The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1873-10-11
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SrrARr- AT Fost Peck Montana. September 80. 1913.
james Stuart, Of Deer lodge. N. T., aged II
years
Thu. has paced sway one Of the most prominent
and most deseSvedly esteemed Of the PiOncers Of
Montana whose name 10 li.ked inssparably and
bonoraby with many OF the early pers and exploits
in the settlement and civilization OF Montana aud
which while mea"ry eudurvs will be synonym for
sterling merit, modest worth and chivaric cour
age. James Stuart, the elder Of tho four brothers,
James, Granville. Samuel and Thomas. uhree Of
whom were Pioneers 0! Moutana) was hssn IN V'T
ginis. March :. lS0 His parents removed from Wiz
Ginia to lnois and thence to Iowa In 1915 Z. In -
James and Grasvi!le went to California, and tor the
next I've years mined In Butte. Sierra and sskiyou
counties. In 81 they. with Rexin Anderson started
for this country journ yin2 70 the head OF Aalsd
with considerable party who went thence to the
StateA while there three turned nosthwar and went
into winter quarters in SIS on the Bcsvcrhead. Elk
miles below Blowns Bridge. with R0bt Dempsey.
10 I'm Mcdonald, Thomas Adams. Kobt. Hereford.
Jacob Nix and Me.sn. Nichos and Morgan. The
came winter, John Grant and father. James Grant,
Thomas PsMbrum, Robert COursway and Antoine
PcE1ere were In Quarters the stiukinxwxtcr. aud
these. with the party At Fort Owen. and the FATHERS
ct 1t lguMius Mission. were the only whites In what
IL now Montana In March the party started for n.
Bridger. At what IL now junction station on the
Corinue road James and Granville Stuart and Rczin
Anderson left rbe party and came 70 Gold Creek.
where they remained and prospected until June get
ting good guild proapccts the nrrt found 10 Montana
On June LIT they sta,tsd to Fort Brideer ar went
themes to Camp Floyd. sOuth Of salt Lake. where
they sold their h0r,es. Jsn,es and Granville went
thence to the States and Anderson returned here with
. stock sf gOcds. The AtuaIte ntnrncd to Henry
Fork ard with Dempsey remained In that vicinity
until the summer Of Co. Nh. James and Granville
stuart came to Salt River Valley, sear the present
Oneida salt Works, ard that tall returned to Culd
Creek. buiit hsuses and during the summer OF u
prospccted Gold Creek and At other points around
the Gold Creek Wounssins. 80 encouraging we're the
results that they wr0te during the summer 70 Th0s.
stuart then In Colorado. and the letter being shown
the STAN tide to Montana began the following SPRING
Among the 6rst party who arrived were Col. SAM
Mclean. afterwards Delegate In Congress, and wash
Stspeton among the second party we're Conrad
k'hrs Joreph Blown, Ut Bly, Hole, aud David Jones'
katth snake. and among the thmd party W. Dance.
Aeeers. King b Gillette. 8. T. uanscr, Dr.. Nickel
'ss~ and Jos. Underwood Thus prominently figured
James Stuart In inducing the A-st tide Of immisra.
dixgings having been struck. James and Granville
took large band Of cattle TO that place and remained
there antil April u, when James At the head Of
t10sen men. among whom were James N. York. Geo.
Ives and GeO. Carhsrs started 4 nost perous and
eventfn prospecting trip into eastern Montana trav.
eassg the Three Forks Of the Yellowstone the Rose-
buds and Big Horn, on which latter river, near its
mouth. they attacked in the night BY Crow Indi.
ans three Ut the party being killed and four wounded
tho survivors travelling thence by night until they
reached the old IMMIGRANT Road near Rocky Ridge.
whence they returned to Banuack In the fall Of ~
W. b Dance and James Stuart formed the c0part-
nerhip Of Dance stuart In Virginia remained there
until Us, When they removed 10 Deer lodge and ~
sociated with WOrden : Nixgins. The arm Ut Dance
Stuart dissolved in ls.O. From 1sG8 to 1870 James
Stuart President and General Superintendent VI
the 8. L. n. u. Co., operating At Phipsburg: in
1871 be vac appointed Post Trader At Fort Browning,
when he disposed Of that interest md accomp ,nied
L. J. Simmons to the sioux Agency 1t Fort Peck. |
where his thorough knowledge Ut Indian character,
HE excellent administrative abilities and cool nerve
were Invaluable assistants In the control Of that war.
like tr'be. While Mr. Simmons was absent to conduct
bis successor to the agency. Mr. Stuart who wss in
charge. was taken III nd died in eight days.
Ar. Stuart was Representative OF Deer Lodge couu-
" In the Leg ,rature Of 1864 waa sr. Warden Of |
Flint Creek Lod9e Of A. r. l. A. H.. and later Jr |
warden Of the Gsaaa Lodge Of Marcus OF Montana. |
lie wss man Of Ane 0eutal and physical orga1isa-
tion. Of lb~I education, superi0r business sualia
catiOus. unblem.hsd character and hUuored where.
yer known. He Il one Of the dpt II not the first. Of
lbas bsosherlike hand Of Pon to cross into the
soknOwR hpd-to seek the way for them % Il were,
- he hsd done before int the undiscovered county,
Inst he nsy Wecne bic e00rsdea " better aehs and
kishas sssevns than yes their syes have srsn. To
bic broshers and to them the tidipss Of bic death
rsme most sadly, and the shoossnds who knew and |
e-sssmed him feel to-day s'pesseiy that eooaAnave.
generous and honorable man has hsen called beyond
Deaths portals into the dsathIess resms and presence
" the ever LIVING God.
RoDDA his residence In Helena. Octobcr 5th, Of
consumption, James Rodds, aged IS yeara