Silence of the Prairie - Day 2

Silence of the Prairie - Day 2

Saturday, June 14, 2025  |  9:00 AM Mountain
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Silence of the Prairie - Day 2

Silence of the Prairie - Day 2

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Davis Brothers Auction is proud to present Day 2 of our landmark summer event, Silence of the Prairie-a sweeping exhibition of rare Western fine art, historic photography, and investment-grade artifacts drawn from private collections and long-held estates across America.

Featured Artists:

Olaf Wieghorst, William Penhallow Henderson, Les Thomas, George Phippen, Granville Redmond, William Seltzer Rice, David Mayer, William Standing, Raphael Lillywhite, Maynard Dixon, Maurice Braun, Loren Entz, Clark Hulings, Frederic Remington, Carl Von Hassler, Walt Gonske, John Bye, Hans Kleiber, David Mann, Bill Anton, Don Oelze, Edward Borein, Harold Von Schmidt, Charles Russell, John Nieto, Edgar Alwin Payne, Clyde Aspevig.

Auction Highlights:

Hyatt & Tankersley Alamosa Belt Handcuffs, historic Standing Rock Reservation photographs and archive, Native American Beadwork, Colonel AE Stewart Trophy Room Photos, Edward Curtis orotones and photogravures, African tribal antiques, Acoma Pueblo pottery and so many more hidden treasures.

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Collins House Grand River South Dakota Photo

Lot # 251 (Sale Order: 251 of 1017)      

6 1/2" by 8 1/2" Provenance: The Estate of George W Reed Indian Missionary and Pastor of Standing Rock Reservation Fort Yates North Dakota....more

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Frank Bennett Fiske Indian Cabinet Photo

Lot # 252 (Sale Order: 252 of 1017)      

Middle Bull Indian Police Officer Fort Yates, Survivor of Wounded Knee. 6" by 8" Provenance: The Estate of George W Reed Indian Missionary and Pastor of Standing Rock Res...moreervation Fort Yates North Dakota.

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Frank Bennett Fiske Indian Cabinet Photo

Lot # 253 (Sale Order: 253 of 1017)      

Mrs Grass Bear. 6 1/2" by 9 1/4". Provenance: The Estate of George W Reed Indian Missionary and Pastor of Standing Rock Reservation Fort Yates North Dakota....more

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C.R. Lawson Santee Sioux Agency Cabinet Photo

Lot # 254 (Sale Order: 254 of 1017)      

Perkins Hall Santee Normal Training Sioux Indian School. 5 1/8" by 8 1/2". Provenance: The Estate of George W Reed Indian Missionary and Pastor of Standing Rock Reservati...moreon Fort Yates North Dakota.

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Santee Sioux Indian Stockyards Cabinet Photo

Lot # 255 (Sale Order: 255 of 1017)      

6 1/2" by 8 1/2". Provenance: The Estate of George W Reed Indian Missionary and Pastor of Standing Rock Reservation Fort Yates North Dakota....more

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C.C. Covey and Indian Police Standing Rock Photo

Lot # 256 (Sale Order: 256 of 1017)      

Superintendent Claude C. Covey, who was at Rosebud from 1918 to (about) 1920. Standing Rock Indian Agency. 6 1/2" by 8 1/2". Provenance: The Estate of George W Reed India...moren Missionary and Pastor of Standing Rock Reservation Fort Yates North Dakota.

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L.A. Huffman Fort Berthold Leggings Indian Photo

Lot # 257 (Sale Order: 257 of 1017)      

Mandan Reservation Fort Berthold. Subject is "Leggings". 6" by 8". Provenance: The Estate of George W Reed Indian Missionary and Pastor of Standing Rock Reservation Fort ...moreYates North Dakota. Laton A. Huffman (1854 - 1931) was active/lived in Montana. Laton Huffman is known for National park photography, western settlement themes. Laton A. Huffman was born on October 31, 1854 on the family farm near Castalia, Iowa. Like Charles M. Russell (1864-1926), he didn't like school, but loved reading western adventure books. In the spring of 1878, he moved to Moorhead, Minnesota to apprentice with Frank Jay Haynes (1853-1921) who eventually received acclaim as the official photographer of Yellowstone National Park. Huffman was hired in 1879 as the official photographer of Fort Keogh, near Miles City to replace Stanley J. Morrow (1843-1921). Morrow was one of the first to extensively photograph the Custer Battlefield. By 1883, Huffman was a well known and respected regional photographer when he published his newest catalogue titled Huffman's Latest Yellowstone Park Views, Indian Portraits, Miscellaneous Mountain Views and the Only Choice Hunting Scenes Published. The catalog listed 160 subjects taken from more than 300 negatives that he had acquired. Some of the photographs made their way into Russell's personal collection. Huffman's photographs caught the eye of many famous painters including Frederic Remington, Charlie Russell, and Ed Borein. Remington's ability to portray the West from such a distance was achieved by his use of photographic images that were taken out West and used as references in some cases, and essentially copied in others, to complete his work back in New York. The illustrations that made Remington famous were painted for a series authored by Teddy Roosevelt in Century Magazine in 1888. Both Roosevelt and Remington visited with Huffman in Miles City when they passed through town. Remington's illustrations such as The Mid-Day Meal and Branding a Calf were based directly on Huffman photographs with no attribution to him. Even Charlie Russell relied on some of his friend's photographs to complete his paintings. One of the earliest examples is Russell's Searching For the Brand completed in Ralph De Camp's studio in Helena. The most noted is Russell's famous 1900 watercolor, Scattering the Riders, a morning scene where the cowboys are receiving their orders for the day. The piece in composition was similar to Huffman's Telling Off Men for the Circle. After the turn of the century, Russell relied less on Huffman's images, but even The Roundup was inspired by Huffman's roundup scenes as noted by Brian Dippie in Looking at Russell: "His 1913 oil, The Roundup, seems almost photographic, more reminiscent of Huffman's panoramic views of the roundups, for example, than Russell's usual roping pictures precisely because it provides an overview of the subject that de-emphasizes the individuals in it." It is worth comparing Russell's artistic expression with the early photographers such as Huffman. Russell, the romantic, presented an idealized West in full color filled with noble Indians and heroic cowboys living harmoniously under the "Big Sky." His best known works were completed nearly thirty years after arriving in Montana, and while more accurate than any other Western painter of the era, he often painted the imagined West. On the other hand, the early photographer's most important works were recorded within the first few years after they arrived out West. They were a pragmatic group making a living anyway they could from studio portraits—Indians, cowboys, prominent citizens, children, pets, soldiers, and whoever could pay—and outdoor scenes—scenic wonders, railroads, mining, downtowns, famous buildings, wildlife, hunting and herds, to name a few. One of the most lucrative jobs was commissions from wealthy ranch owners and stockmen to have their ranches and roundup crews photographed. Photographers could be seen all over Montana riding their trusty steeds with camera and tripod in hand for miles out to remote sites for their work. They captured the real West in all its glory until civilization put an end to it. L. A. Huffman spoke for all western photographers and Charlie Russell when he eloquently and poignantly lamented: Kind fate had it that I should be Post photographer with the army during the Indian campaigns close following the annihilation of Custer's command. This Yellowstone-Big Horn country was then un-penned of wire, unspoiled by railway, dam, ditch. Eastman had not yet made the Kodak, but thanks be, there was the old wet plate, the collodian bottle and bath. I made photographs. With crude home made cameras from saddle and in log shack, I saved something. Round about us the army of buffalo hunters—red men and white—were waging the final war of extermination upon the last great herds of American bison upon this continent. Then came the cattlemen, the "trail boss" with his army of cowboys, and the

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Fort Yates North Dakota Agency Office Photo

Lot # 258 (Sale Order: 258 of 1017)      

Compliments of R.A. Kern Fort Yates North Dakota. Frank Bennett Fiske photo. 8" by 10". Provenance: The Estate of George W Reed Indian Missionary and Pastor of Standing R...moreock Reservation Fort Yates North Dakota.

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Frank Bennett Fiske Indian Calendar Fort Yates

Lot # 259 (Sale Order: 259 of 1017)      

Subject is Rain in the Face Sioux Chief. Compliments of Hokanson Brothers Indian Traders Fort Yates North Dakota. 1924 date on calendar pad. 6 1/2" by 8 3/4". Provenance:...more The Estate of George W Reed Indian Missionary and Pastor of Standing Rock Reservation Fort Yates North Dakota.

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Frank Bennett Fiske Indian Cabinet Photos

Lot # 260 (Sale Order: 260 of 1017)      

One shows Fiske's Wife holding the photo of Old Blue Thunder which is offered in this lot. 6" by 8". Provenance: The Estate of George W Reed Indian Missionary and Pastor ...moreof Standing Rock Reservation Fort Yates North Dakota.

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George W Reed Indian Missionary Photo Album

Lot # 261 (Sale Order: 261 of 1017)      

20 total images. Provenance: The Estate of George W Reed Indian Missionary and Pastor of Standing Rock Reservation Fort Yates North Dakota....more

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Frank Bennett Fiske Indian Grave Cabinet Photo

Lot # 262 (Sale Order: 262 of 1017)      

Graves of Indian Police Killed in Sitting Bull Fight. 8" by 10". Provenance: The Estate of George W Reed Indian Missionary and Pastor of Standing Rock Reservation Fort Ya...moretes North Dakota.

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DF Barry Chief John Grass Cabinet Photo

Lot # 263 (Sale Order: 263 of 1017)      

Bismarck Dakota Territory. 8" by 10". Provenance: The Estate of George W Reed Indian Missionary and Pastor of Standing Rock Reservation Fort Yates North Dakota....more

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DF Barry Circling Bear Cabinet Photo

Lot # 264 (Sale Order: 264 of 1017)      

Chief Circling Bear. 8" by 10". Provenance: The Estate of George W Reed Indian Missionary and Pastor of Standing Rock Reservation Fort Yates North Dakota....more

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Frank Bennett Fiske Indian Cabinet Photo

Lot # 265 (Sale Order: 265 of 1017)      

Taken Before Wall Tents Came Into Use. 8" by 10". Provenance: The Estate of George W Reed Indian Missionary and Pastor of Standing Rock Reservation Fort Yates North Dakot...morea.

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Frank Bennett Fiske Indian Cabinet Photo

Lot # 266 (Sale Order: 266 of 1017)      

Head of the Procession of Sioux Indians as they entered McLaughlin South Dakota. Celebration of Oct 10-11. 8" by 10" Provenance: The Estate of George W Reed Indian Missio...morenary and Pastor of Standing Rock Reservation Fort Yates North Dakota.

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Frank Bennett Fiske Fort Yates Cabinet Photo

Lot # 267 (Sale Order: 267 of 1017)      

John M. Carignan Indian Agent Store Fort Yates Standing Rock Reservation. 5 1/2" by 6 1/2". Provenance: The Estate of George W Reed Indian Missionary and Pastor of Standi...moreng Rock Reservation Fort Yates North Dakota.

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Frank Bennett Fiske Big Horn Buffalo Robe Photo

Lot # 268 (Sale Order: 268 of 1017)      

Battle of the Little Big Horn Buffalo Robe Presented by John Grass to Theodore Roosevelt. 11" by 14" Provenance: The Estate of George W Reed Indian Missionary and Pastor ...moreof Standing Rock Reservation Fort Yates North Dakota.

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Frank Bennett Fiske Indian Artist Cabinet Photo

Lot # 269 (Sale Order: 269 of 1017)      

Fiske with Sculptor. 10" by 12" Provenance: The Estate of George W Reed Indian Missionary and Pastor of Standing Rock Reservation Fort Yates North Dakota....more

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Frank Bennett Fiske Indian Cabinet Photo

Lot # 270 (Sale Order: 270 of 1017)      

School above Yates, Standing Rock Reservation. 10" by 12" Provenance: The Estate of George W Reed Indian Missionary and Pastor of Standing Rock Reservation Fort Yates Nor...moreth Dakota.

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Frank Bennett Fiske Indian Cabinet Photo

Lot # 271 (Sale Order: 271 of 1017)      

Agency Row Fort Yates Standing Rock Reservation. 10" by 12" Provenance: The Estate of George W Reed Indian Missionary and Pastor of Standing Rock Reservation Fort Yates N...moreorth Dakota.

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Frank Bennett Fiske Indian Grave Cabinet Photo

Lot # 272 (Sale Order: 272 of 1017)      

Graves of Indian Police killed at the time Sitting Bull was killed on Grand River. 10" by 12". Provenance: The Estate of George W Reed Indian Missionary and Pastor of Sta...morending Rock Reservation Fort Yates North Dakota.

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Frank Bennett Fiske First Train McLaughlin Photo

Lot # 273 (Sale Order: 273 of 1017)      

First train through McLaughlin South Dakota. 10" by 12". Provenance: The Estate of George W Reed Indian Missionary and Pastor of Standing Rock Reservation Fort Yates Nort...moreh Dakota.

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Frank Bennett Fiske Indian Cabinet Photo

Lot # 274 (Sale Order: 274 of 1017)      

Sioux Encamped at Conference September 5th 1908. 10" by 12". Provenance: The Estate of George W Reed Indian Missionary and Pastor of Standing Rock Reservation Fort Yates ...moreNorth Dakota.

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Frank Bennett Fiske Indian Fair Cabinet Photo

Lot # 275 (Sale Order: 275 of 1017)      

Fall Fair Fort Yates North Dakota All Indian. 10" by 12". Provenance: The Estate of George W Reed Indian Missionary and Pastor of Standing Rock Reservation Fort Yates Nor...moreth Dakota.

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