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
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“The Best Arrow Shot in the History of Indian Warfare”?
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth6725/m1/79/?q=arrow Here is a description of a skirmish between thirty-four Texan colonists and hundreds of Comanche on May 26, 1839. This battle is known as the Bird's Creek Fight. Recoiling under the fire, the Indians again formed on the hill and remained about twenty minutes, when a second charge was made in the same order, … Continue reading “The Best Arrow Shot in the History of Indian Warfare”?
16th Century Prices of Weapons
https://play.google.com/books/reader?printsec=frontcover&output=reader&id=DAkHAAAAQAAJ&pg=GBS.PA112 Great factoids in this book. The Social History of the People of the Southern Counties of England in Past Centuries George Roberts Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts 572 pages Page 105: Bow, best sort- 3s. 4d. " second- 2s. 6d. " third- 2s. Sheaf of livery arrows- 5s. Sheaf of arrows, 8 or … Continue reading 16th Century Prices of Weapons
Alonso De Contreras Witnesses the Accuracy of a Greek Archer
"I put the Greeks ashore, and went on my way with the caramuzal to the Arm of Mayna, which is not far distant. This Arm of Mayna is a district of the land which is in the Morea, a barren land, and its inhabitants are Greek Christians. They have no houses, but exist in grottos … Continue reading Alonso De Contreras Witnesses the Accuracy of a Greek Archer
List of arrow wounds suffered by US soldiers, late 19th century
https://archive.org/stream/areportsurgical00otisgoog#page/n158/mode/2up Here is a rare opportunity to get hard numbers of the lethality of arrow wounds. This book is A Report of Surgical Cases Treated in the Army of the United States from 1865 to 1871. In reports of 83 arrow wounds, 26 are fatal, or 31%. Excluding men who suffered multiple wounds, 21 out … Continue reading List of arrow wounds suffered by US soldiers, late 19th century
Bow Vs. Musket 