This rifle sight was recovered during excavations at the 2018 Kansas Archeology Training Program at the Kaw Mission. Sights are mounted atop the barrel of the gun and align the target visually with the shooter's eye. The site, now called the Kaw Mission State Historic Site, was built over the winter of 1850 - 1851 by the Methodist Episcopal Church South as a school for boys in the Kaw (or Kansa) tribe. The site was acquired by the state of Kansas in 1951.
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Percussion Rifle Rear Sight from the Kaw Mission, 14MO368 - 1