Verendrye Bridge Dedication, Sanish, ND, Aug. 5, 1927, directed by Col. A. B. Welch

Col. Welch meets with many important Gros Ventre, including Second Chief Bulls Eye (grandson of Sakakawea), First Chief Drags Wolf, and many warriors on horseback in full regalia.  Bear in the Water was Master of Ceremonies

 

Major A. B. Welch, Bulls Eye (Second Chief of the Gros Ventre and Grandson of Sakakawea), Stanley Dean.

Taken at the Dedication of the Verendrye Bridge, Sanish, ND, August 5, 1927

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Major A. B. Welch, Drags Wolf (First Chief of Gros Ventre), Bulls Eye (Second Chief of the Gros Ventre, whose Mother was Otter Woman, Second Child of Sakakawea and Charbonneau).

Taken at the Dedication of the Verendrye Bridge, Sanish, ND, August 5, 1927

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Women of the Fox Society at the Dedication of the Verendrye Bridge, Sanish, ND, August 5, 1927. – bottom framece92bgrosventrewarriors

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Gros Ventre Warriors at the Dedication of the Verendrye Bridge, Sanish, ND, August 5, 1927

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