- All Records
- 1790s
- 1870s
- 1750s
- 1810s
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- Date Range From
- 1860
- Date Range To
- 1870
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- LEAD
- Catalogue Number
- P19990032018
2 images
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1860
- Date Range To
- 1870
- Materials
- LEAD
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Diameter
- 1.3
- Description
- CIRCULAR; DAMAGED; MINOR INACTIVE SURFACE CORRISION THROUGHOUT; .50 CALIBER; WEIGHT 13.28 GMS.
- Subjects
- ARMAMENT-AMMUNITION
- Historical Association
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- History
- ARTIFACT WAS RECOVERED FROM SITE DKPF-5; COORDINATES: SITE 2; VERTICAL COORDINATES: 2.5 X 1.5. FIELD NUMBER: FRAME 22, PLAT D.
- Catalogue Number
- P19990032018
- Acquisition Date
- 1999-05
- Collection
- Museum
Images
- Date Range From
- 1860
- Date Range To
- 1870
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- LEAD
- Catalogue Number
- P19990032017
2 images
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1860
- Date Range To
- 1870
- Materials
- LEAD
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Diameter
- 1.5
- Description
- CIRCULAR; DAMAGED WITH HOLES; MINOR INACTIVE SURFACE CORRISION THROUGHOUT; .50 CALIBER; WEIGHT 20.36 GMS.
- Subjects
- ARMAMENT-AMMUNITION
- Historical Association
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- History
- ARTIFACT WAS RECOVERED FROM SITE DKPF-5; COORDINATES: SITE 2; VERTICAL COORDINATES: 1.5 X 1.5. FIELD NUMBER: FRAME 34, PLAT C.
- Catalogue Number
- P19990032017
- Acquisition Date
- 1999-05
- Collection
- Museum
Images
- Date Range From
- 1860
- Date Range To
- 1870
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- LEAD
- Catalogue Number
- P19990032016
2 images
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1860
- Date Range To
- 1870
- Materials
- LEAD
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Diameter
- 1.3
- Description
- CIRCULAR; MINOR INACTIVE SURFACE CORRISION THROUGHOUT; .50 CALIBER; WEIGHT 13.95 GMS.
- Subjects
- ARMAMENT-AMMUNITION
- Historical Association
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- History
- ARTIFACT WAS RECOVERED FROM SITE DKPF-5; COORDINATES: SITE 2; VERTICAL COORDINATES: 2.0 X 0.5. FIELD NUMBER: FRAME 1, PLAT E.
- Catalogue Number
- P19990032016
- Acquisition Date
- 1999-05
- Collection
- Museum
Images
- Date Range From
- 1860
- Date Range To
- 1870
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- LEAD
- Catalogue Number
- P19990032062
2 images
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1860
- Date Range To
- 1870
- Materials
- LEAD
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Diameter
- 1.4
- Description
- OVAL; SLIGHT DAMAGE; RAMROD MARKINGS; MINOR INACTIVE SURFACE CORROSION THROUGHOUT; .50 CALIBER; WEIGHT -----.
- Subjects
- ARMAMENT-AMMUNITION
- Historical Association
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- History
- ARTIFACT WAS RECOVERED FROM SITE DKPF-5; COORDINATES: SITE 3; VERTICAL COORDINATES: 2.5 X 0.5; FIELD NUMBER: FRAME 27, PLAT F.
- Catalogue Number
- P19990032062
- Acquisition Date
- 1999-05
- Collection
- Museum
Images
- Date Range From
- 1860
- Date Range To
- 1870
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- IRON
- Catalogue Number
- P19990032063
2 images
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1860
- Date Range To
- 1870
- Materials
- IRON
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Diameter
- 1.5
- Description
- CIRCULAR; MINOR INACTIVE SURFACE CORROSION THROUGHOUT; PROBABLY .60 CALIBER; WEIGHT 15.95 GMS.
- Subjects
- ARMAMENT-AMMUNITION
- Historical Association
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- History
- ARTIFACT WAS RECOVERED FROM SITE DKPF-5; COORDINATES: SITE 3; VERTICAL COORDINATES: 2.0 X 1.0; FIELD NUMBER: FRAME 33, PLAT F.
- Catalogue Number
- P19990032063
- Acquisition Date
- 1999-05
- Collection
- Museum
Images
- Date Range From
- 1860
- Date Range To
- 1870
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- IRON
- Catalogue Number
- P19990032076
1 image
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1860
- Date Range To
- 1870
- Materials
- IRON
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Diameter
- 1.5
- Description
- 1.5 CM (D). IRON; CIRCULAR; MINOR INACTIVE SURFACE CORROSION THROUGHOUT; POSSIBLY .60 CALIBER; WEIGHT 15.95 GMS. ***NOTE*** THIS ARTIFACT MAY BE LABELED AS P19990032009-GA (THERE IS NO ARTIFACT LABELED P19990032076-GA). THIS PROBLEM WAS PREVIOUSLY NOTED IN 2004 AND 2006 INVENTORIES. MOST RECENTLY NOTED IN 2011.
- Subjects
- ARMAMENT-AMMUNITION
- Historical Association
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- History
- ARTIFACT WAS RECOVERED FROM SITE DKPF-5; COORDINATES: SITE 3; VERTICAL COORDINATES: 2.0 X 1.0; FIELD NUMBER: FRAME 33, PLAT F. PROBABLY FIRED FROM A .60 CALIBER MUSKET.
- Catalogue Number
- P19990032076
- Acquisition Date
- 1999-05
- Collection
- Museum
Images
- Date Range From
- 1200
- Date Range To
- 1750
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- STONE
- Catalogue Number
- P19890042002
1 image
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1200
- Date Range To
- 1750
- Materials
- STONE
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Diameter
- 10.8
- Description
- GROUND STONE BALL, GRANITIC LITHIC. EVIDENCE OF USE ON ONE SURFACE.
- Subjects
- FOOD PROCESSING T&E
- Historical Association
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- History
- NORTHWESTERN PLAINS, LATE PREHISTORIC PERIOD? DONOR FOUND ON FARM IN SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN. PROBABLE USE, PULVERIZING BONE OR SINEW. DONOR RETIRED & RESIDING IN LETHBRIDGE. REMAINDER OF DONATION IN EDUCATION COLLECTION.
- Catalogue Number
- P19890042002
- Acquisition Date
- 1989-06
- Collection
- Museum
Images
CASE, ARTIFACTS OF LAST INDIAN BATTLE
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- Date Range From
- 1860
- Date Range To
- 1870
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- SEE DESCRIPTION (BRASS, LEAD IRON, COPPER, TIN)
- Catalogue Number
- P19990032006
1 image
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1860
- Date Range To
- 1870
- Materials
- SEE DESCRIPTION (BRASS, LEAD IRON, COPPER, TIN)
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Description
- RECTANGULAR DISPLAY CASE (83.5 X 63.0 X 8.0 CM) CONTAINING 33 ARTIFACTS; PERMANENTLY CLOSED; GLASS TOP; THE ARTIFACTS ARE POSITIONED BETWEEN RED FELT AND THE GLASS; INACTIVE CORRISION THROUGHOUT; ARTIFACTS RECOVERED FROM DKPF-5; IN THE CENTRE OF THE DISPLAY IS A PHOTOCOPY OF A SKETCH MAP OF THE LAST INDIAN BATTLE. THE CASE CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING ARTIFACTS: 1. (CAT.#30) BULLET; .44 REVOLVER; WEIGHT 9.46 GMS; SIZE: CIRCULAR .469"; DAMAGED LEAD; COORDINATES: SITE 2; VERTICAL COORDINATES: 2 X 2; FIELD NUMBER: FRAME 14, PLAT D; FIRED FROM 1863 STARR CAP AND BALL REVOLVER; MATERIAL: BRASS. 2. (CAT.#31) BULLET; .44 REVOLVER; WEIGHT 8.94 GMS; SIZE: CIRCULAR .469"; DAMAGED; COORDINATES: SITE 2; VERTICAL COORDINATES: 1.5 X 1.5; FIELD NUMBER: FRAME 14, PLAT ----; FIRED FROM AN 1863 STARR AND CAP REVOLVER; MATERIAL: LEAD. 3. (CAT.# 35) .60 CALIBER MUSKET BALL; WEIGHT 15.95 GMS; SIZE: CIRCULAR .625"; COORDINATES: SITE 2; VERTICAL COORDINATES: 1.5 X 1; FIELD NUMBER: FRAME ----, PLAT E; BALLS WERE WRAPPED IN AN OILED OR GREASED RAG TO PREVENT DAMAGE TO THE BARREL OF THE MUSKET; MATERIAL: IRON. 4. (CAT.# 36) MUSKET BALL; .60 CALIBER; WEIGHT 15.95 GMS; SIZE: CIRCULAR .625"; COORDINATES: SITE 2; VERTICAL COORDINATES: .5X.5; FIELD NUMBER: FRAME ----, PLAT E; BALLS WERE WRAPPED IN OILED OR GREASED RAG TO PREVENT DAMAGE TO THE BARREL OF THE MUSKET; MATERIAL: IRON. 5. (CAT.# 61) BULLET; .36 CALIBER; WEIGHT 5.91? GMS; SIZE: CONICAL; COORDINATES: SITE: 3; VERTICAL COORDINATES: 1 X 2; FIELD NUMBER: FRAME 4, PLAT G; FIRED FROM A NAVY COLT, 1851 VINTAGE WITH 7 REFLING GROOVES; MATERIAL: LEAD. 6 (CAT.# 76) MUSKET BALL; .56 CALIBER; WEIGHT ---; SIZE: CIRCULAR .556"; THIS BALL SEEMS BADLY PITTED WHICH IS PROBABLY DUE TO BEING COMPRISED OF TWO DIFFERENT METALS, ONE OF WHICH CORRODES FASTER THAN THE LEAD; COORDINATES: SITE 4; VERTICAL COORDINATES: 1.5 X 0.5; FIELD NUMBER: FRAME 25, PLAT I; MATERIAL: LEAD. 7. (CAT. #50 AND #51) MUSKET BALL; .50 CALIBER; RAM-ROD MARKINGS; COORDINATES SITE 2; VERTICAL COORDINATES: 2.5 X 2.5 (#50, .5 X .5 (#51); FIELD NUMBER: FRAME 6, PLAT E; MATERIAL: LEAD. 8. (CAT. #6) SPENCER, 56/56;CASE UNMARKED; CASE DIAMETER: .566"; CASE LENGTH: .957"; BULLET WEIGHT: 350-360 GRAINS; BULLET DIAMETER: .568" CARTRIDGE LENGTH: 1.610"; UNFIRED: BULLET HEAVILY PATINATED; CASE CONTAINS 42 45 GRAINS OF BLACK POWDER: COORDINATES: POINT 57; VERTICAL COORDINATES: ----; FIELD NUMBER: SQUARE 17, PLAT A; MATERIAL: ----. THIS IS THE LARGEST AND OLDEST OF THE SPENCERS. 9. (CAT #52 AND #53) CARTIRIDGE, .44; LENGTH: 1.359"; CASE LENGTH: .815"; CASES MARKED WITH "H"; FIRING PIN MARKS; MISFIRED; CRACKED CASING; COORDINATES: SITE 2; VERTICAL COORINATES: 1 X 2; FIELD NUMBER: FRAME 16, PLAT E (#52); FRAME 5, PLAT D (#53); MATERIAL: COPPER CASE. 10.(CAT. #64) BULLET: ,44 CALIBER; COORDINATES; SITE 3; VERTICAL COORDINATES; 1 X 1; FIELD NUMBER: FRAME 5, PLAT G; BADLY DAMAGED AND FLATTENED (AS STATED ON THE CARD DOCUMENTATION); MATERIAL: LEAD; PROBABLY FIRED FROM A .44 HENRY AS LEAD IS SIMILAR TO THAT FOUND IN A .44 FLAT HENRY CARTRIDGE. 11.(CAT.#72) PROJECTILE POINT; DIMENSION: 93 X 18 X 1 MM; COORDINATES: SITE 3 (CARD DOCUMENTATION STATES SITE 4); VERTICAL COORDINATES: 2.5 X 1; FIELD NUMBER; FRAME 5, PLAT O; MATERIAL: IRON; IT IS KNOWM THAT THE INDIAN USED THE IRON BARREL HOOPS TO MAKE ARROW POINTS. THIS POINT APPEARS TO BE HANDMADE OF IRON. MADE OF IRON. 12.(CAT #12) THONG TIP; METAL CASING; FUNNEL SHAPED; LENGTH: 49 MM; WIDTH: 22-24 MM; COORDINATES: SITE 1; VERTICAL COORDINATES: 2 X 2.5; FIELD NUMBER: FRAME 4 (STATED ON CARD), PLAT A; MATERIAL: TINNED IRON. 13.(CAT. #80) BUCKLE; SIZE: 3.5 X 3.0 CM; COORDINATES: ---?--------; VERTICAL COORDINATES: ---?---; FIELD NUMBER: ---?---; MATERIAL: BRASS; A TYPE USED BY THE U.S. CAVALRY DURING THE CIVIL WAR. 14.(CAT. #7) TIN TID; SIZE: CIRCULAR, 3.5 CM; COORDINATES: SITE 1; VERTICAL COORDINATES: .5 X .5; FIELD NUMBER: SQUARE 10, PLAT A; MARKED ELROY BROS, LONDON, ENGLAND; LID WAS FOR A TIN BOX OF 200 PERCUSSION CAPS. CAPS WERE USED IN CAP AND BALL PISTOLS AND MUSKETS. MANUFACTURE COMMENCED 1836. MATERIAL; TINNED IRON (CARD DOCUMENTATION STATES FULMINATE OF MERCURY AND POTASSIUM CHLORATE). 15.(CAT #32) DANGLES: 1/2 GOLBE OF COPPER BELL DANGLE; COORDINATES; SITE 2; VERTICAL COORDINATES; 1 X 1; FIELD NUMBER: FRAME 29, PLAT D; MATERIAL: BRASS; BELL OR BELL DANGLES WERE USUALLY WORN ON THE FRINGES OF LEGGINGS OR JACKETS. 16.(CAT. #33) DANGLES; COORDINATES: SITE 2; VERTICAL COORDINATES: 2.5 X .5; FIELD NUMBER; FRAME 34, PLAT D; SAME AS CAT. #32. 17. (CAT. #34) DANGLES; COORDINATES: SITE 2; VERTICAL COORDINATES; 1.5 X 1.5; FIELD NUMBER; FRAME 34, PLAT D; SAME AS CAT. #32. 18.(CAT. #29) BAND, METAL; CAMAGED TO A RECTANGLE (58 X 15 X 13 MM); SOLDERED LOOP, NO MARKINGS, ONE ROUGH DEGE; COORDINATES; SITE 2; VERTICAL COORDINATES; .5 X .5; FIELD NUMBER ; FRAME 24, PLAT D; PEWTER OR POT METAL (AS STATED ON SHEET DOCUMENTATION); MATERIAL; COPPER (AS STATED ON CARD DOCUMENTATION). 19.(CAT. #37) CASING; UNMARKED; SIZE: .815"; CHARACTERISTIC BULGE OF THE 1860 HENRY RIFLE; COORDINATES: SITE 2; VERTICAL COORDINATES: .5 X .3; FIELD NUMBER; FRAME 20, PLAT D; MATERIAL: BRASS. 20.(CAT. #38) CASING; DESCRIPTION SAME AS CAT. #37 ABOVE. COORDINATES: SITE 2; VERTICAL COORDINATES: .5 X .5; FIELD NUMBER: FRAME 2, PLAT E. 21.(CAT. #39) CASING; DESCRIPTION SAME AS CAT. #37 ABOVE. COORDINATES: SITE: 2; VERTICAL COORDINATES: 2 X 1; FIELD NUMBER: FRAME 14, PLAT D. 22.(CAT. #40) CASING; DESCRIPTION SAME AS CATP #37 ABOVE. MISFIRED ONCE; COORDINATES: SITE 2; VERTICAL COORDINATES: 1 X 2.5; FIELD NUMBER: FRAME 14, PLAT D. 23.(CAT. #41) CASING; DESCRIPTION SAME AS CAT. #27 ABOVE. MISFIRED ONCE; COORDINATES: SITE 2; VERTICAL COORDINATES: 1 X 5; FIELD NUMBER: FRAME 23, PLAT D. 24.(CAT. #42) CASING; DESCRIPTION SAME AS CAT. #37 ABOVE. UNMARKED; COORDINATES: SITE 2; VERTICAL COORDINATES: 2.5 X 5: FIELD NUMBER: FRAME 26, PLAT D. 25.(CAT. #43) CASING; DESCRIPTION SAME AS CAT. #37 ABOVE; MISFIRED; COORDINATES: SITE 2; VERTICAL COORDINATES: 2 X 2; FIELD NUMBER: FRAME 6, PLAT E. 26.(CAT. #15) MUSKET BALL; .50 CALIBER; RELATIVELY UNDAMAGED WITH CLEAR RAMROD MARKING; COORDINATES: SITE 2; VERTICAL COORDINATES: 1.5 X 1; FIELD NUMBER: FRAME 28, PLAT D; MATERIAL: LEAD. 27.(CAT. #73) MUSKET BALL; SIZE: .564; WEIGHT: 205.9 GRAINS (13.34 GMS); DAMAGED ON ONE SIDE; COORDINATES: SITE 4; VERTICAL COORDINATES: 1 X 1; FIELD NUMBER: FRAME 25, PLAT I; MATERIAL: LEAD. 28.(CAT. #66) MUSKET BALL; .50 CALIBER; (INVENTORY REFERS TO IT AS A BULLET); COORDINATES: SITE 3; VERTICAL COORDINATES: 2.5 X 5; FIELD NUMBER: FRAME 17, PLAT G; MATERIAL: LEAD. PROBABLY THE LEAD FROM A .44 FLAT HENRY CARTRIDGE. GROOVES ON BASE SIMILAR TO GROOVES MADE BY THE HENRY RIFLE, 1860 MODEL. 29.(CAT. #14) MUSKET BALL; .44 CALIBER HENRY BULLET; (INVENTORY REFERS TO IT AS .50 CALIBER); BADLY DAMAGED; RAMROD MARKINGS CLEAR; COORDINATES: SITE 2; VERTICAL COORDINATES: 2 X 1.5; FIELD NUMBER: FRAME 10, PLAT E; MATERIAL: LEAD. 30.(CAT. #79) BULLET; .44 CALIBER HENRY; 5 RIFILING MARKS; SIZE: .444; WEIGHT: 200 GRAINS (2.96 GMS); LENGTH: .671; COORDINATES: SITE 4; VERTICAL COORDINATES: 1.5 X 1.5; FIELD NUMBER: FRAME 8, PLAT T; MATERIAL: LEAD. 31.(CAT #65) MUSKET BALL; .50 CALIBER (?); DAMAGED; COORDINATES: SITE 3; VERTICAL COORDINATES: 2.5 X 5; FIELD NUMBER: FRAME 15, PLAT F; MATERIAL: LEAD.
- Subjects
- ARMAMENT-AMMUNITION
- Historical Association
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- History
- SEE DESCRIPTION. INDIAN BATTLE COLLECTION ORIGINALLY REGISTERED AND CATALOGUED AS PERMANENT LOAN FROM THE LOCAL BRANCH OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY UNDER CAT NO P19780220000. IN 1999, BRANCH DECIDED TO OFFICIALLY DONATE COLLECTION TO CITY AND GALT. THE DONATION, SUBSEQUENTLY, WAS REGISTERED UNDER P19990032001-GA TO P19990032080. FOR DETAILED HISTORY ON COLLECTION AND INDIVIDUAL ARTIFACTS REFER TO BOOK "LAST INDIAN BATTLE" PUBLISHED BY ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. *NOTE* THIS RECORD IS A DUPLICATE OF P19780220000.
- Catalogue Number
- P19990032006
- Acquisition Date
- 1999-05
- Collection
- Museum
Images
- Date Range From
- 1850
- Date Range To
- 1900
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- WOOD, STONE, BUCKSKIN
- Catalogue Number
- P19738049000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1850
- Date Range To
- 1900
- Materials
- WOOD, STONE, BUCKSKIN
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Length
- 43.2
- Width
- 6.9
- Description
- WOODEN HANDLE, ROUND STONE HEAD, BUCKSKIN. HAWK FEATHER. FEATHER DECORATION ON HEAD. IDENTIFIED AS WAR CLUB.CONSERVATION REPORT ON FILE.
- Subjects
- INDIGENOUS
- ARMAMENT-BLUDGEON
- Historical Association
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- History
- PLAINS INDIGENOUS CULTURE.
- Catalogue Number
- P19738049000
- Acquisition Date
- 1973-07
- Collection
- Museum
- Date Range From
- 1000
- Date Range To
- 1750
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- CHERT?
- Catalogue Number
- P19860130000
1 image
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1000
- Date Range To
- 1750
- Materials
- CHERT?
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 15.0
- Length
- 11.3
- Diameter
- 26.1
- Description
- BROWN. FLAKED ON 2/3 OF EDGE. SOME INCISING HOLLOW CENTRAL PORTION WITH BEVELLED EDGE MAY HAVE BEEN WORKED. POSSIBLE USE AS A FIRE DRILL STONE? CENTRAL PORTION COULD ALSO BE THE RESULT OF EROSION.
- Subjects
- INDIGENOUS
- Historical Association
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- History
- FOUND ON A FARM (SURFACE COLLECTION 1955) N.E. 11-8-9 W OF 3RD M. PROBABLY NORTHERN PLAINS CULTURE ORIGIN, LATE PREHISTORIC PERIOD.
- Catalogue Number
- P19860130000
- Acquisition Date
- 1986-08
- Collection
- Museum
Images
