The lot features an 1858 Remington New Model Police Revolver with holster attributed to being owned and used by Hunkpapa Sioux Long Bull, being marked in Lakota Togia. The piece was examined by Lakota Togia language expert Wendell Grangaard of The Guns of History, Inc and found to be marked with his name six times across the revolver and holster. Long Bull, also known as Paul Long Bull, was only 12 years old at the time of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, therefore not at the battle but rather guarding his mother Julia Long Bull, his on-year old brother Joseph and his grandmother Wieiblezwin while his father Harry Long Bull and grandfather Long Bull fought at the battle. Long Bull was born into the Hunkpapa Kiglasha band (They Tie Their Own) and belonged to the Bad Bows sub-band of Icira of Sitting Bull. Harry Long Bull, his father, had a close relationship with Sitting Bull and later settled on the Grand River raising horses. Paul later married Josephine and settled by Little Eagle, South Dakota near the Grand River in a cabin he built and was still alive at the time of the census in 1926. The revolver is a Remington 1858 New Model Police in 36 caliber with a 5-shot cylinder, brass trigger guard, and serial number of 15054 being found under the ramrod. The hammer pulls back, but does not lock and the cylinder spins freely (if the trigger is pushed forward and the hammer is pull it will lock up and fire). The piece is paired with a harness saddle leather holster showing copper riveted double belt loops on the rear and about seventeen solid brass trade tacks around the border. This is truly a fantastic Indian Wars Era blanket pistol with attribution to a historic Hunkpapa Indian. Provenance: From a historic Eastern Montana American Indian Collection, where the piece was found to be an authentic original, one of the finest collections of American Indian weaponry and antiquities in Montana. Comes with Signed documentation from Wendell Grangaard and illustration of the togia language carvings.