arquebuses

As for small arms, such as arquebuses, pistols, pikes, axes, swords, bows -- long and cross -- arrows, and bolts, a full supply for a much stronger crew than his own had already been found, irrespective of the well-tried weapons which they had brought with them across the isthmus.

The Cruise of the Nonsuch Buccaneer Harry Collingwood 1886

Overcome by Spanish firepower -- both from arquebuses and the deadly crossbow -- the Tabascans surrendered, accepted Christianity and then attempted to further propitiate the victors with food, cotton goods and slaves.

Jeronimo de Aguilar: the marooned priest who speeded the conquest 2008

It was all one to me if they decided on arquebuses; after a month spent listening to them prosing about jamming ramrods, and getting oil on my trousers, I found myself sharing the view of old General Scarlett, who once told me:

The Sky Writer Geoff Barbanell 2010

Overcome by Spanish firepower -- both from arquebuses and the deadly crossbow -- the Tabascans surrendered, accepted Christianity and then attempted to further propitiate the victors with food, cotton goods and slaves.

Jeronimo de Aguilar: the marooned priest who speeded the conquest 2008

We might imagine the scene: French leaders with their burnished helmets, gleaming cuirasses, arquebuses, flags, and feathers; the Huron and Algonquin in vivid face paint, buckskins, bows, arrows, beadwork, and more feathers.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

Champlain sent men with arquebuses into the woods to stop them and discovered that they were “our own people.”

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

Champlain observed that the Mohawk in the fort were “astonished at the reports of our arquebuses,” and “frightened at the execution done by the bullets, having seen many of their companions fall dead and wounded, thinking these shots to be irresistible.”

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

Champlain observed that the Mohawk in the fort were “astonished at the reports of our arquebuses,” and “frightened at the execution done by the bullets, having seen many of their companions fall dead and wounded, thinking these shots to be irresistible.”

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

Together they made a brave sight on the beautiful river: Champlain and the French in their shallop with their arquebuses, burnished armor, plumed helmets, feathered hats, bright ensigns, streaming banners, and all the panoply of European warfare.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

They asked Champlain to order the firing of arquebuses.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008