Table of Contents

Chapter I 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 Chapter II Personal Weapons of the Traders and Trappers Muskets Blunderbusses Rifles Pistols Gunsmiths and Gunsmithing Chapter III Trade Muskets and Rifles Supplied to the Indians The Trade Gun Rifles Supplied to Indians Chapter IV Military Arms of the Fur-Trade Period Military Muskets Musketoons and Carbines United States Rifles United States Pistols Chapter V Powder, Ball, and Accessories Gunpowder Powder Containers Leaden Missiles Gunflints Percussion Caps Cartridges Cartridge Boxes Gun Worms Chapter VI 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 Fremont's Cannon Cannon in the Wilderness Forts Acknowledgments Finding List Notes Glossary of Gun Terms Bibliography Index