Before guns the Native American people were crafty and could create their own weaponry. When guns were introduced to their people they had no need for spears or bows and arrows. After a while making these weapons became a thing of the past, leaving this part of their culture in the past as well. While they should have been teaching their children their arts, they turned them to guns as well. Chickasaw Headmen speaks on this topic, “... many of our young Men without Guns which renders them incapable of making ant Defence against such a powerful Enemy” (Calloway 129). Their enemies provided them with guns and could just as easily take those guns away. Without their customary homemade weaponry they were helpless without fire
Before guns the Native American people were crafty and could create their own weaponry. When guns were introduced to their people they had no need for spears or bows and arrows. After a while making these weapons became a thing of the past, leaving this part of their culture in the past as well. While they should have been teaching their children their arts, they turned them to guns as well. Chickasaw Headmen speaks on this topic, “... many of our young Men without Guns which renders them incapable of making ant Defence against such a powerful Enemy” (Calloway 129). Their enemies provided them with guns and could just as easily take those guns away. Without their customary homemade weaponry they were helpless without fire