Native American Knife

By kind permission of the Royal Sussex Regimental Museum Association

This knife was taken from the body of a Native American guide (most likely, Mohawk, Huron or Mohican) working for American colonials. He was killed by Major William Gaull at the Battle of White Plains on the River Bronx, near New York in 1776. The cutler’s mark on the blade is from the French foundry at St Étienne in France and was probably traded to the Native American guide by French fur traders.

With thanks to Barry Lane for supplying information on this item.