For Trade and Treaty: Firearms of the American Indians by Ryan R. Gale

Comprehensive visual history of the progression of firearms made for and used by the Native Americans. Learn how they were made, distributed, used and modified through original fur trade documents and government records. Some documents have never before been published, including purchase orders, invoices and inventories of the French, British and American governments and the major fur companies, such as the Hudson's Bay Company, North West Company, X.Y. Company, American Fur Company and Pierre Chouteau Jr. & Company. Firearms featured include those by famous makers as Jacob Dickert, Henry Leman, Edward K. Tryon, Henry Deringer, J.J. Henry, Thomas Barnett, Benjamin Willets, Robert Wilson, Parker Field & Co., Robert Wheeler and William Chance & Son, among others.

Includes detailed color photographs of dozens of French, English, American and Belgian made fowling guns, Northwest guns, trade rifles and shotguns from collections throughout the United States and Canada. Learn who made the firearms traded and given to the Native Americans, in what numbers and what lengths and calibers. Each featured firearm includes detailed dimensions. Important details are documented and included for every gun. Close-up views of the marks and small details are explained, providing valuable insights. The author also highlights the counterfeit marks used by the competing fur trade companies to gain advantage.

Period records are also used to reveal information about the accoutrements being made for the Indian trade. Specific information regarding ammunition, powder horns, knives, jags, and ball molds are discussed using period documents and records and featured in numerous color illustrations.