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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;springfld.arsenal, post: 275805, member: 54&quot;]This is an interesting &quot;case&quot; to me anyway.&nbsp; None of my biz now that you have a disposition decided, etc, but IF I was a potential customer for that item I&#039;d want to know a bit more.&nbsp; I did look up Little Crow and there&#039;s a wealth of info on him, he was killed in June 1863 while trespassing.&nbsp; In 1862 he led the Indians in a war against all caucasians in his area.&nbsp; His skull etc was a prized possession in a Minneasota museum until repatriated under the federal legislation requiring it.</p><p><br /></p><p>A few questions:&nbsp; Creds of authenticator?&nbsp; Is authentication in signed, dated document?&nbsp; When was gun made?&nbsp; When did Indians begin acquiring firearms?&nbsp; Any documentation that Little Crow ever owned a firearm?&nbsp; Since this gun was not with LC at his death, where was it then?&nbsp; If with his tribe, wouldn&#039;t Army have confiscated it before they moved the tribe to Nebraska?&nbsp; Why is there such a great difference in the patina between the large and small tacks?&nbsp; Where are the little figures spelled out by the tacks, I can&#039;t see any?</p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s an interesting and quite negative commentary on the authenticator at following link, scroll down to the July 17, 2017 entry:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.forgottenweapons.com/book-review-documenting-the-weapons-used-at-the-little-bighorn/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forgottenweapons.com/book-review-documenting-the-weapons-used-at-the-little-bighorn/" rel="nofollow">https://www.forgottenweapons.com/book-review-documenting-the-weapons-used-at-the-little-bighorn/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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