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| Irish Marine | 07 Mar 2022 8:29 a.m. PST |
Hello everyone: When did the Powhatan get firearms, the first, second or third war with the English colonists. |
 Jlundberg  | 07 Mar 2022 6:07 p.m. PST |
They were Mostly gifts to leaders and pretty thin on the ground. I give Powhatan era natives a negative to shoot since they were status symbols and very new. By King Philips war the Narragansetts were quite good. A challenge for the early era natives was their reliance on European gunpowder and there was not yet the use of the natives in proxy wars |
| Irish Marine | 07 Mar 2022 6:56 p.m. PST |
King Philips war is a next upcoming project. I guess I'll stick with Bows and warclubs. Jon how have you been? If your still local we have a Wargaming group on Facebook. |
| 79thPA | 07 Mar 2022 8:01 p.m. PST |
Almost no firearms that I am aware of. There were also some stolen/captured pieces out there, but in limited number. |
| Zephyr1 | 07 Mar 2022 10:20 p.m. PST |
The colonists had steel-tipped arrows (as items to be used for trade) but decided leave them back in England. A good idea, since they were a lot better than what the natives used, and would have been deadlier than muskets… |
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