• @bamfic
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    618 hours ago

    The Coast Salish used these to massacre the entire crew of Jakob Astor’s trade ship, except for 4 men who scrambled into the rigging fast enough to survive. Just smashed everyone’s skull in.

    • @PugJesusOPM
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      41 day ago

      Double the reasons to get the hell off my lawn!

  • @Nuke_the_whales
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    51 day ago

    The tainos used wooden clubs to minimize the chance of killing their opponents. I wonder if this weapon can be used the same way, while giving you the option to kill. Only injuring your opponent didn’t work out well for the tainos when the Spanish came

  • @[email protected]
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    61 day ago

    I always thought the Lakota war club was a bit more impressive for its simplicity and appearance. A fucking river rock strapped to a stick and thrown with deadly accuracy.

    • @PugJesusOPM
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      31 day ago

      “The bullet is foolish, the bayonet wise.” - General Suvorov supposedly, I think