HUNTING WITH THE BOW AND ARROW torrent

The glory and romance of archery culminated
in England before the discovery of America. There,
no doubt, the bow was used to its greatest perfection,
and it decided the fate of nations. The
crossbow and the matchlock had supplanted
the longbow when Columbus sailed for the New
World.
It was, therefore, a distinct surprise to the
first explorers of America that the natives used
the bow and arrow so effectively. In fact, the
sword and the horse, combined with the white
man?s superlative self-assurance, won the contest
over the aborigines more than the primitive
blunderbuss of the times. The bow and arrow
was still more deadly than the gun.