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from Europe, were b 1ncHeS IN Ola
meter and can still be seen at the
st. Ignatius Mission. There, too
may be seen a sledge hammer made
by Brother Specht out of tin cans.
The next enterprise undertaken by
Father Ravalli was the erection of a
sawmill. Four wagon tires were
welded together for the crank. A
fifth was first flattened out, and
hardened into steel blade, by dint
of hammering, and then filed into a
saw.
White trappers came to the mis-
sion and corrupted the simple morals
of the Indians. The missionaries
were no longer obeyed. They there
upon closed the mission, and leased
the buildings to Major Owen. The
mission remained closed for 16 years.
In 1859 efforts of the missionaries
were again directed to the Flatheads.
Father G.. Imoda was sent. Father
Giorda followed in 1860. Then Fa-
Their Ravalli returned. A number of
new missionaries came also.
Father Palladino describes the de-
parture of the Flatheads, crowded
out by the whites from their Bitter
Root home to the reservation provid-
ed by the government. The last to
leave was Chief Chariot and about
200 others, Oct. II, 1891. This
event concludes the narrative of st.
Mary's as an Indian mission.
The noted men of the Flatheads
are given chapter by the writer.
The town of Arlee takes its name
from a chief who was known in Eng
lish as Henry and in Flathead as
"Arlee," this being their translation
of the name Henry" He was the
last war chief of the tribe. He was
also known as Red Night.
The betrayal of the Indians
the Garfield treaty of 1872
is referred to. The trial of Pierre
Paul, Lalassi Pascal and another, for
is mentioned in detail, as is
an Indians complaint against his
wife, whom he had deserted.
Listen, Black Robe" he said,
land then decide" He went on to
say that he had been married by Fa-
Their Menetry, that the Father had
given them a wedding feast, head
Of cabbage as big as their two heads
together, and had cooked it for them
and set it before the bride.
"She took little bite, one, two,
.hree times, and each time spit it
,ut grimacing," said the Indian. IT
ooked at her and asked why she was
LONG that; she made faces at me and
aid Shut up. If I had not married
hee no woman in the camp would
L. 4 60 no nd or0f
Lngry, Black Robe, and stood up,
md without word l left her and the
Jig cabbage and went straight to my
,eople and got me another wife to
rove to the first one that she had
ied."
Father Palladino was born at Di-
ecto, Italy, about 80 miles from
senoa, on August Is, 1897. He re-
eived his education at the Petit Sem
naire in Genoa and then to Stazzlus.
,ar1y in life he decided to take holy
rders and at the age of Is entered
he Society of Jesus as novice. He
ontinued his studies for the priest
God in German Tyrol and in France,
ompleting his course at Monaco. His
came in 1863, at Nice,
nd in the fall of that year was sent
D California to be professor of Latin
nd Greek at st. Ignatius college in
an Francisco. From there he went
} college at Santa Clara, where he
until 1867, coming thence
} Montana.
For four years he was in charge of
ne st. Ignatins mission on the Flat
cad reservation and in 1871 was
'ansferred to Helena, continuing his
-ork there for 16 years. In 1887
e was recalled to st. Ignatius and
ssigned a larger territory, which
lcluded the Missoula valley. Thence
gain he went to Helena and after
x years more in that parish he went
, Spokane as president of GonZaga
University, going from there at the
ose of one year to Seattle and the
ext year returning to Missoula,
here he labored for eight years.
hanges of pastorate took him to
Iaho and North Yakima, Wash, but
1910 he was returned to Missoula
assistant pastor He has contin-
I'd to make that city his home since
s retirement
When his work during the terri
rial days is recalled, he is modest
Lilc GAIL ciucs he COnSiQciS nc WAS
e mouthpiece of his Master, doing
others as he would be done by, and
sclaims the credit so justly his of
wing helped and often taking the
ad in hewing for the present out
the wilds of the primitive. Com
enting upon his labors among the
dams, he said:
'I knew all the chiefs with the ex-
ption of those at the head of the
athead tribe before / came to the
ountains, and of these liked Chief
ctor best. He was a man of dis
lguished parts and very estimable
an. Then there was Chief Chariot.
ople today always spell that wrong.
ley spell it Charles, which gives it
Spanish meaning, but it is Chariot,
French name.
II started my writing on the oc-
sion of the fiftieth anniversary of
> founding of st. Mary's mission.
was asked by Bishop Bronde1l to
together some items for the gol-
n jubilee and I did so. After /