Fort Yates Agency Sioux-Life Documents 1870-1939 (copied by Col.A.B.Welch)

  The proper title for this site could well be “The white man sees a lot of land and a few Sioux, so he arranges a series of Treaties for land, promising a pittance each time to the Sioux, who continue to agree, but the land is soon gone and the even pittances never are fully realized; and, as a by-product of the process, their food supply vanishes.”   A comment in 1902 by Joseph Claymore… “The white people always change what is agreed to on all contracts after they reach Washington.“ **********************************************************  No. 1:  1870..Indian Scout re-enlistment problems No. 2:  1870..Big Horn Expedition warning No. 3:  1875..This is what Taylor says about the Council that Custer held at Ft. Abraham Lincoln...

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Life on the Plains in the 1800’s (“Fighting the Enemy” thru “Hunting”) as told to Col. A. B. Welch

This is the third section of a lengthy list of subjects of Welch interviews between 1900 and 1930’s with “Old-Timers” of the Indian Nations   Fighting the Enemy    Elk and Drags Wolf talk about their battles, etc. Fires, Cooking & Campfires    “the commonly accepted position for a fire within a tipi or an earth lodge, was in the middle of the domicile” Food    Tipsina, Bull Berry, Maize, Making glue, Palani Vegetables, Preparing buffalo and dog…etc. Games    Observed at a Celebration at Solen, N.D., July 4, 1924, etc. Getting to the Point    “ But he talks too much.  He TALKS DOWN MANY ROADS AT THE SAME TIME.” Gift Giving ...

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