Tribal History Notes on the Arikara as told to Col. A. B. Welch
The Arikara Indians … who are they and when did they come to Dakota Soldier tells the history of the Arikara to Welch (1920) How They Came to Live with the Gros Ventre and Mandans (1923) Crow Ghost talks about Events in Arikara History (1926) Excavation at Mih-Tutta-Hang-Kush by Welch (1926) Arikara who went to France in WWI from Fort Berthold The Animal and Bird People give laws to the Arikara (Eli Perkins, 1921) An Arikara Tradition of Origin (Eli Perkins, 1921) The Arikara Come Across the Ocean story (Eli Perkins, 1921) The Lost Arikara Sinew Hunters Band story (Mrs. Wild,...
Read MoreTribal History Notes on the Dakotah (Sioux) as told to Col. A. B. Welch
Short Sketch of the Red Invasion of North Dakota (written 1923) Habitat of Tribes about 1800 The First and Last Indian Campaigns in the Dakotas (1934 address) Earliest Contacts with the Dakotah The End of the Trail (Obituary of a Nation) Cannon Ball Dance Hall, 1926 Sioux Scouts in Cannon Ball graveyards (written about 1926) Summary Statements of the Seven Tribes (Sicangu, Itazipco, Sihasapa, Minikanye, Oohenopa, Hunkpapa and Oglala) Short Sketch of the Red Invasion of North Dakota (written 1923) Short Sketch of the Red...
Read MoreIndian Histories, from Aagard to Bulls Eye (44 Individuals) as told to Col. A. B. Welch
Indian Histories, from Aagard to Bulls Eye, 44 Individuals (Click a name to go right to their post) Luis Aagard (old French-Indian Hunter) Afraid of His Plumes (old Buffalo Hunter who never used a gun) All Yellow (photo of Mrs. All Yellow) American Horse (followed the Ghost Dance-Messiah Craze) Antelope (under-chief, Fort Berthold, 1872) Antelope Woman (Photo: Sept. 1942 News Article) Arrow Walking (He was shot by the enemy so many times He had a lot of arrows sticking in him) Bad Buffalo (Ist chief of Mandans, Fort Berthold, 1872) Bad Gun (2nd Chief, Mandans, Fort Berthold, 1872) John Baine (Sisseton-White Family History) Beade Uses Arrows (an old Anti-New Dealer!) Bears Arm (2nd Chief, Gros...
Read MoreIndian Histories, from Cadotte to Drags Wolf (30 Individuals) as told to Col. A. B. Welch
Indian Histories, from Cadotte to Drags Wolf, 30 Individuals (Click a name to go right to their post) Cadotte Family (Close Relatives of Chief John Grass) Charges Alone (Killed 33 Germans in 30 days, France, 1918) Charging Thunder (a ‘Great Man’ and Follower of Sitting Bull) Chase Flying (Several Stories of Daring Deeds) Chasing Arrow (1911 Photos) Chasing Bear (1904 Photo) Cherry Mouth (1872 Photo, Fort Berthold) Circling Bear (‘He Displays his Bravery’) Circling Hawk (Story of the Sword and Little Big Horn Battle) Cloud Bear (Some old customs discussed) Coffee (Story of His Indian Medicine and its Rarity) Cold Hand (1870’s Indian Scout) Corn Stalk (1942...
Read MoreIndian Histories, from Eagle Staff to Grey Whirlwind (33 Individuals) as told to Col. A. B. Welch
Indian Histories, from Eagle Staff to Grey Whirlwind, 33 Individuals (Click a name to go right to their post) Eagle Staff,(Old Time Warrior) Eastman, Charles, (a Three-quarter blood Santee Physician, born 1858) Eastman, John, (Brother of Charles Eastman) Elk & Family, (Stories about Old Warriors) Enemy Heart, (…. I think the olden times were best for the Indian and the present time is the best for the white man) Fine Weather, (a Badge for Shot with an Arrow) Fire Heart, (Family History Stories) Flying By, (a Minneconjou Leader at the Battle of the Little Big Horn) Follows the Road, (old time Sioux Warrior) Fool Bear, (Policeman on duty when Sitting Bull was killed) Foolish Bear, (a little Owl named ‘Looking for Death’ and his hardships as a Mail...
Read MoreIndian Histories, from Hairy Chin to Kills Pretty Enemy (22 Individuals) as told to Col. A. B. Welch
Indian Histories, from Hairy Chin to Kills Pretty Enemy, 22 Individuals (Click a name to go right to their post) Hairy Chin, ( … cures a man hopelessly ill from gunshot with two birds!) Hawk Man, (Gravesite of Indian Policeeman killed during arrest of Sitting Bull) High Reach, (We have nothing. I am 73 years old) His Road, (1928 Photo) Hollow Horn Bear, (He took part in the inauguration of President Roosevelt on March 4th, 1905) Holy Bear, (1930 Photo of Boy) Holy Hawk Walking, (He Fomented the Minnesota Massacres of 1862) Holy Horse, (Honored Warrior) Hopkins, George, (World War I, France, 1918) Horns Appearing, (Spanish-American Veteran, Cuba) Hump, (Sub-leader of the Minniconjou, under White Swan, at Little Big Horn Fight) Ice Bear, (One of the chiefs...
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