This is an interesting weapon with a period modified/decorated stock. There is a blade front sight and a correct rear sight adjustable from 500 to 1,200 yards. Has the high arch breechblock marked "MODEL/1873/eagle/ U.S.". The lock plate is marked "U.S./SPRINGFIELD/1873" and has a coarse checkered high rounded hammer with three click tumbler. The stock has been shortened to carbine length, the ramrod channel filled, a sling bar added and then cut off and ground smooth, the trigger guard sling swivel has been removed, there are traces of a circular brass tack pattern on the left side of the buttstock behind a "Y" shaped cut and the right side has a series of punched circles ahead of a cut herringbone pattern that meets the buttplate. These designs and alterations all appear to be period correct. Notes from a previous owner indicate that this carbine originates from the Cypress Hills region of southwestern Saskatchewan which is located just north of the Montana-Canada border. The Cypress Hills were a meeting point for a number of western Indian nations and home to approximately 10,000-12,000 Plains Indians driven out of the U.S. following the Battle of Little Bighorn. Cypress Hills would later become home to the North-West Mounted Police, forbearers of the RCMP, following the events of the Cypress Hills Massacre. This is an interesting relic of American history and would be a welcome addition to any Indian War collection.