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Squirrel's Rifle
Photograph is Courtesy of the Museum of the Cherokee Indian
Photographed by the writer

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Saloti (Squirrel), a Cherokee, is believed to be the first American Indian to completely manufacture a firearm. In the 1840s, William Holland Thomas deposited one of Squirrel's rifles at Washington's Patent Office.

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