Shoshoni Warrior 1878, with Spencer carbine

[Henry4440]

A pic of a Shoshoni Warrior 1878 with a Spencer carbine.

[Two Flints]

Hi Lonesome Henry,

Where do you find these photos   Keep 'em coming and thanks for posting!

Two Flints

[Henry4440]

Where do you find these photos   Keep 'em coming and thanks for posting!

Searching the web
E.g. http://amertribes.proboards.com/index.cgi?

[Jobe Holiday]

A very interesting photo. Note the pommel wear on the forearm of the Spencer. That cabine has been carried many a mile across a saddle!

JH

[Jobe Holiday]

I've been studying some of the photos posted here of Amerinds with Spencer Carbines and have a thought on this one, and another posted by Lonesome Henry, http://www.cascity.com/forumhall/index.php?topic=35115.0. It appears to me that perhaps the Spencer Carbine in both pic's may be one in the same. If you look at the pommel wear on both of them there is quite a striking similarity. Since these are seemingly professional photos taken for an ethnographic record it may be the photographer's prop. Again, to me anyway.

JH