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RAY RENFROE
“Yellow Boy and the Medicine horse”
The Yellow Boy is a nick name given the Model 1866 Winchester repeating rifle because of the bronze receiver. It shot 44-40 rimfire ammo. One can imagine the elated feeling a primitive Indian would have when suddenly coming into possession of such a rifle.
The medicine markings on the horse were common with the North Plains Indians. Each warrior had his own story to tell, and the magic markings he put on his horse, he believed, would assist him in combat with the enemy. The tip of the left ear is split, marking the horse as an elite buffalo pony, certainly the most valued possession an Indian could have.
The war bonnet was modeled from photographs I have of that belonging to the Sioux Chief Crazyhorse. The horse is that of the Mustang type, about 14 hands and weighed about 900 pounds. He was not grain fed and rode aplenty.
Ray Renfroe