Featured in this lot are Photographs by Captain W. C. Badger from the Photo Collection of Col. A. B. Welch (1874-1945) of Arikara, Mandan and Gros Ventre warriors, their Dwellings and Medicine Lodges, developed in 1926, from ‘lost’ Stereopticon Views. 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. 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 frst white man adopted into the Yanktonai Sioux, a separate band from the Yankton Sioux; both are considered Western Dakota people. Description of numbered photographs of include: #1, Son of Red Cow and Little Bull, Mandan Warriors 1872, Fort Berthold #3, Crazy Bull and Prairie Chicken, underchiefs of Gros Ventre 1872, Fort Berthold #12, Fine Porcupine and Plenty Antelope, underchiefs of Gros Ventre 1872, Fort Berthold #2, The Marauder and Son of Crow's Breast, Warriors of the Gros Ventre 1872, Fort Berthold #11, Sitting Elk father of Medicine Stone #21, Strikes the Knife, Bob Tail Bull, Yellow Wolf, Sitting Bear 1872 Fort Berthold Four additional photographs from Captain Badger's Fort Berthold views of 1872 showing the different areas occupied by Arikara, Mandan, and Hidatsa (Gros Ventre). The untidy appearance is caused by the dry poles of the drying platforms. Some of the The Missouri river is at the left a short distance, where at that time it made a great bend, flowing east and then south. The prominent log house with log palisade belonged to a trader named Gerome. Close up photos of drying platforms are also seen. The photographs are stamped on the reverse, "You Take 'Em. We Make 'Em. Northwestern Foto Service Mandan, N. D."