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Janet

In article >,
says...
>
> On Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at 12:16:12 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Monday, March 21, 2016 at 5:41:20 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> >
> > > Is there a more English weapon than the longbow? I think not. OTOH how
> > > did the natives tribes of the Americas get their hands on the bow and
> > > arrow? What's the deal with that?
> >
> > Wikipedia appears to be broken on your island.
> >
> > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_archery>
> > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_archery>
> > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gakgung>
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
>
> I wanted the opinion of an archer, not a wiki article. I don't need
another stinkin' wiki article.

What I find fascinating is that such a specific weapon could come about
independently. A lot of them seem to have the same recurve design.
Amazing!

If you read the wiki article you'd know bows and arrows were never
specific to any country, and how they reached native tribes of the
Americas.

Janet UK