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From: "Connie Bradbury" <>
Subject: Re: [MONTANA] John M. Jacobs Flathead" indians
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 15:23:10 -0900
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Sue:

I assume you read "The Bloody Bozeman" by Dorothy Johnson where in she
writes that he was called a squaw man. I believe that means he had a native
american wife or companion -- that he was a neighbor of the Stuart's and
Andersons in the Beaverheads and he moved with them when they moved to the
Deer Lodge Valley.

Jacobs is described as a "red-bearded Italian." He had long been a wonderer
in the mountains, it went on to say.

His daughter is mentioned by name but his wife is not. I think his wife had
died.

This would be a lot of work, and I'm not sure what your working towards but
in this book there are many people who became famous or a little famous. I
would look for their journals and dairies. A man, Cornelius Hedges, is
mentioned as the author took information from his journal. It says he was a
Yale graduate so possibly his journal was deposited there if it is not in
Montana.

The biggest problem with this book is documentation. She did include a
bibliography and there is a footnote section but the footnotes are really
endnotes.

There is so much detail but it wll be difficult to run down her sources.

Another thought, possible from the dates (if you can determine the year),
the locations and the associates you could build a "neighborhood" and an
associated timeline wherever Jacobs was.

This book mentions that he drove a wagon train "up to Montana" - that was
1864 but he was not on the trail he and Bozeman had marked. He was on Jim
Bridger's Road.

I'm going to venture a guess that Jacobs was likely in the Alder Gulch area
in 1864-65 and that's not that far from where your information says Emma was
buried.

But, do you think it is possible Emma was left with a family near Clancy,
may the Schroeders?

I researched a family who were in Madison Co. The mother was Crow. When
she died the young children were placed with families in the area. I was
able to find documentation of where the girls went.

Good luck.

Connie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sue Schrems" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 8:17 AM
Subject: Re: [MONTANA] John M. Jacobs Flathead" indians


> At the time that Jacobs was in the Bitterroot Valley, the Flathead
> were centered around present day Stevensville, which is probably 50
> miles or so south of the present reservation along the Mission
> Mountains. I believe the Flathead were at that time mostly Salish,
> coming over to the Bitterroot from Washington. The Flathead also
> moved around, their hunting grounds including the Beaverhead valley.
> I've read where they often camped along side the Mountain men when
> they were wintering in these valleys. The best I can hope for in
> trying to find the names of the mountain men who had Flathead wives
> is oral histories taken in the early twentieth century. I'm trying to
> find out if there was such a project in Montana. Also, it could be
> that the Jesuit priests mentioned the mountain men by name, but I
> haven't found this either. What is interesting about Jacobs is that
> he is always referred to as John M. JAcobs--he evidently introduced
> himself that way. His daughter is named Emma, could be a clue to
> Jacob's mother or sisters name. Jacobs could also read and write. He
> left a map of the Bozeman trail where he wrote in the points of
> interest, like the mountain ranges and rivers. So, I can assume he
> was educated. This makes me believe that he could be from a family in
> the East or Canada, a family of some means and respect for education.
> I think he may have been born around 1800-1820. I have looked through
> all the census available to me, 1820, 1850 and find significant
> number of families who could be his family, but without some
> inference to "gone west" It is impossible to know which family may
> have been his.
>
>
>
>
> Sue Schrems
> http://westernamericana.blogspot.cm/
> http://members.cox.net/rorythemal/About%20Me.html
>
>
>
>
> On Jan 22, 2007, at 9:28 AM, Kathrine Jenkins wrote:
>
>>
>> . . There are nine principal tribal groups living on seven
>> reservations in
>> Montana. Three of the reservations are inhabited by more than one
>> tribal
>> group. The Confederated Salish, Pend d'Oreille and Kootenai share the
>> Flathead Reservation . . .
>> Information is taken from the booklet, "The Tribal Nations Of
>> Montana - A
>> Handbook for Legislators, published in 1995. The booklet was
>> prepared by The
>> Committee on Indian Affairs and published by the Montana
>> Legislative Council
>> Helena, MT
>>
>> I also think that the Kalispell tribe were included on this
>> reservation.
>>
>> Separate Indian census were only done in the years 1885-1940
>> The Flathead ones:
>> Roll Jurisdiction Census Dates
>> 107 Flathead 1886-93
>> 108 Flathead 1895-97, 1900-1905
>> 109 Flathead 1906-7, 1909-13
>> 110 Flathead 1914-18
>> 111 Flathead 1919-23
>> 112 Flathead 1924-28
>> 113 Flathead 1929-31
>> 114 Flathead 1932-34
>> 115 Flathead 1935-37
>> 116 Flathead 1938-39
>>
>> Some links at http://indiannations.visitmt.com/flathead.shtm
>> http://www.flatheadreservation.org/timeline/timeline.HTML has
>> excellent
>> history
>>
>> Kathie In Montana
>>
>>
>>
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