Comanche (horse)
| Comanche | |
 Comanche 1887 |
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| Race: | Mustang / Morgan |
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| Gender: | gelding |
| Year of birth: | around 1862 |
| Year of death: | 1891 |
| Country: | United States |
| Colour: | brown |
| Equestrian: | Myles Keogh |
Comanche (* around 1862 ; † November 7, 1891 ) was a cavalry horse that survived the battle of Little Big Horn and became famous.
Life
Comanche was believed to have been captured as a wild horse and was neutered and trained in a remont station in St. Louis . He was sold to the Army for $ 90 and initially stationed at Fort Leavenworth . On April 3, 1868, he was assigned to the 7th Regiment, which was located in Ellis Station . He arrived there on May 19, 1868, and was soon chosen by Captain Myles Keogh , who rode him until the battle of June 25, 1876.
Battle of the Little Big Horn
Comanche was found after the Battle of Little Big Horn as the only surviving horse of the US cavalry that was not captured by the Indians . He stood injured between the dead soldiers and their horses. After being nursed back to health, which took a year, he became a crowd-pleaser: mistakenly, he was often mistaken for General George A. Custer's horse and the sole survivor of the whole battle. Comanche was shown to the public at parades and other events in the United States and, as his unit's mascot, was exempt from all other duties.
preparation
About 15 years after the battle died Comanche at Fort Riley in a colic . It was decided to have it stuffed by the best taxidermist available , Lewis Lindsay Dyche , and for this purpose the remains of the horse were transported to the University of Kansas Science Museum . After the preparation was completed, however, the officers at Fort Riley apparently lost interest in the animal. Dyche made an offer to the military to waive the payment of $ 400 for his services on condition that the University of Comanche be allowed to keep and exhibit. Comanche therefore stayed in the museum and was transported to Chicago in 1893 to be shown there at the World's Columbian Exposition . Until the 1970s, there was a note on the exhibit that he was the only survivor of the battle.
In 2005, after nothing had been changed in the exhibit or the exhibition space in which it was located since the 1950s, Comanche was moved to a new exhibition space. An elaborate restoration campaign followed, in which, among other things, torn seams, destroyed fur and other blemishes were improved.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from June 18, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.si.edu/encyclopedia_SI/nmnh/famehors.htm
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated January 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.roadsideamerica.com/pet/comanche.html
- ↑ Documentation from the University of Kansas about Comanches Restoration ( Memento from June 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
