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This article looks at the weapon known as the long knife that was used throughout North American history. Long knife (or long knife) mentioned in the literature on European history can be found in the article Long knife . Furthermore, the term long knife is also common for certain types of weapons in European and Near Eastern prehistory.
Long knives (English long knives or big knives ) was an expression of the Indians of North America in the Ohio area , which referred to the British colonists in the 18th century. After 1750, Langmesser mainly referred to the colonists of Virginia and was intended to clarify the difference to the white residents of New York and Pennsylvania . George Rogers Clark called his men, himself and the Virginians as long knives, which he expressed in his speeches to the Indians after the battle of Vincennes. During the second half of the American Revolutionary War and until the War of 1812 , this name was common for Americans. The origin of the expression is probably the saber that the officers of the colonial army carried with them.
