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The gunstock club or gun stock war club is an indigenous weapon used by many Native American groupings, named for its similar appearance to the wooden stocks of muskets and rifles of the time. [1] Gunstock clubs were most predominantly used by Eastern Woodland , Central and Northern Plains tribes in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Weaponry for Native American groups residing in North America can be grouped into five categories: striking weapons, cutting weapons, piercing weapons, defensive weapons, and symbolic weapons. [1] The weaponry varied with proximity to European colonies, with tribes nearer those colonies likelier to have knives and tomahawks with metal components.
1753 map of Ohio, by John Patten, showing "Miami of the Inglish" (Pickawillany) on the "Rocky R[iver]" just below the center of the page. In November 1750 John Patten, a Pennsylvania trader, stopped at Pickawillany on his way to trade with Native communities on the St. Marys River.
November is Native American Heritage Month. Here's a list of sites to learn more about Native American culture in the Buckeye State.
The boundaries of the Gatch Site encompass approximately 75 acres (30 ha) of land [1] on what was once the farm of John N. Gatch. It has long been known to locals as a productive source of Native American relics; consequently, area residents have collected large numbers of artifacts from the site over the years.
The Ohio Country, showing present-day U.S. state boundaries. The Ohio Company, formally known as the Ohio Company of Virginia, was a land speculation company organized for the settlement by Virginians of the Ohio Country (approximately the present U.S. state of Ohio) and to trade with the Native Americans.
OH-58 Kiowa observation helicopter [5] U-21 Ute utility aircraft [5] MH-6 Little Bird light helicopter. This was a variant of the Cayuse, yet was given a new name. UH-60 Black Hawk utility helicopter [5] TH-67 Creek trainer helicopter [5] AH-64 Apache attack helicopter [5] RAH-66 Comanche recon/attack helicopter; ARH-70 Arapaho attack/recon ...
Logstown and other Native American villages, most circa 1750s. The riverside village of Logstown (1726?, 1727–1758) also known as Logg's Town, French: Chiningue [1]: 356 (transliterated to Shenango) near modern-day Baden, Pennsylvania, was a significant Native American settlement in Western Pennsylvania and the site of the 1752 signing of the Treaty of Logstown between the Ohio Company, the ...