The lot features four photographs by Captain W. C. Badger of Son of Red Crow and Little Bull Mandan Warriors circa 1872 Fort Berthold and the Marauder and Son of Crow’s Breast warriors of the Gros Ventre circa 1872 Fort Berthold both being from the A.B. Welch (1874-1945) collection, C.M. Russell Museum Great Falls, Montana collection and John Kleinschmidt photography collection. These four images were taken in circa 1872 and developed from “lost” stereopticon views in the early 1900’s. These photographs are attributed to Colonel Alfred Burton Welch who was well known for his extensive artifact collection and lifelong association with the Sioux nations. The Welch Dakota Papers include thousands of pages of oral interviews, writings, newspaper articles and photographs of the Sioux, Arikara, Hidatsa and Mandan peoples. Welch is credited as the first white man adopted into the Yanktonai Sioux, a separate band from the Yankton Sioux; both are considered Western Dakota people, one of the three groupings belonging to the Sioux nation. Descriptions of the photographs include: #1, Son of Red Cow and Little Bull, Mandan Warriors 1872, Fort Berthold #2, The Marauder and Son of Crow's Breast, Warriors of the Gros Ventre 1872, Fort Berthold. The albumen photographs are in very good preserved condition for being almost 100 years old, each measures 4.5"W x 5.5"L, silver gelatin enlargements are each 8"W x 10"L. Provenance: From the John Kleinschmidt collection which was on loan to the C.M. Russell Museum from 1987 to 1993 and included in the "The Cowboy West: 100 Years of Photography 1992-1993 exhibit.