De bry, johann theodor, (1560-1623) and johann israel de bry (1565-1609). Part iii, plate 20, the warriors of bantam with their armor. From the “little voyages”warriors in bantamthe warriors of bantam with their armor. The warriors of bantam wear partly small but also big shields made of leather and long spears with a fluid tip. They put their harness together out of small square tin plates held together with rings they also need swords. But with our rifles they are not able to do "buff buff" because they don't know how to use them. At one time one of the indians wanted to shoot after being taught by us a wild ox but when he pushed the rifle on his cheeks and pulled the trigger it knocked him to the ground and he was unconscious for a while: but when he came to he found the ox shot but considering his injury the rifle knocked two teeth out he didn't want to try it again. Date: 1599.
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