FINE PHOTO OF “COMANCHE”, THE LONE U.S. SURVIVOR OF “LITTLE BIG HORN MASSACRE.”

FINE PHOTO OF “COMANCHE”, THE LONE U.S. SURVIVOR OF “LITTLE BIG HORN MASSACRE.”. This fine albumen photograph shows “Comanche” and his handler by DF Barry measuring about 8” x 5.75” Comanche was purchased in 1868 at a cost of $90.00. Captain Myles W. Keogh, commander, Company I, 7th Cavalry is said to have chosen Comanche as his personal mount in September 1868, but this is disputed. Private James Severs, Company M, 7th Cavalry is among those credited with discovering Comanche on the Custer Battlefield, weak with bullet and arrow wounds. He was nursed back to health and brought back with the wounded to Fort Abraham Lincoln, aboard the ship “Far West” for recuperation. After a lengthy convalescence in a special sling and stall at the post, he soon became the venerated regimental mascot and accompanied the regiment until his death at Fort Riley, Kansas on November 9, 1891. General Order No. 7, April 10, 1878 serves today as a fitting epitaph to this old warhorse: “HEADQUARTERS SEVENTH U.S. CAVALRY; FORT ABRAHAM LINCOLN, DAKOTA TERRITORY, April 10, 1878. General Orders No. 7. The horse known as “Comanche” being the only living representative of the bloody tragedy of the Little Big Horn, Montana, June 25, 1876, his kind treatment and comfort should be a matter of special pride and solicitude on the part of the 7th Cavalry, to the end that his life may be prolonged to the utmost limit. Though wounded and scarred, his very silence speaks in terms more eloquent than words of the desperate struggle against overwhelming odds of the hopeless conflict, and heroic manner in which all went down that day. The commanding officer of “I” troop will see that a special and comfortable stall is fitted up for Comanche; he will not be ridden by any person whatever under any circumstances, nor will he be put to any kind of work. Hereafter upon all occasions of ceremony (of mounted regimental formation), Comanche, saddled, bridled, and led by a mounted trooper of Troop I, will be paraded with the regiment. By Command of Colonel Sturgis, Commanding 7th US Cavalry. CONDITION: Photograph and card are overall very good condition, the DF Barry paper label on reverse is also very good as is the “Barry” blind stamp found on face of image. 4-47015 JS202 (1,500-2,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2012

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	2166	$2,185.00	FINE PHOTO OF “COMANCHE”, THE LONE U.S. SURVIVOR OF “LITTLE BIG HORN MASSACRE.”. This fine albumen photograph shows “Comanche” and his handler by DF Barry measuring about 8” x 5.75” Comanche was purchased in 1868 at a cost of $90.00. Captain Myles W. Keogh, commander, Company I, 7th Cavalry is said to have chosen Comanche as his personal mount in September 1868, but this is disputed. Private James Severs, Company M, 7th Cavalry is among those credited with discovering Comanche on the Custer Battlefield, weak with bullet and arrow wounds. He was nursed back to health and brought back with the wounded to Fort Abraham Lincoln, aboard the ship “Far West” for recuperation. After a lengthy convalescence in a special sling and stall at the post, he soon became the venerated regimental mascot and accompanied the regiment until his death at Fort Riley, Kansas on November 9, 1891. General Order No. 7, April 10, 1878 serves today as a fitting epitaph to this old warhorse: “HEADQUARTERS SEVENTH U.S. CAVALRY; FORT ABRAHAM LINCOLN, DAKOTA TERRITORY, April 10, 1878. General Orders No. 7. The horse known as “Comanche” being the only living representative of the bloody tragedy of the Little Big Horn, Montana, June 25, 1876, his kind treatment and comfort should be a matter of special pride and solicitude on the part of the 7th Cavalry, to the end that his life may be prolonged to the utmost limit. Though wounded and scarred, his very silence speaks in terms more eloquent than words of the desperate struggle against overwhelming odds of the hopeless conflict, and heroic manner in which all went down that day. The commanding officer of “I” troop will see that a special and comfortable stall is fitted up for Comanche; he will not be ridden by any person whatever under any circumstances, nor will he be put to any kind of work. Hereafter upon all occasions of ceremony (of mounted regimental formation), Comanche, saddled, bridled, and led by a mounted trooper of Troop I, will be paraded with the regiment. By Command of Colonel Sturgis, Commanding 7th US Cavalry. CONDITION: Photograph and card are overall very good condition, the DF Barry paper label on reverse is also very good as is the “Barry” blind stamp found on face of image. 4-47015 JS202 (1,500-2,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2012 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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