"Long Knives" Topic
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| 42flanker | 15 Jan 2019 10:10 a.m. PST |
" After the deaths in the Lewis encounter,the Blackfeet were very aggressive toward Americans. The Blackfeet distinguished the Americans from Canadians and other Europeans as "long knives" because of the six-feet-long espontoons favored by American soldiers of the period." link Am I right in thinking this explanation could not be more off beam? |
Frederick  | 15 Jan 2019 10:28 a.m. PST |
You, my friend, are exactly right – the use of the term "long knives" dates back to colonial Virginia and to an Iroquois pun on the word Assarigoe, referring to the then-governor Lord Howard |
| 79thPA | 15 Jan 2019 10:40 a.m. PST |
Lewis carried an espontoon on this trek, so it may have a ring of truth to it. |
| Old Contemptibles | 15 Jan 2019 11:45 p.m. PST |
I had no idea the term went back that far. I always thought that the term "long knives" referred to the sabers carried by the cavalry. link |
| 42flanker | 22 Jan 2019 4:55 a.m. PST |
I imagine that the Blackfoot and neighbours could distinguish between a spear and a knife. |
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