The Badlands and the Indians
Description of prehistoric and Native American activity in the North Dakota Badlands.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
Unknown
Your TR Source
Little Bighorn, Battle of the (Montana : 1876)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edward S. Curtis
President Roosevelt has read what Edward S. Curtis sent, and has never heard that three Crow scouts were with George A. Custer. Roosevelt notes that Curtis seems inclined to believe an unflattering theory about Custer’s actions, and cautions him that in writing about an event thirty years after it happened, memories can be faulty. He notes that it is not his or Curtis’s affair if irresponsible men publish the things he wrote about.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-04-08
Letter from Grant Prince Marsh to Theodore Roosevelt
Grant Prince Marsh, a “lifelong navigator of western rivers,” requests President Roosevelt’s help to prevent a dam being built near Glendive, Montana. The dam is being built for a private company, the Water Users’ Association, and will prevent future navigation of the Yellowstone River.
Collection
State Historical Society of North Dakota
Creation Date
1907-11-21
Letter from William Wingate Sewall to Samuel T. Sewall
The weather is cold and the snow is over a foot deep. William Wingate Sewall is not sure how the cattle can survive in such an environment. He accompanied a group, including James Watts, a “genuine specimen of a frontier man,” to a Native American village. Watts was with General Custer the day before the Battle of the Little Bighorn and claims to have been shot seven times and hit with arrows five times. They bought several moccasins, buckskins, and a buffalo robe. Sewall’s long hair seemed to interest the Native Americans and they even braided his hair. There are opportunities in Dakota Territory but he still believes that Maine has better living conditions and hopes to return soon.
Collection
State Historical Society of North Dakota
Creation Date
1885-02-18
Memorandum from Edward S. Luce to Howard W. Baker
Superintendent Luce confirms that William C. Williams and Frank Neely were members of the 7th Cavalry’s 1876 expedition. Under the command of General Terry, they would have been near Medora, North Dakota, on May 29-30, 1876. The name Dudley was not found on the muster rolls but he could have been a teamster or part of a different unit.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1949-12-24