Anonymous
6/23/2025, 9:35:03 PM
No.17786085
>>17786004
>particularly how they were acquired in numbers by the indians which i understand led to them having an advantage in certain engagements
>wasn't the battle of the little bighorn won by superior indian lever action fite power apposed to the single shot trap door rifle the cav troops mostly had?
according to wikipedia and the book they cite at least there is only physical evidence of the injuns having about 20 individual henry rifles at little big horn and little big horn was 1876 so the original henry 1860 would have been 16 years old and the 1866 would have been 10 years old. They could have obtained the rifles via trading fur at outposts or by taking them off of dead men they raided as henry rifles were somewhat popular (as far as they could be at that price point) with people who had to go out west and were in fear of being raided.
there was also one hill in particular that a lot of the henry casings were found
>particularly how they were acquired in numbers by the indians which i understand led to them having an advantage in certain engagements
>wasn't the battle of the little bighorn won by superior indian lever action fite power apposed to the single shot trap door rifle the cav troops mostly had?
according to wikipedia and the book they cite at least there is only physical evidence of the injuns having about 20 individual henry rifles at little big horn and little big horn was 1876 so the original henry 1860 would have been 16 years old and the 1866 would have been 10 years old. They could have obtained the rifles via trading fur at outposts or by taking them off of dead men they raided as henry rifles were somewhat popular (as far as they could be at that price point) with people who had to go out west and were in fear of being raided.
there was also one hill in particular that a lot of the henry casings were found