“News Release” to Universities with Native American Studies and to similar organizations citing freedom to copy providing that credit is given to Col. A. B. Welch and Welchdakotapapers.com
News Release - January 2, 2013…… Oral Histories of the Sioux, Mandan, Arikara and Hidatsa Tribes from 1920’s Interviews with Their Warriors…… The battle-tested warriors of the Northern Great Plains Tribes were growing old in the early 1900’s….. Their stories of tribal life of the 1800’s, the often, vicious battles between their own kind and their futile attempts to defeat the white invaders, would soon die with them….. Major A. B. Welch, a battle-tested warrior himself, and whom the Sioux adopted as their trusted brother in full ceremony before about 2,000 members of all the tribes in 1913, did his best to capture their oral history in over 4,000 pages of hitherto unpublished interviews, notes, stories, clippings, letters and...
Read MoreLittle Stories of the Dakota Territory in the late 1800′s and early 1900′s
( Story No. 1 – Post also under construction) SITTING BULL AND THE BOTTLE OF HORSE RADISH: It is told of him that, while a guest at some officer’s dinner party (probably Fort Yates in the mid 1880’s), he saw a bottle of fresh horse radish on the table. He helped himself liberally, with the assistance of the blade of his knife, and put the entire ‘load’ into his mouth. He then passed the bottle around to the other Indians who each took a knife blade full and ate it. Great tears rolled down their cheeks, but not a word was said by any of them until the last Indian had taken a mouthful of the stinking root. Then they all broke out laughing and talking and joking one another. FROM welchdakotapapers.com In the Master Index, click “Sitting Bull his...
Read MoreWelch Dakota Papers – Summarization
This Blog contains ALL the Alfred Burton Welch documents that have survived his death in 1945. I received the material in the late 1950’s. My Grandfather (A. B. Welch’s brother) had crammed notes, manuscripts, photos, clippings and small artifacts into old steamer trunks, loose and not indexed in any fashion. Immediately upon A. B. Welch’s death, his Indian Friends came calling on my Grandfather (who was staying at Welch’s home in Mandan, North Dakota) to pay their respects to the white man they had treated as an Indian. However, they then began foraging around the house and retrieving items that they had given (or sold) to A. B. Welch…..as this practice was apparently in keeping with Indian tradition. My Grandfather was forced to join the foraging and “save”...
Read MoreChief John Grass misc. information:–Angela Boleyn’s letters, notes and references from Fort Yates Documents
Chief John Grass…Angela Boleyn’s letters, notes and references from Fort Yates Documents as she was researching and writing “The Chief’s Story” in the early 1940’s (She mailed this material to Col. Welch for his comments…some items may have already appeared in other posts.) This is a collection of “very” random material, citing references to Chief John Grass. Not very exciting BUT it may hold some little nuggets of information of value to this era’s scholars and to the Grass Family ...
Read MoreMandan to Acapulco, 1937. Just a fun trip.
Col. Welch had a very enjoyable and informative trip….an interesting look at Mexico-1937…. his diary is well-flavored with photos, clippings, maps and labels of exotic booze ******************************************* Highlighted Stages of the Adventure Preamble…A visit to the Alamo On to Mexico Monterey On the way, again, to Mexico City On the Camino Sinuoso A Visit to a Native Casa (8′ x12′) A Visit to Puebla A Digression But, to return to the city of Puebla and the Government’s Seizure of Catholic Property. Back to “Mexico” and a Bull Fight A Trip to San Juan Teotihuacan Xochimilco On to Acapulco Taxco Iguala Ciudad Bravos Acapulco Heading Home from this City of 13,000 ...
Read MoreSome Traders, Explorers, Agents & Military in Dakota Territory
Col. A. B. Welch’s notes, clippings and photos *************************************** Archambault, H.A. (1840-1923) and Louis (d.1813) Ashley Expeditions (fur trading in Upper Missouri): Fink, Carpenter & Talbot, 1822-23 Bridger, Vazquex, Soublette, & more 1822-23 Atkinson Expedition, 1825..(to the Yellowstone) Beede, A.McG..(Indian History cohort of Welch) Belk, Captain..(carried first rail over Missouri at Mandan) Fraser, Simon, 1803 Expedition to the Pacific..(quotes from original, unpublished doc) Garreau, Pierre..(on his escape from the Assinoboine) Gerrard, Fred..(early settler in Mandan area) Godfrey, General Edward Settle (1841-1932)..(Indian Wars and WWI veteran) Godfrey’s participation in the Battle of the Little...
Read MoreRed Tomahawk’s deposition at 1923 trial concerning Black Hills Treaty of 1876
Red Tomahawk discusses life in the Black Hills before, during and after the incursion of the whites AND gives information about the fight which resulted in the death of Sitting Bull. Salient Points: Red Tomahawk begins his deposition “This country was like a big grub sack…” If we did not agree to the Treaty we would be moved to Oklahoma Indian Territory “Some people here (Standing Rock) were accidentally involved in the Custer Battle” The Sioux knew there was gold and other minerals in the Black Hills. The whites often tried to sneak in there but I clubbed them dead The white men killed and poisoned all the game The Sioux only killed the game they could fully use Cutting of bottom-land woods Schools and his children Discussion of the...
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