Subject: wic'âša 'shirt wearer' warrior

Culture: Lakota Sioux

Setting: Sioux/Plains Wars, 1862-1890

Object: guns

* National Museum of Crime and Punishment > A Notorious History of American Crime

"HALF STOCK PERCUSSION PLAINS RIFLE

This 36 caliber, 21" with octagon barrel is basically a homemade rifle, a composition of parts from a wide range of time periods. Overall appearance indicates it was constructed somewhere in the mid 1800s.

"This particular firearm serves as a great example of those used by the Native American Indian during this turbulent period."

* Fort Worth Museum of Science and History > 150 Years of Fort Worth

"Sharps carbine,

.52 caliber,

worn condition and brass tack decoration indicate Indian use,

United States, c. 1859."

* Forest Fenn