a fish and game fact finding commission.
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Wildlife Federation
Wheeler
The
Montana Wildlife Federation
B. K. Wheeler
Montana
Senator Wheeler
Federation
Billings
State Fish and Game Commission
Brown and Kleinschmidt Lakes
Powell County
Roy EB
Ayers
Sun River
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Daren T
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