Wagon Box Fight
Statement in question:
“U.S. soldiers circled their wagons together and held off the warriors with their new repeating arms rifles.”
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Billy Dixon and the Sharps “Big Fifty”
I considered running this in the “Armchair Editor” section, but because the comment was made during a TV show and a transcript isn’t available, it is impossible to provide the exact quote. The TV program being referred to is a popular western music and poetry show. During this particular episode they interviewed a guest who had a long-time interest in buffalo, buffalo hunting, and Sharps firearms.
Read moreSpencer cartridge manufacturing dates
The statement in question refers to relics found at a Plains Indian wars battle site of the 1870s:
The fact that the majority of the Indian cartridges are Spencers [.56/56; .56/52; .56/50] that were not manufactured after 1866 suggests that they were conserving the cartridges they had and even going to great length to curate their ammunition.
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