SPENCER MODEL 1865 SADDLE RING CARBINE THAT BELONGED TO CHIEF HOLLOW-HORN-BEAR USED AT THE LITTLE BIG HORN.

SN 375. Cal. 56-50. Standard early Spencer carbine with 20″ bbl, rectangular base front sight and Spencer 900 yard carbine ladder Spencer rear sight. Mounted with uncheckered straight grain walnut with straight stock and carbine buttplate. Bottom of stock has a recess where a sling swivel was attached and forearm has a recess where the bbl band keeper should be. Keeper & band are missing. Right side of buttstock has four deep notches that are about 5/8″ long. Consignor is a retired bridge and highway construction company owner from South Dakota who employed many local Native Americans over the years and became extremely friendly with them. He states that while working on a highway project in Todd County, South Dakota, on the Rosebud Reservation he met Albert White Hat who was the grandson of Chief Hollow-Horn-Bear. He told that his grandfather had taken a Spencer “rifle” at the Fetterman Battle and that he remembered the SN “375” because it was so short. He stated that he wished he had been able to keep it but his grandmother sold it in 1915 to a local rancher during a hard time. Hollow-Horn-Bear used this carbine later at the Wagon Box fight on Aug. 1, 1867 and the Yellowstone Battle on Aug. 4, 1873 and loaned it to Two Eagles for the Rosebud Battle with Gen. Crook June 17, 1876. He reportedly retrieved his Spencer and used it at the Little Big Horn against Custer. After each battle he filed a notch on the stock. He surrendered with a group of Brule Sioux late in 1876 at the Spotted Tail Agency in Nebraska and was moved to the Rosebud Agency in 1877. He did not turn in his Spencer but used it later as the Head of Indian Police at Rosebud Agency. He became Chief of the tribe and in 1905 attended Theodore Roosevelt’s Inauguration. In 1913 he led a group of Indians in the Inaugural Parade for President Woodrow Wilson. The Fetterman Fight, also known as the Fetterman Massacre which the Indians called “Battle of the Hundred in the Hand” occurred on Dec. 21, 1866 when a wood train was attacked by Crazy Horse and 40 warriors. The Commander of Fort Phil Kearny, Wyoming sent out Capt. Fetterman of the 18th Infantry with 49 troops to relieve the wood train. They were also accompanied by troops from Company C of the 2nd Cavalry, consisting of 27 mounted soldiers and two civilians. The cavalry was armed with Spencer carbines and the infantry with Springfield muzzle loaders. Undoubtedly this carbine was captured from one of the 2nd Cavalry troopers. This type of Spencer was shipped in Aug. 1865 and the first shipment was sent to Fort Kearny through the Omaha Depot (see Spencer Repeating Firearms, Marcot). PROVENANCE: Wendell Grangaard Collection. CONDITION: Very good. No orig finish remains with the metal an overall dark brown patina. Stock has some deterioration around the buttplate with nicks, dings & scratches; forearm shows heavy saddle wear and overall the wood shows a heavy hand worn patina. Mechanics are fine, strong bore with moderate to heavy pitting. 4-49329 JR534 (10,000-15,000) – Lot 2247

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2014

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
	2247	$20,125.00	SPENCER MODEL 1865 SADDLE RING CARBINE THAT BELONGED TO CHIEF HOLLOW-HORN-BEAR USED AT THE LITTLE BIG HORN. SN 375. Cal. 56-50. Standard early Spencer carbine with 20″ bbl, rectangular base front sight and Spencer 900 yard carbine ladder Spencer rear sight. Mounted with uncheckered straight grain walnut with straight stock and carbine buttplate. Bottom of stock has a recess where a sling swivel was attached and forearm has a recess where the bbl band keeper should be. Keeper & band are missing. Right side of buttstock has four deep notches that are about 5/8″ long. Consignor is a retired bridge and highway construction company owner from South Dakota who employed many local Native Americans over the years and became extremely friendly with them. He states that while working on a highway project in Todd County, South Dakota, on the Rosebud Reservation he met Albert White Hat who was the grandson of Chief Hollow-Horn-Bear. He told that his grandfather had taken a Spencer “rifle” at the Fetterman Battle and that he remembered the SN “375” because it was so short. He stated that he wished he had been able to keep it but his grandmother sold it in 1915 to a local rancher during a hard time. Hollow-Horn-Bear used this carbine later at the Wagon Box fight on Aug. 1, 1867 and the Yellowstone Battle on Aug. 4, 1873 and loaned it to Two Eagles for the Rosebud Battle with Gen. Crook June 17, 1876. He reportedly retrieved his Spencer and used it at the Little Big Horn against Custer. After each battle he filed a notch on the stock. He surrendered with a group of Brule Sioux late in 1876 at the Spotted Tail Agency in Nebraska and was moved to the Rosebud Agency in 1877. He did not turn in his Spencer but used it later as the Head of Indian Police at Rosebud Agency. He became Chief of the tribe and in 1905 attended Theodore Roosevelt’s Inauguration. In 1913 he led a group of Indians in the Inaugural Parade for President Woodrow Wilson. The Fetterman Fight, also known as the Fetterman Massacre which the Indians called “Battle of the Hundred in the Hand” occurred on Dec. 21, 1866 when a wood train was attacked by Crazy Horse and 40 warriors. The Commander of Fort Phil Kearny, Wyoming sent out Capt. Fetterman of the 18th Infantry with 49 troops to relieve the wood train. They were also accompanied by troops from Company C of the 2nd Cavalry, consisting of 27 mounted soldiers and two civilians. The cavalry was armed with Spencer carbines and the infantry with Springfield muzzle loaders. Undoubtedly this carbine was captured from one of the 2nd Cavalry troopers. This type of Spencer was shipped in Aug. 1865 and the first shipment was sent to Fort Kearny through the Omaha Depot (see Spencer Repeating Firearms, Marcot). PROVENANCE: Wendell Grangaard Collection. CONDITION: Very good. No orig finish remains with the metal an overall dark brown patina. Stock has some deterioration around the buttplate with nicks, dings & scratches; forearm shows heavy saddle wear and overall the wood shows a heavy hand worn patina. Mechanics are fine, strong bore with moderate to heavy pitting. 4-49329 JR534 (10,000-15,000) – Lot 2247 Auction: Firearms - Spring 2014 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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SPENCER MODEL 1865 SADDLE RING CARBINE THAT BELONGED TO CHIEF HOLLOW-HORN-BEAR USED AT THE LITTLE BIG HORN.