OSAGE ORANGE BOW & FOUR ARROWS FROM GERONIMO-MANGAS

Rare Cheyenne Bow and Four Arrows (all but one retaining metal points), buffalo hide with sinew wrap. Possibly carried at Little Big Horn by Little Horse.From last camp of Geronimo (Chiricahua Apache) before surrender, weapons were hidden in caves. Mangas was a nephew of the Chief Mangas Coloradas, unifier of the Apache Nation, (killed in 1863). They hid in the Dragoon Mountains of Arizona, surrendered in Sept 1886 in Skeleton Canyon, AZ. 53 1/2" bow, arrows roughly 23" long.Given to Carl Moon with provenance going back to 1886. Pictured in numerous books and articles, most significantly pages 314-315 of "In Search of Wild Indians" and page 77 of "Who's Who in American Indian Relics, No. 9".Letter from Wendell Grangaard, President of The Guns of History, dated Oct. 2, 2017, reads: "Indian Bow; Little Horse, Cheyenne. During my examination of this long bow, I found the name Little Horse written in togia, cut into the wood of the upper part of the bow.Little Horse was born in the late 1830s to a Northern Cheyenne father and Crow mother. He grew to be a great warrior and led the attack at the Fetterman battle in 1866. I believe he would have carried this bow at the battle. Little Horse was one of nine Little Chiefs and belonged to the Kit Fox Warrior Society and was also a Contrary (Heyoka) warrior. Little horse was married and had two daughters and one son.At the Little Big Horn battle, Little Horse was noted as wearing a great war bonnet. He rode with Two Moon and led a group of the Kit Fox Warrior Society. Little Horse testified that he was the one who stripped Tom Custer's body after the battle, taking his coat and pants, scarf and Spencer sporting 56-46 cal rifle, S/N 61391. He said someone else took Tom Custer's 45 cal revolver. He also noted that a woman (Monaseetah) had smashed Tom Custer's head with a turnip masher. After the battle, Little Horse follower Dull Knife and eventually camped on the Red Fork of the Powder River. The camp was celebrating a victory over a Shosone tribe when the Cavalry attacked the camp at dawn. Little Horse lost everything in his lodge during the attack to Bill Garrett, a scout for the Cavalry".