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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. [2]
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.
Guns were usually in short supply and ammunition scarce for Native warriors. [29] The shortages of ammunition together with the lack of training to handle firearms meant the preferred weapon was the bow and arrow. [5]: 23 [30] After the American Civil War, however, firearms were in widespread use. The U.S. government through the Indian Agency ...
Most of the firearms that the Shoshone had at the time of the attack had been captured in minor skirmishes, traded from fur trappers, white settlers, and other Native American tribal groups, or simply antiques that had been handed down from one generation to another over the years.
The Rufus Buck Gang was an outlaw Native American gang whose members were Creek Indian and African American. [1] Their crime spree took place in the Indian Territory of the Arkansas–Oklahoma area from July 30, 1895, through August 4, 1895. Formed by Rufus Buck, the gang consisted also of Lewis Davis, Sam Sampson, Maoma July, and Lucky Davis.
As Frank Secoy and John C. Ewers emphasize in their military history book Changing Military Patterns on the Great Plains, the Comanche and other Plains Indians had combined mastery of horsemanship while incorporating first, their native weapons of bow and lance, then single-shot firearms, with the horse, but two things combined to alter this ...
The plan for a Native American massacre was discussed, but not all the Council members agreed it was the right approach. [19] The Council resolved to take no action until Haight sent a rider, James Haslam, [ 20 ] : 3437 out the next day to carry an express to Salt Lake City (a six-day round trip on horseback) for Young's advice, as Utah did not ...
It was the last Native American attack on settlers in Iowa, but the events increased tensions between the Sioux and settlers in the Minnesota Territory. Nearly 30 years after the events, in 1885 Abbie Gardner-Sharp published her memoir, History of the Spirit Lake Massacre and Captivity of Miss Abbie Gardner, [ 1 ] which was reprinted seven ...