Whitney Burgess Morse .45 caliber lever-action repeating rifle
date: label: Date created
content: 1876-1877
name: label: Culture/People
content: Non-Indian; collected from the Niimíipuu (Nez Perce)
label: Artist/Maker
content: Whitney Arms Company, New Haven, Connecticut, 1798-1886
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: Chief Joseph (Hinmuuttu-yalatlat [Thunder Rolling Down the Mountain]/In Mut Too Yah Lat Lat), Niimíipuu (Nez Perce), 1840-1904
notes: label: Collection History
content: Formerly owned by the Niimíipuu (Nez Perce) Chief Joseph (Hinmuuttu-yalatlat/Thunder Rolling Down the Mountain, 1840-1904); surrendered to General Nelson A. Miles (1839-1925, U.S. Army) in 1877 in the Bear Paw Mountains, Montana Territory; 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.
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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: 14/2183
label: Barcode
content: 142183.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Firearms and accessories
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Whitney Burgess Morse .45 caliber lever-action repeating rifle
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood, metal
label: Techniques
content: Commercially produced/manufactured
label: Dimensions
content: 99 x 11 cm