This is a list of weapons used in the

American Indian Wars The American Indian Wars, also known as the American Frontier Wars, and the Indian Wars, were fought by European governments and colonists in North America, and later by the United States and Canadian governments and American and Canadian settle ...

Offensive weapons

Edged weapons

* Claymore *

Cutlass A cutlass is a short, broad sabre or slashing sword, with a straight or slightly curved blade sharpened on the cutting edge, and a hilt often featuring a solid cupped or basket-shaped guard. It was a common naval weapon during the early Age of S ...

Dirk A dirk is a long bladed thrusting dagger.Chisholm, Hugh (ed.), ''Dagger'', The Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed., Vol. VII, New York, NY: Cambridge University Press (1910), p. 729 Historically, it gained its name from the Highland Dirk (Scot ...

Flail A flail is an agriculture, agricultural tool used for threshing, the process of separating cereal, grains from their husks. It is usually made from two or more large sticks attached by a short chain; one stick is held and swung, causing the othe ...

Gunstock war club The gunstock club or gun stock war club is an indigenous weapon used by many Native American groupings, named for its similar appearance to the wooden stocks of muskets and rifles of the time.Improvised Improvisation is the activity of making or doing something not planned beforehand, using whatever can be found. Improvisation in the performing arts is a very spontaneous performance without specific or scripted preparation. The skills of impr ...

knife * Inuit axe * Jawbone war club *

Khanjali A khanjali ( ady, Къамэ or , ka, ხანჯალი () or (), Armenian: Խանչալ (''khanchal''); or kinzhal when transliterating ru , кинжал) is a dagger, often with a single off-set groove on each face of the blade. T ...

Lance A lance is a spear designed to be used by a mounted warrior or cavalry soldier (lancer). In ancient and medieval warfare, it evolved into the leading weapon in cavalry charges, and was unsuited for throwing or for repeated thrusting, unlike s ...

Lochaber axe The Lochaber axe ( Gaëlic: tuagh-chatha) is a type of poleaxe that was used almost exclusively in Scotland. It was usually mounted on a staff about five feet long. Specifics of the weapon The Lochaber axe is first recorded in 1501, as an "ol ...

* Morning star * Pernach *

Shashka The shashka ( ady, сэшхуэ, – ''long-knife'') (russian: шашка) or shasqua, is a kind of sabre; a single-edged, single-handed, and guardless backsword. In appearance, the ''shashka'' is midway between a typically curved sabre and a ...

Snow knife A snow knife or snow saw (Inuktitut: ''pana''Spear A spear is a pole weapon consisting of a shaft, usually of wood, with a pointed head. The head may be simply the sharpened end of the shaft itself, as is the case with fire hardened spears, or it may be made of a more durable material fasten ...

* Stone war club *

Toggling harpoon The toggling harpoon is an ancient weapon and tool used in whaling to impale a whale when thrown. Unlike earlier harpoon versions which had only one point, a toggling harpoon has a two-part point. One half of the point is firmly attached to the ...

Tomahawk A tomahawk is a type of single-handed axe used by the many Indigenous peoples and nations of North America. It traditionally resembles a hatchet with a straight shaft. In pre-colonial times the head was made of stone, bone, or antler, and Eur ...

Ulu An ulu ( iu, ᐅᓗ, plural: ''uluit'', 'woman's knife') is an all-purpose knife traditionally used by Inuit, Iñupiat, Yupik peoples, Yupik, and Aleut women. It is utilized in applications as diverse as skinning and cleaning animals, cutting a c ...

* War hatchet * Wooden war club (sharp headed version and curve headed version)

Sidearms

* Colt M1873 Single Action Army

Shotguns

Coach gun A coach gun is a modern term, coined by gun collectors, for a double-barreled shotgun, generally with barrels from in length, placed side-by-side. These weapons were known as "cut-down shotguns" or "messenger's guns" from the use of such shotgu ...

Rifles and muskets

* Charleville musket, Charleville M1728 and M1763 musket * Colt revolving rifle, Colt M1855 revolver carbine and rifle * Henry repeating rifle, Henry M1860 repeating rifle * Long rifle, Meylin M1719 Pennsylvania-Kentucky rifled musket * Brown Bess, Pattern P1722 Brown Bess musket * Peabody action, Peabody M1862 Action rifle * Sharps rifle, Sharps M1848, M1863 carbine and rifle * Spencer repeating rifle, Spencer M1860 repeating carbine and rifle * Springfield Model 1873, Springfield M1873 Trapdoor rifle

Projectile weapons

* Bow (weapon), Bow * Crossbow * Dart (missile), Throwing dart * Throwing knife * Throwing spear * Throwing tomahawk

Explosives and grenades

* Adams grenade * Dynamite * Ketchum grenade * Rains grenade * Gabriel J. Rains#Land mines, Rains landmine

Machine guns

* Gatling gun, Gatling machine gun

Artillery

* Hotchkiss gun, Hotchkiss cannon * 10-pounder Parrott rifle, Parrott 10-pounder M1861 cannon

Defensive weapons

Shields and body armor * War shield

References

Bibliography

* {{DEFAULTSORT:American Indian Wars weapons Indian wars of the American Old West, Weapons Native American-related lists, Weapons Weapons by war Lists of weapons