. The Massachusetts magazine : devoted to Massachusetts history, genealogy, biography. s of these isolated posts may be inferredfrom the following incident. One John F. Dobson, from Buffalo Grove,111., worked for Owen and kept a diary from the time he left home untilhe made this last entry. Sept. 14, 1852. I have been fixing ox yokesand hay rigging. • Helped haul one load of hay. Weather fine. The next entry was in Owens writing and reads, Sept. 15. The poorfellow was killed and scalped by the Blackfeet in sight of the fort. TheMajor obtained his military title by being government agent for th
. The Massachusetts magazine : devoted to Massachusetts history, genealogy, biography. s of these isolated posts may be inferredfrom the following incident. One John F. Dobson, from Buffalo Grove,111., worked for Owen and kept a diary from the time he left home untilhe made this last entry. Sept. 14, 1852. I have been fixing ox yokesand hay rigging. • Helped haul one load of hay. Weather fine. The next entry was in Owens writing and reads, Sept. 15. The poorfellow was killed and scalped by the Blackfeet in sight of the fort. TheMajor obtained his military title by being government agent for the Flat-head Indians. He was a most companionable man, exercising a prodigalgf-enerosity, and Fort Owen became noted among mountain men for thegeniality of its host. Within his fenced farm he proved the abundantagricultural resources of the countr>. In carrying on the original surveysfor a Pacific railroad, Governor Stevens caused Lt. Mullan to winter in <-?£; REMINISCENCES OF FOUR SCORE YEARS 131 ?il cut ^^^ ^/ C i^ /^i -» i ^^i^^ i/^ ^Ipnr^ /o--^^^^^^^^ O^^J^r^lZ-ty, :. L :: -—j^- Photographic reproduction of the original sketch for the seal of ^lon-tana, as made by the ]\Lissachiisetts Pioneer, Judge Thompson, now ofGreenfield, Mass. ^ i:- .:yuA:-^s\ S-;^^ ? ^?^^m :- ? M,^:^yMf^. :/
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