Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-08-15

in Montana which will be remembered
with amusement by pioneers. .
1t happened back in 1878, Bishop
Tuttle and Col. James T. Stanford,
who were great friends, happened to
make a stage journey from Helena to
Fort Benton together. 1t was in mid
summer, and they arrived at the head
Of navigation hot and tired. The bishop
suggested that they would be refreshed
by a plunge in the river. so they went
a short distance below the town and
were soon dSporting themselves off
sandbar in shallow water in the
same costume that they wore when
they entered the world. But unknown
to them one of the big river steamers
the famous Far West which carried
Reno's command after the Custer
fight, was on the point Of casting off
for her long trip to St. Louis. and
there were a number Of ladies from
Helena aboard.
Submerge for Safety
AS the bishop and Colonel Stanford
were enjoying the GOODNESS Of the
water, they were startled by a shrill
whistle close at hand Looking around
they were Mortified to see the majestic
Far West approaching them, and worse
still, a group Of women standing by
the rail.
What shall we do, bishop" shout
ed Colonel Stanford.
Get under water and cling to the
rocks" answered the bishop, suiting
his action to his words as best he
might.
But the swell from the steamer
caught them and the big waves washed
them about as they struggled to keep
themselves submerged. The steamer,
only few feet away, passed slowly
by and there were shouts of laughter
from the decks. After the Far West
had gone by, the bishop, very red in
the face, breathed a sigh of relief.
stanford" he said, II have had some
hair-raising experiences on the plains,
but honestly, I never felt in a more
desperate predicament in my life"
Bishop Tuttle was born in the state
of New York, at Windham, Greene
county, educated in the public schools
there, the academy of Delhi, New York
Columbia college and the General
Theological seminary in New York city.
He was a favorite Of the late Bishop
Horatic, whose sons he tutored in
Greek and other subjects and who
ordained him deacon in the Church of
TRANSPORTATION, New York city, In 1862
Married Miss Foote
Immediately upon being graduated
from the theological seminary, he went
to Morris, N. Y, as assistant to the
Rev. George l.. Foote, rector of Zion
church, who had suffered a paralytic
stroke and who was a distant rela-
tive by marriage. He served there five
years, during which time he married
Miss Harriet M. Foote, the rector's
daughter. There their first son, George
Marvine Tuttle, later to be professor
of clinical pediatrics in the medical
department of Washington university,
st. Louis, was born.
Sent to Montana
bishop of Montana, having jurisdiction
30, he could not be consecrated and
was obliged to wait until the following
January for that ceremonial.
Leaving wife and son behind, he
journeyed to Salt Lake City, by stage
coach from North Platte, Neb., to
Denver and thence to Salt Lake City.
through country infested by ma
rauding bands Of Indians. Every man
in the party was heavily armed and
on parts Of the journey an armed es-
cort rode beside the stage coaches.
Pursuing Indians were sighted across
the swollen Platte river. but they were
either unable to cross or did not have
the courage to attack so well armed
q party. The spot where a stagecoach
driver had been scalped but a few
days previous Was passed, but Denver
and later Salt Lake City, was reached
without untoward incident. Including
delays waiting for Indian bands to
quiet down. the trip nom Omaha to