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Like Miles Standish, some of the soldiers had swords at their sides, and all carried either flintlock or matchlock muskets so big and heavy that, before they could fire them off, they had to rest them upon supports stuck into the ground for the purpose.

Author

Project Gutenberg's American Leaders and Heroes, by Wilbur Fisk Gordy Published 1907

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Monday 16 March 2020

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927*151

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Century:17th, Hand weapons, Weapons

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• Places / America / United States / Discovery and Settlement

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