The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-11-17


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
sawmill. Four wagon tires were
welded together for the crank. A
fifth was first flattened out, and
hardened into a steel blade. by dint
of hammering, and then filed into
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 Is years.
In 1859 efforts of the missionaries
were again directed to the Flatheads.
Father c. Imoda was sent. Father
Giorda followed in 1860. Then Fa-
Their RavalN 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 chief who was known in Eng
lish as Henry" and in Flathead az
"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
through the Garfield treaty of 1872
is referred to. The trial of Pierre
Paul, Lalassi Pascal and another, for
murder, 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 wedding feast, head
of cabbage as big as their two heads
together, and had cooked it for them
himself, and set it before the bride.
"She took little bite, one, two,
three times, and each time spit 1t
out grimacing," said the Indian. II
looked at her and asked why she was
doing that; she made faces at me and
said Shut up. If had not married
thee no woman in the camp would
have had thee for husband l got
angry, Black Robe, and stood up,
and without word I left her and the
big cabbage and went straight to my
people and got me another wife to
prove to the first one that she had
lied"
Father Palladino was born at Dr.
lecto, Italy, about 80 miles from
Genoa, on August Is, 1887. He re-
ceived his education at the Petit Sem
inaire in Genoa and then to Stazzlus.
Early in life he decided to take holy
orders and at the age of Is entered
the Society of Jesus as novice. He
continued his studies for the priest
hood in German Tyrol and in France,
completing his course at Monaco. His
ordination came in 1868, at Nice,
and in the fall of that year was sent
to California to be professor of Latin
and Greek at St. 1gnatius college in
San Francisco. From there he went
to a college at Santa Clara. where he
remained until 1867, coming thence
to Montana.
For four years he was in charge of
the St. Ignatius mission on the Flat
head reservation and in 1871 was
transferred to Helena, continuing his
work there for 16 years. In 1887
he was recalled to St. Ignatius and
assigned a larger territory, which
included the Missoula valley. Thence
again he went to Helena and after
six years more in that parish he went
to Spokane as president of Gonzaga
university, going from there at the
close of one year to Seattle and the
next year returning to Missoula,
where he labored for eight years.
Changes of pastorate took him to
Idaho and North Yakima, WASH, but
in 1910 he was returned to Missoula
as assistant pastor. He has contin.
ued to make that city his home since
his retirement
When his work during the terri.
torial days is recalled, he is modest
in the extreme. He considers he was
the mouthpiece of his Master, doina
to others as he would be done by, and
disclaims the credit so justly his OF
having helped and often taking the
lead in hewing for the present out
of the wilds of the primitive. Com.
menting upon his labors among the
Indians, he said:
II knew all the chiefs with the ex.
ception of those at the head of the
Flathead tribe before I came to the
2 mountains. and Of these liked Chief
5 Victor best. He was q man Of dis.
;, tinguished parts and very estimable
man. Then there was Chief Chariot.
: People today always spell that wrong
5 They spell 1t Charles, which gives Il
Spanish meaning. but It IL Chariot
q French name.
II started my writing on the &C.
casion of the fiftieth anniversary OF
l the founding of st. Mary's mission
was asked by Bishop Brondell tc
j.. put together some items for the gol.
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