Henry Model 1860 .44 caliber rifle
date: label: Date created
content: 1860-1866
name: label: Culture/People
content: Non-Indian; collected from the Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)
label: Artist/Maker
content: New Haven Arms Company, New Haven, Connecticut, 1857-1866
label: Donor
content: Cecelia Miles Reber (Cecelia Sherman Miles/Mrs. Samuel K. Reber), Non-Indian, 1869-1952
label: Donor
content: Major General Sherman Miles, Non-Indian, 1882-1966
label: Collector
content: General Nelson A. Miles (Nelson Appleton Miles), Non-Indian, 1839-1925
label: Previous owner
content: General Nelson A. Miles (Nelson Appleton Miles), Non-Indian, 1839-1925
label: Previous owner
content: Sitting Bull the Minor (Sitting Bull the Good), Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux), 1841-1876
notes: label: Collection History
content: Presented to Sitting Bull the Minor (Sitting Bull the Good, Oglala Lakota, 1841-1876) on June 6, 1875 by President Ulysses S. Grant; collected by General Nelson A. Miles (1839-1925, U.S. Army, then a colonel) following Sitting Bull's death at the hands of the Crows on December 16, 1876 on the Tongue River in Montana; inherited by General Miles' children, Cecelia Miles Reber (Mrs. Samuel K. Reber, 1869-1952) and Major General Sherman Miles (1882-1966); donated to MAI by Major General Sherman Miles and Cecelia Miles Reber in 1925.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: North Dakota or South Dakota; USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Non-Indian
label: See related items
content: Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)
label: See related items
content: Firearms and accessories
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 14/2182
label: Barcode
content: 142182.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Firearms and accessories
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Henry Model 1860 .44 caliber rifle
label: Media/Materials
content: Metal, wood
label: Techniques
content: Commercially produced/manufactured
label: Dimensions
content: 110 x 11 cm