How the Blackfeet Indians Became Foes of White Race
A historical account of the early Montana era detailing the killing of a Piegan hostage by Lewis and Clark expedition members and the ensuing vendetta that shaped Blackfeet and Piegan relations. It covers fur trade collapse, Manuel Lisa’s trading post at Three Forks, and decades of white-Indian hostility fueled by the Calf Looker incident and subsequent reprisals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Meriweather Lewis
Lewis and Clark
St. Louis
Missouri Fur Company
Astor
Marias River
Lewis
Clark
Marins
New Republic
Piegan
Marias
Great Falls
Missouri
Oregon
Washington
Lisa
Three Forks
Jefferson River
Gallatin Valley
Major Henry
Henry
The Fewer Creditors A Man Has
The quote reflects on how reducing creditors lightens financial burden and bolsters confidence. It suggests fewer debts allow a person to face the world with steadier resolve and dignity.
Local and Regional News Digest Highlights Montana Leaders and Ventures
A Montana roundup reports on new groups and projects including a Camp Fire Girls organization in Wolf Point, a proposed gymnasium in Perry, oil drilling near Conrad, and a federal farm loan association in Medicine Lake. Other items note bond votes for water plants, a death in Shields Valley, land purchases, flax output, water system bonds, a boy frozen near Potomac, long horseback journeys, coal price pledges, a major fire at Plentywood creamery, a new 100 barrel flour mill, and various civic and business developments across towns like Billings, Great Falls, Helena, and Missoula.
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Wolf Point
Sidney
Shields Valley
Montana
Lewistown
John Mumm
Pendleton
Ore
Warr- Beebe
Medicine Lake
Sheridan County
Geraldine
Missoula
Adelore Lafrinire
Potomac
Blackfoot
Emma Groll
Gladys
Elgin
Helena
W. J. Swindlehurst
John Mayberry
Great Falls
Montana Gas Traction Company
Billings
State
Springdale
Hunters Hot Springs
Plentywood
Watertown
S. D
Robert Melved
G. M. Miles
Miles City
IE. C
Wheatland
Sweetgrass County
Chamber of Commerce
Hoover
J. F. Logan
Great Western Sugar Company
Crazy Mountains
Butte
Big Timber
G. C. Cress
Baptist Missions
Carnegie Hero Commission of
Pittsburgh
Spring Creek
G. T. Peterson
Idaho Falls
Ida
A. Andreen
Big Sandy
O. B. Olson
Jack Milburn
Bozeman
Austin
Tex
New York
Egypt
Aviation
Young Canadian Desertion Forces Butte Bride to England
Pretty 18 year old Mrs. Joseph Thompson, wife of 26 year old miner Thompson, faces deportation from Butte to England after her husband deserted from the Canadian army and is to stand court martial in Canada. She will accompany her mother to New York and then England under deportation law, while her husband is returned at the ship's expense.
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Joseph Thompson
Butte
England
Canada
Thompson
Eighty-Ninth Batallion Base
Engineers’ Corps
Ennerdale Road
Clealer
Cumberland
Eng
America
Montana
Steamboat Company
Stuck
New York
Steamship Company
United Kingdom
New 300 Candle Power Light Offered to Readers
An army on the border uses a 300 candlepower lantern that turns night into day. It shines as bright as twenty lamps, burns 15 hours per fill, and costs a quarter cent per hour. Free to readers via Acorn Brass Mfg Co Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acorn Brass Mfg. Co
Chicago
Noted Montana musician dedicates his last piece to pioneers
Thos. P. Westendorf, famed Montana composer, writes Dear Montana with words by Effie Hardin Longmuir. The piece honors Montana pioneers and is marketed by Reeves Music House, Melena, at 25 cents per copy, with other sheet music available.
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Montana
Thos. P. Westendorf
Kathleen
Reeves Music House
South Main Street
Melena Mont
Grain and Mill Auditing Firms in Great Falls MT
Hawley Clark and Co specialists in grain and mill auditing at 74 Tod block Great Falls Montana. Douglas Wilson and Co Inc located at 403 Ford building Great Falls Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawley-Clark & CO
Tod Block
Great Falls
Montana
Douglas Wilson & Co., Inc
Ford Building
Classified land offers from Montana and Spokane brokers
Classified notices advertise 760 acres near a Great Northern rail line Montana a $27 50 per acre sale terms with state contract option and 185 acres irrigated 70 alfalfa 250 dry land near Logan recession price 25 000. Also land scrip farm prospects in Alberta Great Falls and Spokane Washington listings for farms from 11 to 30 per acre thirty year terms with 6 percent interest from Collins Realty Pratt Heath Shafer investment Hege Watkins Co Spokane.
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Great Northern Railway
W. C. Downing & Co
Lewistown
Montana
Madison Valley
Logan
Collins Realty Co
Helena
Shafer Investment Company
Grass Range
John A. Coleman
Rox
Washington
Idaho
Spokane
Hege & Watkins Co
Paulson Bidg
Wash
New York
Ideal Farm Home
C. RB
McClave
Mont
Montana land merchants advertise in western markets
An advertisement targets farmers in Washington and Oregon and promotes Montana offices in Wingham Havre and Cut Bank. It touts Montana as home to the largest exclusive land organization in the west and urges buyers with a bold motto about land acquisition and wealth potential.
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Wingham
Havre
Cut Bank
Montana
West
Stock ranch near rail line for sale in Great Falls
1280 acre stock ranch listing near railroad with good press and water options. Price eight dollars per acre with long terms. Contact Fagen Mc Cutcheon Price at 108 Central Avenue Great Falls Montana.
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Acrh Stock
Fagen
McCutchen
Central Avenue
ACRH
Fagen, McCutcheon & Price
Great Falls
Mont
Toost
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Saas A
Exs
Kelley-How-Thomson Co
Duluth, Minnesota
Studebaker
E. L. Vineyard
Engineer's Corps
Brainerd
Havre, Mont
Accountants and Auditors
Sri Ae Ree Sey
Delta
Ste. Bhie
Bush Motor Compant
Bush Teapis
Canadian Pacific Railway
Alberta
J. I. Lakin
Dunn Block
Fairfield
McDonald Realty Co
J. W. Hefferlin
Livingston
Mon
Judith Basin
Farmers Land Co
Goa
Pubtaburger-Giveny Co
Wheat Land
Will and Toole Counties
Farmera
Kremlin
Jupsin
N. G
Central Montana Ranches CO
Norway Wish Company
Pike Place
Seattle
Photos
Jansrud
Yellowstone Valley Land and Irrigation Co
Livingston, Mont
Overland
Trentice Automobile Company
Franken, Steo and
Dodge Brothers
Auto Clearing House
Front Streets
Wilds-Thurston Motor CO
Ist Ave
Packard, Hudson, Liberty, Saxon
Electric City Conservatory
A. A. Berry Seed Co
Clavinda
Towa
Seattle Engineering School
Butte College
Ie BH
Morris Co., Inc
Dept
Galle
Archit.ots
Jesbd M. Warren
Daly Bank
Butte, Mont
UO. H. Bshanlay
Firs National Bank
Sam’l Henry Haag
First Nat. Bank
Mont 'Vel
Auto School
Mont Omeys Equipped
Automobile College
Montana Automobile School
South Main
Absayers
Chemisps
MTU
OUT & McCarthy
Mont Ordera
Butte, Ont
Lhwis
Furriers
Montana Fur Company
Kurs
Beckman Bros
W. Hoyle
State At
Montage
Wyoming
Fatia
Western Hide & Fur Co
Falla
Font
Fair
Certified Accountants
WM. B. Finlay
First National Bank
Farm Land Loans
Hilger Loan and Realty Co
Bennett & Terrell
FURS
Bichard P. Goenck
Minneapolis
Montens
P. A. Rovig Co
First Avenue South
Ash
National Cash Register
Thomas Whalen
Broadway
O. B. Nelson
Montana Piano Co
G. W. Janda
Mandan
N. D
Buffalo Grase
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