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Arrow
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| Description | Arrow with a wooden shaft, steel projectile point and feather fletching. The arrow killed Lieutenant Frederick John Holt Beever, a volunteer aide-de-camp assigned to the 1863 punitive expedition against the Dakota led by Henry Sibley. It was retrieved from Beever's corpse on the bank of the Missouri River near Bismarck, North Dakota. |
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| Quantity | 1 item |
| Format | Content Category: artifacts |
| Measurements | 24 1/2 inches length 5/16 inch diameter shaft 7/8 inch width widest point |
| Nomenclature | Arrow |
| Creation | Made by Dakota Indians |
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Henry Hastings Sibley Expedition Beever, Lieutenant Frederick John Holt Made by Dakota Indians Found at Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota, United States U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 Sibley expedition, 1863 Dakota Indians--Wars, 1862-1865 Indian. Armaments. Tools & Equipment. Edged |
| Dates | Use: Exactly 1863 |
| Holding Type | 3D Objects |
| ID Number | 6040.5 |