A few sections from William Hamilton's "My Sixty Years on the Plains". There are many fights involving archery in the book, but this is a bit past the musket age, so I'm limiting my quotations to Hamilton's interesting comments regarding archery. Read it for yourself if you want: https://archive.org/stream/mysixtyyearsonp00hamigoog/mysixtyyearsonp00hamigoog_djvu.txt Wet buckskin proof against arrows: All … Continue reading Frontiersman William T. Hamilton’s Thoughts on Archery
Month: July 2023
Frontiersman Big-foot Wallace’s Thoughts on Archery
This is a section from the biography of the frontiersman and Texas Ranger, William "Big-foot" Wallace. These are Wallace's opinions on archery. While they are a bit after the musket era, Wallace was a veteran Indian-fighter and his comments are interesting. One caveat: these may not be Wallace's exact words. They were "written out from … Continue reading Frontiersman Big-foot Wallace’s Thoughts on Archery
Bow Vs. Musket 