Chief 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 MoreChief John Grass talks to Col. A. B. Welch about life in the 1800’s including Little Big Horn participation
Chief Grass speaks to Welch, about 1916: “These men, Red Cloud, Gall, Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, had they been permitted to grow and expand, would have held up our Dakotah Nation to the admiration of the world, I believe. But they are all dead now. It is my opinion that, if this nation had been left alone, had been permitted to work out their own salvation as other young nations have done before and since, when they first came into touch with the effects of civilization, they would have produced some fine specimens of mental manhood. They would have become capable of seeing their destiny and the responsibility of government and advancement along the lines of civilized customs, and seeing it, they would have developed the power...
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