Winchester Model 1866 .44 caliber carbine
date: label: Date created
content: 1870-1877
name: label: Culture/People
content: Non-Indian; said to have been collected from the Niimíipuu (Nez Perce)
label: Artist/Maker
content: Winchester Repeating Arms Company, New Haven, Connecticut, 1886-1963
label: Previous owner
content: Chief Joseph (Hinmuuttu-yalatlat [Thunder Rolling Down the Mountain]/In Mut Too Yah Lat Lat), Niimíipuu (Nez Perce), 1840-1904
label: Previous owner
content: General Nelson A. Miles (Nelson Appleton Miles), Non-Indian, 1839-1925
label: Previous owner
content: Brigadier General George W. Baird, Non-Indian, 1839-1906
label: Previous owner
content: Colonel George Hathaway Baird, Non-Indian, 1876-1951
label: Previous owner
content: Betty Taylor Baird (Mrs. Harold Otis Nickerson), Non-Indian
label: Previous owner
content: Nancy R. Baird (Nancy Rogers Baird), Non-Indian, 1910-1989
label: Donor
content: Betty Taylor Baird (Mrs. Harold Otis Nickerson), Non-Indian
label: Donor
content: Nancy R. Baird (Nancy Rogers Baird), Non-Indian, 1910-1989
notes: label: Collection History
content: Said to have been owned by the Niimíipuu (Nez Perce) leader Chief Joseph (Hinmuuttu-yalatlat, 1840-1904); probably surrendered to General Nelson A. Miles (1839-1925, U.S. Army) in 1877; said to have been given by General Miles to his assistant, General George W. Baird (1839-1906, U.S. Army); probably inherited by General Baird's son, Colonel George Hathaway Baird (U.S. Army, 1876-1951); inherited by Colonel Baird's daughters, Miss Nancy Rogers Baird (1910-1989) and Miss Betty Taylor Baird (Mrs. Harold Otis Nickerson); donated to MAI by Nancy Baird and Betty Baird in 1953.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Plateau; USA, Canada (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Non-Indian
label: See related items
content: Niimíipuu (Nez Perce)
label: See related items
content: Firearms and accessories
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 22/2171
label: Barcode
content: 222171.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Firearms and accessories
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Winchester Model 1866 .44 caliber carbine
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood, metal
label: Techniques
content: Commercially produced/manufactured
label: Dimensions
content: 99 x 11.5 cm