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Life of Joseph Kipp Pioneer Upper Missouri Trader
Joseph Kipp, son of James Kipp a Fort Union trader, rose from Fort Union and Fort Benton to lead in Montana fur trade and later stock raising. He learned Sioux and Crow tongues, hunted with Piegan and Mandan tribes, and built posts at Belly river and Bear Paws. He fought to recover a stolen horse, guided Col. Baker after the Baker massacre, faced U S marshal Harding, then moved to Montana and built Fort Conrad before stock trading with the Blackfeet and Piegan. He died at Browning on December 10, 1913, leaving three children and adopted kin.
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Joseph Kipp
Missouri River
Montana
James Kipp
Montreal
United States
St. Louis
American Fur Company
Upper Missouri
Prince Maxmillian
George Catlin
Blackfeet
MacKenzie
Marins
Fort Union
Yelowstone
Missouri
Baptiste Rondin
Kipp
J. W. Schultz
Four Bears
Earth Woman
Fur Company
Fort Benton
Andrew Dawson
Joe Kipp
George Steel
Matt Carrol
Ft. Benton
Piegan
St. Joseph
Ft. Shaw
Baker
Col. Baker
Malcom Clark
Piegans
Rockies
Edmonton
Hudson Bay Company
Red River
Fort
Tt. Benton
Belly River
Charles Thomas
Harding
Helena
Marshal
Canadian
Milk River
T. J. Healey
A. B. Hamilton
St. Mary’s
Belly
St. Whoo
St. Wipp
Old Man’s Rivers
Winnipeg
Canada
Dupuyer
Fort Conrad
J. G. Baker
Crow Creek
Warm Springs Creek
Judith River
Schultz
Fort Carroll
James McDevitt
Blackfoot Reservation
Browning
Heary Runner
Mary
James
George Kipp
William
Margaret Fitzpatrick
Sand Hills