The Significance of the Indian Trade Gun in Early America

This video discusses the history and use of the Indian Trade Gun. Information included in this video comes from many sources, including: Russell, Carl P. Guns on the Early Frontiers: From Colonial Times to the Years of the Western Fur Trade. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 2005. Burke, Lee. “18th Century English Trade Guns in the South, or the Carolina Gun, Its Time and Place in History.” American Society of Arms Collectors Bulletin 65 (Fall 1991): 2-16. Smith, Marvin T., Jon Marcoux, Erin Gredell, and Gregory Waselkov. “A Seventeenth-Century Trade Gun and Associated Collection from Pine Island, Alabama.” Southeastern Archaeology 36, no. 1 (2016): 1-13. Peterson, Harold L. Arms and Armor in Colonial America, 1526-1783. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 2000. For demonstration purposes only. Do not try this at home. "Fireflies and Stardust" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...