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Famed stuffed horse Comanche damaged at KU museum
Lawrence AP A historic mounted figure Comanche the stuffed horse from the Battle of the Little Bighorn suffered damage March 6 at the Dyche Museum of Natural History University of Kansas when a thawing rhea caused a sink to overflow. The exhibit, preserved since 1876, is being dried and repaired with gauze wrapping while officials plan skin restoration.
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Lawrence
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Little Big Horn
Dyche Museum of Natural History
University of Kansas
Thomas H. Swearingen
Swearingen
Comanche
Myles Keogh
George A. Custer
Montana
H.J. Nolan
Keogh
Nolan
Fort Riley
Army
Seventh Cavalry