St. Ignatius Mission Relocates to Present-Day NW Montana
“I received in Colvile several letters from Father Hoecken relating that the people wanted to move the Mission: At first I gave no answer: it was only after the fourth letter when it was reported that the chief Victor had said: 'Joseph does not love us, since he wants us to starve here' that I wrote: 'go and look for a better situation.' So R. F. Menetrey and Br. McGean went up and selected the actual site of St. Ignatius Mission: