Master Index
This is the index to 4000+ pages and photos of the Welch Dakota Papers Collection.
Little Big Horn
Battle of the Little Big Horn as developed from interviews and documents passed to Col. A. B. Welch
Chief John Grass Grass talks to Welch about his participation in the Little Big Horn and life in the 1800’s
General Custer Welch’s notes, documents, interviews and photographs
Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull’s Last Days As described in original letters given to Col. Welch
Letters, Newspaper Clippings, Reminiscences of Col. Welch
Red Tomahawk, “Sitting Bull was my friend, I killed him like this.”
Red Tomahawk’s deposition at 1923 Trial concerning Black Hills Treaty of 1876.
James McLaughlin: Indian Agent Copybooks, 1876 & 1890, and Arrest Orders for Sitting Bull, given to Col. A. B. Welch
Celebrations
Native American Celebrations of the early 1900’s Tribal Gatherings Welch attended as their Honored Brother, starting with his adoption into the Sioux Natio
Shields, Pictographs and Swords
Native American Shields and Pictographs
Native American Customs – Organized Alphabetically
Life on The Plains in the 1800’s as told to Col. A. B. Welch
“Dances” thru “Exchange Media”
“Fighting the Enemy” thru “Hunting
“In-Laws” thru “Quills, Paints, Dyes”
“Red Man’s Welcome” to “Women’s Life”
Native American Mythology
Native American Sacred Stones and Holy Places
Native American Tribal Histories
Tribal Histories (Arikara,Hidatsa, Mandan, Sioux)
240 interviews with “old-Timers
Special stories of better-known warriors
Forts and Trading Posts
Forts and Trading Posts in Dakota Territory
Fort Berthold, Dakota Territory, 1872
Fort Yates Agency Sioux-Life Documents, 1870-1939
Manuscripts and Comments of Col. A. B. Welch
Col. A. B. Welch’s Pictographic Christmas Letters
Col. A. B. Welch’s Unpublished Manuscripts Two complete books and several unfinished manuscripts.
Chief John Grass misc. information
Col. A. B. Welch’s Diary of his service in the Philippines Insurrection, 1898-1899
Col. A. B. Welch’s Official World War I German Army Photos
Queen Marie of Romania Becomes a Sister of the Sioux, 1926, Mandan, North Dakota
The First and Last Indian Campaigns in the Dakotas
Mandan to Acapulco, 1937. Just a fun trip.
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