2 photographs of noted frontiersmen and Indian Wars-era scouts, including:

Studio portrait of Luther "Yellowstone" Kelly (1849-1928), legendary American frontiersman, soldier, and scout. 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. photograph on 9 x 6 in. mount with imprint of the Butler Studio, Bismarck, N.D. (light soiling to mount, light edge wear, otherwise very good). The portrait shows Kelly in military uniform, with applied paper label identifying Kelly as "Major, USA, 1890," and manuscript notations, "Taken Apr. 1890...as major in US Army." Previous owner's name written on verso, "Mrs. M.H. Jerrell." In addition to being an accomplished, hunter, trapper, and Indian Scout, Kelly was a soldier who served briefly in the Civil War and then in an 1898 expedition to Alaska. He commanded the 40th US Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Philippine–American War and later served in the civilian administration of the Philippines. 

Studio portrait of Baptiste Eugene “Big Bat” Pourier (1843-1928), frontiersman, scout, and interpreter. 7 7/8 x 6 1/8 in. photograph on 10 x 8 in. mount with R. Goebel, St. Charles Missouri blindstamp and photographer's applied paper label on verso (light, occasional soiling to print and mount, light edge and corner wear, otherwise very good). Recto with penciled identification, "Big Bat, Scout for Crook," and additional notation on verso, "Batiste Pourier (Big Bat) Frank Grouard and he saved Lieut. Sibley and co. from Crazy Horse's Sioux after the Battle of the Rosebud." At the age of 15, Pourier, a native of St. Charles, Missouri, ventered west to trade with Native Americans, and it was during one of these trips that he met and befriended Red Cloud. Around 1869, Pourier moved to Fort Laramie where he served as an interpreter for the Fort Laramie Peace Conference. In an effort to honor the Native American Land Treaty Agreements, he guided General Cook into the Black Hills in 1874 to keep miners out. Nine days after the Battle of Little Bighorn, while scouting for General Crook, Pourier managed the company to escape being trapped by pursuing warriors. In 1877, when Crazy Horse was murdered at Fort Robinson, he purportedly carried his body back to Beaver Creek, the location of Crazy Horse's Sundance Grounds. Following the Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890, Pourier traveled to Washington to serve as an interpreter for the delegation of Sioux at the Indian Bureau (information obtained from findagrave.com).