The lot features a Manhattan Navy Type 36 Revolver with holster attributed to being owned and used by Oglala Sioux Young Man Afraid of His Horse, 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 on the revolver as while as the brass tacking identifying his tribal band. Young Man Afriad of His Horse (born 1836 – died 1893) was the leader of the Payabya band and was a War Chief (warchief) of the Oglala Sioux peoples. He is known for his participation in the Red Cloud’s War, as a negotiator for the Sioux Nation after the Wounded Knee Massacre and serving on delegations in Washington D.C. The revolver is marked in Togia language carvings on the left grip with his name Young Man Afraid of His Horse. Both the left and right grip show solid brass early trade tacks which represent the Akicita Police and the Payabya Band. The Akicita Police was a tribal war society police force. On the saddle harness leather holster shows additional solid brass early trade tacks (eight in total) in a circle with a large brass button in the center, overall representing the circle of life and the large button representing “Chief” along with the Payabya Band. After he suffered a heart attack and died in July 1893 while hunting with his Crow friends near Newcastle, Wyoming this Manhattan revolver was returned to his family along with his 1873 Winchester serial number 229381. The revolver shows the matching serial number on the frame and brass trigger guard handle frame as 48872 along with the 5-shot cylinder having an engraved scene and a patent date of Dec. 27 1859. It is a Series IV. The hammer pulls back and locks and the trigger releases the hammer, along with the hammer turning the cylinder, but overall the piece is out of time and slightly functions. 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.