Post by Diane Merkel on Nov 15, 2005 6:20:43 GMT -6
"I guess my favorite piece is the carbine that belonged to Curley, Custer's scout at the Little Big Horn, who was the last of his surviving command to see him alive," Fortunate Eagle said. "Curley's son, George Old Elk, was my adoptive father and as part of that auction lot we're including a photo of Curley holding the gun."
The weapon is a U.S. Springfield Model 1877 trapdoor carbine, estimated value $8,000 to $12,000. The auction also includes a British flintlock ($700 to $1,000) with attributed ownership to Crow Warrior Warm Robe, a veteran of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, a Crow hand drum ($600 to $900) also owned by Curley and a Sheffield Bowie knife ($250 to $350) found near Custer Battlefield.
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