DeSotoSky
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Hello and welcome to the Sunday Picture Show. Share your Buck knives with others by posting pictures of them here. New or old, plain or custom, user or safe queen, one or a collection, we love to see them all. This weekly tradition was started in 2010 by ItsTooEarly (Armand Hernandez) and Oregon (Steve Dunn). Help keep the tradition alive. Feel free to click that 'LIKE' but lets not let it replace discussing and complimenting each others knives. DeSotoSky (Roger Yost)
On this day, September 22nd, 1861. Fort Fauntleroy Massacre of Diné
Navajo (Diné) Indians gathered at Fort Fauntleroy in New Mexico for an issue of rations and friendly horseraces between the Navajo and the New Mexico Volunteers stationed there. A disagreement ensued over the final race of the day, the visitors were expelled, and a Navajo man shot dead by a sentry. In all, the troops killed twelve Navajo men, women, and children and wounded around forty more. note: I was not able to find a good discussion of this incident and found several different dates. From Wiki "A dispute arose in August from allegations of cheating at a horse race between Navajo & New Mexican Volunteers forces at Fort Wingate, and Manuel Antonio Chaves of the New Mexico Volunteers ended up ordering his men to fire into the Navajo. This incident incensed the Navajo, and they raided the New Mexicans."
Stone Horseshoe Memorial of Fort Wingate On a side road up a hill near Gallup, New Meico stands this memorial of Fort Wingate. Established August 31, 1860 as a U.S. Cavalry post under the name of Fort Fauntleroy. Name changed to Fort Lyon in September, 1861 and finally named Fort Wingate in 1868. This Centennial monument dedicated to the proud history of Fort Wingate, the Horse Soldiers who served here, and the Indian people who watched them come -- first in doubt, then in friendship.
note: The above text was associated with the picture but I could not find an image of the plaque itself. The last line was clearly not written from the Navajo perspective!!
The Navajo word Diné means "the people". It is pronounced "di-nay". The Spanish gave the name "Navajo" and as such it is considered a foreign word in the Navajo language. In 2017 it was proposed to change the name of the Navajo Nation to the "Diné Nation", but the delegates decided that changing the name would be confusing after 300 years of use.
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All knives qualify for the Sunday Picture Show but in keeping with the Navajo historical event above,
let's see some Yellowhorse knives if you have some to share.
a David Yellowhorse customized model 192 Vanguard. Called "ELK MOUNTAIN" it has a titanium coated CPM154 blade. The handle features bloody jasper, turquoise, nickel silver, and maple burl. A fancy box rounds out this nice 1 of 100 package. I could not find it in the special projects listing or the catalogs but I do know that Buck did a number of titanium coated CPM154 bladed knives for Bass Pro in 2006, the same year as the blade on this knife.
A Brian Yellowhorse Elk themed 110. A Smoky Mountain offering in 2014.
Yellowhorse 704. This one is the Coyote. It was part of a series Yellowhorse did for Buck. Each theme, Running Horse (1987), Coyote (1989), and Buffalo (1991), were offered on 3 knives, a 102, 112, and 704. 3 sets of 3 for a total of 9 in the series.
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