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• catalog abstract ""Guns on the early frontiers is concerned particularly with the arms used in the West during the first half of the nineteenth century, but since the guns used in the earlier settlement of the eastern half of the continent were the antecedents of the western arms, these too are discussed. And in order that the story of guns in the West may be better understood, the roots of the gun trade are traced to their seventeenth-century origins on the eastern seaboard and on the St. Lawrence. Dutch, French and English traders, especially, laid the groundwork for the gun trade in the New World two hundred years before the Americans started to trade in guns. Consequently, European arms and European influences are given some attention"--Page viii.".
• catalog contributor b9038801.
• catalog created "1957.".
• catalog date "1957".
• catalog date "1957.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1957.".
• catalog description ""Guns on the early frontiers is concerned particularly with the arms used in the West during the first half of the nineteenth century, but since the guns used in the earlier settlement of the eastern half of the continent were the antecedents of the western arms, these too are discussed. And in order that the story of guns in the West may be better understood, the roots of the gun trade are traced to their seventeenth-century origins on the eastern seaboard and on the St. Lawrence. Dutch, French and English traders, especially, laid the groundwork for the gun trade in the New World two hundred years before the Americans started to trade in guns. Consequently, European arms and European influences are given some attention"--Page viii.".
• catalog description "Arming the American Indian: The French trade in guns ; The Dutch and the Swedes ; The bid made by Spain ; The English trade ; Effects of the American Revolution upon the distribution of guns to Indians ; Indian guns in the United States -- Personal weapons of the traders and trappers: Muskets ; Blunderbusses ; Rifles ; Pistols ; Gunsmiths and gunsmithing -- Trade muskets and rifles supplied to the Indians: The trade gun ; Rifles supplied to Indians -- Military arms of the fur-trade period: Military muskets ; Musketoons and carbines ; United States rifles ; United States pistols -- Powder, ball, and accessories: Gunpowder ; Powder containers ; Leaden missiles ; Gunflints ; Percussion caps ; Cartridges ; Cartridge boxes ; Gun worms -- Small cannon of the traders and the military: Swivel guns ; Small cannon mounted on boats ; Swivel guns of the musket type ; Wheeled cannon in the fur fields ; Frémont's cannon ; Cannon in the wilderness forts -- Finding list : collections in which illustrated guns and appurtenances are preserved -- Notes -- Glossary of gun terms.".
• catalog description "Bibliography: p. [357]-381.".
• catalog extent "xv, 395 p.".
• catalog hasFormat "Guns on the early frontiers.".
• catalog isFormatOf "Guns on the early frontiers.".
• catalog issued "1957".
• catalog issued "1957.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Berkeley : University of California Press,".
• catalog relation "Guns on the early frontiers.".
• catalog spatial "United States".
• catalog spatial "United States.".
• catalog spatial "West (U.S.)".
• catalog subject "623.4".
• catalog subject "Firearms United States History.".
• catalog subject "Firearms industry and trade United States History.".
• catalog subject "Firearms industry and trade United States.".
• catalog subject "Frontier and pioneer life West (U.S.)".
• catalog subject "Fur trade United States History.".
• catalog subject "Fur trade United States.".
• catalog subject "Indian weapons United States.".
• catalog subject "TS520 .R85".
• catalog tableOfContents "Arming the American Indian: The French trade in guns ; The Dutch and the Swedes ; The bid made by Spain ; The English trade ; Effects of the American Revolution upon the distribution of guns to Indians ; Indian guns in the United States -- Personal weapons of the traders and trappers: Muskets ; Blunderbusses ; Rifles ; Pistols ; Gunsmiths and gunsmithing -- Trade muskets and rifles supplied to the Indians: The trade gun ; Rifles supplied to Indians -- Military arms of the fur-trade period: Military muskets ; Musketoons and carbines ; United States rifles ; United States pistols -- Powder, ball, and accessories: Gunpowder ; Powder containers ; Leaden missiles ; Gunflints ; Percussion caps ; Cartridges ; Cartridge boxes ; Gun worms -- Small cannon of the traders and the military: Swivel guns ; Small cannon mounted on boats ; Swivel guns of the musket type ; Wheeled cannon in the fur fields ; Frémont's cannon ; Cannon in the wilderness forts -- Finding list : collections in which illustrated guns and appurtenances are preserved -- Notes -- Glossary of gun terms.".
• catalog title "Guns on the early frontiers : a history of firearms from colonial times through the years of the Western fur trade.".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".