. The story of Montana . The first missionarystation was established in the Bitter Root Valley. Itwas named St. Marys Mission. The little town ofStevensville grew up around it after the settlement ofthe valley by the white men. The missionaries livedamong the Indians at first — in their skin lodges —learned to eat the same food, and went with themon their hunting expeditions. Gradually they taughtthem the ways of civilization, how to build log cabinsfor the winter, how to prepare the white mans food,and how to dress in the white mans clothes. Eachyear they added to their farm lands, teaching t
. The story of Montana . The first missionarystation was established in the Bitter Root Valley. Itwas named St. Marys Mission. The little town ofStevensville grew up around it after the settlement ofthe valley by the white men. The missionaries livedamong the Indians at first — in their skin lodges —learned to eat the same food, and went with themon their hunting expeditions. Gradually they taughtthem the ways of civilization, how to build log cabinsfor the winter, how to prepare the white mans food,and how to dress in the white mans clothes. Eachyear they added to their farm lands, teaching the ST. MARYS MISSION 113 Indians how to till the soil and harvest the a little they began to gather together somechickens and pigs, horses and cattle. They hadflocks of sheep too. All this took a great deal oftime, because the live stock had to be brought agreat way. The larger stock was driven up from theSpanish settlement in the Southwest (gold had notyet been discovered in California) or over the moun-. ^Mtti The Mission of St. Ignatius tains from Fort Colville, on the Columbia, whichwas a Hudson Bay Companys fort. Their supplyof tools, seeds, groceries, clothing, etc., were shippedfrom Europe to the mouth of the Columbia Riverand transported up that river. Father Ravalli. — In 1844 Father Ravalli wentout to the Missions. He had just arrived in spent the first winter with the Kalispells whereFather Palladino says of him: Here he learned thewonderful secret of living without the necessaries oflife. He spent the rest of his life in the Bitter Root 114 MISSIONARIES TO THE INDIANS Valley, where he ministered at first to the Indiansand in later years to the white men as well. He wasthe beloved friend of all men. His grave is in thelittle cemetery at St. Marys in Stevensville and thecounty in which the land lies bears his name. TheMontana people thus pay a small tribute to theman who gave his all to save the souls of his fellowmen. The other pioneer pr
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