Cheyenne Dog Soldier (1 Viewer)

[Barkmann]

Saw this figure and think it looks incredible, will buy, goes in the cabinet of figures i just like and do not coillect the series. It looks like a 'spear' has pinned him to the ground, is there a reason for this? My knowledge on these is non-existance, can someone shed some light on if he pinned and why? Have put a pics of 3 others i have in the cabinet, do not collect the series but are great figures.

 

[mikemiller1955]

Whenever a battle was going badly for the Cheyennes, those who had been selected to wear the dog ropes for that year drove their lance into the ground through the end of the sash. They remained attached there, to fight desperately to cover the retreat of all the other warriors. It was expected they would die rather than pull the lance up and retreat.
Among the Cheyenne it was accepted that if a comrade sharply ordered them away, as if they were speaking to a dog, they were free to retreat with the others.
At the end of the year’s term, the sash wearers still surviving gladly relinquished the emblems to four other members newly chosen for the position, and if one had been killed and the dog string lost, his widow prepared a new one for his successor.

 

[Barkmann]

Whenever a battle was going badly for the Cheyennes, those who had been selected to wear the dog ropes for that year drove their lance into the ground through the end of the sash. They remained attached there, to fight desperately to cover the retreat of all the other warriors. It was expected they would die rather than pull the lance up and retreat.
Among the Cheyenne it was accepted that if a comrade sharply ordered them away, as if they were speaking to a dog, they were free to retreat with the others.
At the end of the year’s term, the sash wearers still surviving gladly relinquished the emblems to four other members newly chosen for the position, and if one had been killed and the dog string lost, his widow prepared a new one for his successor.

Thanks mate for the info.