RARE FRANK WESSON 1ST TYPE 2-TRIGGER SINGLE SHOT CARBINE USED BY SHOSHONE SCOUT & CAPTURED AT BATTLE OF THE ROSEBUD BY ONE OF THE CHEYENNE WARRIORS.

SN 5182. Cal. 44 RF Henry. Usual configuration with 24″ oct bbl, matching numbered dovetail front sight and 2-leaf 3-aperture rear sight graduated 100-200-300 yards. Top flat of bbl, over chamber area has the standard patent markings along with “B. KITTREDGE & CO. / CINCINNATI O” marking of that Ohio company who sold several hundred of these carbines to the government. Bottom of the bbl has a dovetail with a sling swivel base and bottom tang has the hole for a sling swivel. Mounted with uncheckered straight grain American walnut with straight stock and carbine style buttplate. Right side of buttstock is decorated with ten 1/4″ brass tacks. In June 1876 Gen. Crook left Fort Fetterman with two regiments of Cavalry and two regiments of Infantry to join up with Gens. Terry and Gibbon (including Custer’s 7th Cavalry) to confront the hostile Indians. The column consisted of 120 wagons, 1,000 pack mules and stretched for over four miles. By the time they were camped on Goose Creek, they had acquired a group of 261 Crow and Shoshone Indian scouts. The 175 Crow scouts were armed with 50-70 caliber Sharps carbines and the 86 Shoshone scouts were armed with 44 caliber Frank Wesson rifles. At the beginning of the fight Chief Two-Moons and White-Bull and their group of Cheyenne charged the Shoshone scouts. Two-Moons killed one of the scouts with his Henry rifle and Magpie-Eagle killed another and took his Frank Wesson rifle. White-Bull had dismounted when the Shoshone scouts charged and killed another with his Henry rifle. Little-Yellow-Man took that scout’s Frank Wesson rifle. Two other Cheyenne, Charlie-Corn and Bobtail-Horse rode down two other Shoshone scouts and killed them, taking their Frank Wesson rifles. All together there were eight of the Shoshones killed as detailed in Springfield Research Service, Serial Numbers of U.S. Martial Arms, Vol. 4, page 242. Four of those Frank Wesson guns are identified as “captured from Indians”. The SN of this carbine falls between those SNs, indicating that it is from the same shipment which lends credibility to this provenance. PROVENANCE: Wendell Grangaard Collection. CONDITION: Good. No orig finish remains with the bbl, receiver, trigger guard & buttplate a smooth gray/brown patina; hammer shows an old repair. Stock has a couple of hairlines in the wrist and shows very heavy wear, possibly a replaced buttplate. Mechanics are fine, strong bore with good shine, dark in the grooves. 4-49324 JR539 (10,000-15,000) – Lot 2248

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
	2248	$6,325.00	RARE FRANK WESSON 1ST TYPE 2-TRIGGER SINGLE SHOT CARBINE USED BY SHOSHONE SCOUT & CAPTURED AT BATTLE OF THE ROSEBUD BY ONE OF THE CHEYENNE WARRIORS. SN 5182. Cal. 44 RF Henry. Usual configuration with 24″ oct bbl, matching numbered dovetail front sight and 2-leaf 3-aperture rear sight graduated 100-200-300 yards. Top flat of bbl, over chamber area has the standard patent markings along with “B. KITTREDGE & CO. / CINCINNATI O” marking of that Ohio company who sold several hundred of these carbines to the government. Bottom of the bbl has a dovetail with a sling swivel base and bottom tang has the hole for a sling swivel. Mounted with uncheckered straight grain American walnut with straight stock and carbine style buttplate. Right side of buttstock is decorated with ten 1/4″ brass tacks. In June 1876 Gen. Crook left Fort Fetterman with two regiments of Cavalry and two regiments of Infantry to join up with Gens. Terry and Gibbon (including Custer’s 7th Cavalry) to confront the hostile Indians. The column consisted of 120 wagons, 1,000 pack mules and stretched for over four miles. By the time they were camped on Goose Creek, they had acquired a group of 261 Crow and Shoshone Indian scouts. The 175 Crow scouts were armed with 50-70 caliber Sharps carbines and the 86 Shoshone scouts were armed with 44 caliber Frank Wesson rifles. At the beginning of the fight Chief Two-Moons and White-Bull and their group of Cheyenne charged the Shoshone scouts. Two-Moons killed one of the scouts with his Henry rifle and Magpie-Eagle killed another and took his Frank Wesson rifle. White-Bull had dismounted when the Shoshone scouts charged and killed another with his Henry rifle. Little-Yellow-Man took that scout’s Frank Wesson rifle. Two other Cheyenne, Charlie-Corn and Bobtail-Horse rode down two other Shoshone scouts and killed them, taking their Frank Wesson rifles. All together there were eight of the Shoshones killed as detailed in Springfield Research Service, Serial Numbers of U.S. Martial Arms, Vol. 4, page 242. Four of those Frank Wesson guns are identified as “captured from Indians”. The SN of this carbine falls between those SNs, indicating that it is from the same shipment which lends credibility to this provenance. PROVENANCE: Wendell Grangaard Collection. CONDITION: Good. No orig finish remains with the bbl, receiver, trigger guard & buttplate a smooth gray/brown patina; hammer shows an old repair. Stock has a couple of hairlines in the wrist and shows very heavy wear, possibly a replaced buttplate. Mechanics are fine, strong bore with good shine, dark in the grooves. 4-49324 JR539 (10,000-15,000) – Lot 2248 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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RARE FRANK WESSON 1ST TYPE 2-TRIGGER SINGLE SHOT CARBINE USED BY SHOSHONE SCOUT & CAPTURED AT BATTLE OF THE ROSEBUD BY ONE OF THE CHEYENNE WARRIORS.