Joseph aka Dave or David Indian name: Bloody Knife Mitchell

   Cause of his death was unknown.

  General Notes:

Isabelle shown as widow in 1902 census so he must have died in 1901 about because they were shown married prior

Found a great metis website showing him born in Missouri 1841 and his mother Marie Deschamps and father Colonel Mitchell. Mitchell must have brought his wife to Missouri where his son David was born.

Said in the Manitoba affidavit that he was a plain hunter living in a tent as of July 15, 1870 "having had at the time no home nowhere coming in province every summer. the affidavit also has a witness that states the reason they had no home was because their home was in a bad state of repair and they were camping until their home could be repaired.

?Died before May 17, 1900 because in a claims scrip, Isabelle says she is a widow.

They were Metis Indians living in a Cypress hills Indian camp to hunt buffalo during the summer. During the winter, I believe they returned to Fort Peck.

in book Full Court Quest says that David was initially hesitant about sending Sarah his daughter to Fort Shaw, but then agreed to. I'm wondering if his hesitation was because his older daughter Josephine died there.

Exerpt from Full Court Quest
One of the most influential men on the reservation, David Mitchell, son of the legendary fur trader and Indian agent, David Dawson Mitchell, had allowed two of his daughters, fifteen year old Josephine and six year old Nancy, to go to Fort Shaw aboard the very same train that had taken the Wirth sisters west.

Excerpt from Treasured Years Roosevelt County

Another early rancher was Dave Mitchell. He was part Indian and his wife was French Indian. Mr. Mitchell was a trapper, hunter and Indian trader all of his life. Early in the fall, Mr. Mitchell would load his sleds with food and other provisions, take his dog teams and start for the north country, trapping and bartering with the Indians. When spring came he would load his sleds with fur pelts and start home. During these expeditions he usually acquired a few head of horses. These he would drive home, turn out to graze until sleek and fat. Then he would start on a trading expedition to Canada. In time he started trading horses for cattle which he drove home to the Fort Peck Reservation. In the early 1880's, Mitchell began his cattle ranching operation in earnest. The Mitchell ranch was built up about two miles east of Wolf Point on the bank of Little Wolf Creek. He used the brand "DM" on the left side. Much credit is due him for the effort he made to interest the Indian people in ranching

  Noted events in his life were:

• Fort Peck pedigree. in the 1904 World cHampionships article, Sarah lists her father as being part Shoshone.

Joseph married Isabelle St. Germain, daughter of Francois St. Germain and Louise Saucier dit Chateau dit Morand, on 18 Aug 1862 in St. Francois Xavier, Manitoba. (Isabelle St. Germain was born on 14 Jun 1841 in St. Francois Xavier, Manitoba and died on 3 Apr 1929 in Roosevelt County.). The cause of her death was acute cholceystic or inflammation of gallbladder.